SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE · ONE HOUR · $260
SES Consulting
One-on-one consulting for GS-14/15 federal leaders and corporate executives seeking SES roles. Start with a one-hour consultation with an SES strategist, or bring a draft set of ECQs for a three-hour QRB compliance review.
The four phases of SES hiring
New strategies are required to succeed at every level of the new SES hiring and OPM vetting process, covered in OPM’s new Guide to SES Qualifications and the new style of agency SES Job Opportunity Announcements. Resume Place helps candidates address the requirements at every phase.
The 2-page SES resume
ECQ narratives are no longer required, but every 2-page SES resume submitted to OPM must competently address a whole new set of Executive Core Qualifications.
Technical Qualifications
To be selected, the resume must also address the TQs specified in the hiring organization’s Job Opportunity Announcement.
The agency interview
Candidates undergo a detailed agency interview process, which varies depending on whether the candidate is already SES certified.
The QRB structured interview
After agency selection comes a separate structured interview governed by OPM’s new Qualifications Review Board procedures: timed questions, specific response requirements, and a confidentiality agreement.
The one-hour SES consultation, $260
WHERE TO START
An SES strategist maps the process to your candidacy. By Teams, Zoom, or phone. Based on your needs and questions, the session covers subjects such as:
- Framing concise accomplishment summaries inside the resume itself, matching OPM’s new format.
- The new ECQs and their sub-competencies, and fitting the agency’s TQs into the 2-page resume.
- OPM’s interview process, reconciled with the hiring agency’s own selection process.
- The CCAR structure from the outset, and what to do with your resume if you are already SES certified.
An experienced SES strategist, one-on-one
Your strategist walks you through the full process, from resume preparation to agency interview to the QRB ECQ validation.
The session is built around your needs and questions: Criterion A, B, or C, existing ECQ narratives or a blank page. The strategist meets you where you are.
What you walk out with
You leave the consult with a realistic 2-page SES resume sample and a detailed quote for supplemental services, at $260 per hour with the hours named. Based on your needs, the quote may cover:
Your Top Ten, reviewed
Your Top Ten leadership accomplishments mapped against the new ECQs, showing where they cover the competencies and where they fall short.
CCAR summaries
Supplemental CCARs, added content in your existing summaries, and summaries that address the hiring agency's Technical Qualifications.
The resume and the interview
Your 2-page SES resume written fresh, revised, or tweaked post-selection, and SES interview preparation, brief or with a recorded mock interview.
PAST PERFORMANCE
The record behind the strategy
Resume Place SES writers and editors have coached executive careers since 1971, inside agencies and one-on-one. Our 2021 VA SES ECQs passed the OPM Qualifications Review Board at a 95 percent rate.
Have draft ECQs? The three-hour review
Our SES writer reads your draft to determine what will be needed to pass the QRB, then marks it up: the mandatory CCAR format, the evidence of the 28 leadership competencies, active voice, and whether your examples are correct and recent enough.
You get a report on the state of your ECQs with recommendations, plus a quote for any full-service writing needed to finish them for the QRB. Order the three-hour draft review.
GET STARTED
Start with one hour
Book the $260 one-hour consultation and an SES strategist will map the process to your candidacy.