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Federal job seekers at every level, transitioning military, military spouses, and current federal employees seeking promotion, up to and including the Senior Executive Service. We write to the USAJOBS process and the job announcement in front of you.

It is the method Kathryn Troutman created in 2002 for landing a federal job, now an award-winning book, a set of classes, and a certification program. The curriculum is taught at more than 100 military bases worldwide.

The Certified Federal Job Search Trainer and Career Coach program licenses counselors and workshop leaders to teach the Ten Steps curriculum. More than 1,200 professionals have been certified since 2002. See Get Certified for upcoming dates.

Yes. Our senior consultants coach Senior Executive Service candidates on the full application, including the Executive Core Qualifications, to meet the standards of OPM’s Qualifications Review Board. We offer one-on-one consultations and an SES writing webinar.

A federal resume runs five to ten pages and documents detailed duties, responsibilities, and accomplishments matched to the specialized experience in a job announcement. Kathryn designed the format in 1996 after the government dropped the SF-171.

Kathryn Troutman opened The Resume Place in 1971, and it became the first-ever federal resume writing service. More than fifty years on, we are still the original.