Recent Graduate
In college or recently graduated? Your education is your strongest qualification. We build a federal resume that features it and gets you credit for internships, projects, and coursework.
Important resume formats for recent graduates
Your new graduate or current student resume should have education at the top of the resume. You will probably be hired based on EDUCATION, so start with education. Use the USAJOBS Upload format to feature education.
Education on top
Put your education section at the top of the resume. The USAJOBS builder puts it last, so use an upload format instead.
Volunteer experiences are scored just like paid experiences
Internships and volunteer experience will help you show specialized experience, if you add month and year to month and year and hours per week. And describe your experience to support the target position.
Match the keywords
Pull keywords from the announcement sections: Requirements, Qualifications, How You Will Be Evaluated, the questionnaire, Summary, and Duties.
Model the samples
The Student’s Federal Career Guide, 4th Edition includes successful federal resume samples targeting GS-7 to GS-9, built on the Ten Steps method: find and match keywords, feature education, and write accomplishments from your courses, projects, and activities.
Write your first stories with the free CCAR Accomplishment Builder before your consultation.
The record
The guide behind your first application
The Student’s Federal Career Guide is built on the Ten Steps method and written for first-time applicants qualifying on education.
Where to start
Target the right series and grade first, then build the resume that features your education.
The $210 consultation
A working session with a certified consultant to target the right series and grade for your background.
Learn more 02The Student's Federal Career Guide
Recent-graduate samples with emphasis on education: courses, papers, projects, and internships.
Learn more 03The CCAR Accomplishment Builder
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Begin with a consultation and we will target the right series and grade for your background.