WEBINARS
FEDERAL RESUME AND CAREER CHANGE WEBINARS
The free one-hour webinars have been very successful. The new 2-Page Federal Resume is more than challenging to edit, target, and make impressive. For 2026, Kathryn Troutman is adding free webinars on the new SES ECQ resume and the new format for the SES ECQ interview based on the OPM QRB Guide. 2026 webinars to be continued after April 2026. Sign up for our newsletter to receive news about upcoming free webinars.
A YEAR OF CHANGE · FEB 2025 TO FEB 2026
A year of free webinars for a changing federal job market
Webinar titles, coming back in April 2026
Every session is free and runs one hour on Zoom.
Writing the 2-Page Federal Resume
The core session on editing, targeting, and formatting the new federal resume down to two pages.
Transitioning to Private Industry
Convert a long federal resume into a two-page private-industry resume and cover letter.
New: Intro to the 2-Page SES Resume for 2026
Writing the two-page SES resume with ECQs and TQs, based on the new SES QRB Guide.
New: The SES ECQ Interview for 2026
Preparing your CCAR accomplishments and practicing for the SES ECQ interview, based on the new SES QRB Guide.
Updated publications for the new 2-page formats
Each webinar draws on the current, award-winning Resume Place guidebooks.
Transitioning Your Federal Resume to Private Industry
7 case studies of 5-page federal resumes edited into 2-page private-industry resumes and cover letters. Winner, Reference category.
Federal Resume Guidebook, 8th Ed.
16 samples of the 2-page federal resume. Distinguished Favorite, Careers category.
Jobseeker Guide, 8th Ed.
Ten Steps to a Federal Job. 7 before-and-after 2-page military federal resumes.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Four lessons for transitioning to private industry
Every transition webinar works through the same four moves, live, with real resumes on screen.
Find the right job title
The instructor searches job titles on LinkedIn and reads the descriptions to see which roles fit your background. A career change takes real searching and reading to land on the right company, mission, title, skills, and education.
Pull the keywords and competencies
Kathryn uses Microsoft Copilot to build the list of competencies and skills a role requires, then demonstrates how analyzing the posting reveals your true qualifications.
Choose a two-page format
See sample 5-page resumes turned into 2-page resumes in several formats, so you can decide which layout fits your next resume.
Work from the book
Use Transitioning Your Resume into Private Industry for the full set of before-and-after samples to model your own.
What attendees took away
- A Microsoft Copilot analysis strategy for reading a job posting
- The importance of leading with key accomplishments
- Using AI and a matching strategy to optimize the resume
- First-time use of Copilot and LinkedIn job analysis
- No templates, just Times or Arial 12-point type
- “Inspiring. I can begin now.”
How the sessions work
One-hour sessions on Zoom, with the link sent 90 minutes before class. Join resume, interview, networking, research, and strategy experts and get inspired to manage your career change.
Kathryn also teaches the Private Industry Resume course for nonprofits and state and county employment centers, including the American Psychological Association, Prince George’s Employment, and Montgomery County Public Libraries. Bulk book purchases are available for your organization — contact Kathryn@resume-place.com.
- Convert your long federal resume into a two-page private-industry resume
- Update it with your current position, accomplishments, certifications, and training
- Find a sample job announcement so you can target it
- Use AI to surface the keywords, then check your resume against them
- Edit and format until you have a tight two or three pages
GET STARTED
Want help with your Private Industry Resume?
Order a consultation and professional assessment of your Private Industry Resume for $210, or order the Transitioning Your Federal Resume to Private Industry book to work from the samples.