Federal Job Search Articles
Federal resume and hiring news from the firm that wrote the book, since 1971.
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Take the 2024 Federal Resume Quiz
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Potomac, Maryland, Dec. 20, 2023 Kathryn Troutman, Author, Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Ed. Welcome to 2024 – Almost! Maybe it’s time to start your federal job search, or maybe you have…
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New Mexico Jumping Mouse CCAR
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Potomac, Maryland, Dec. 13, 2023 Kathryn Troutman, Author, Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Ed. FEDERAL RESUME WRITING WITH CCAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS I have been teaching a lot of National Park Service Interns lately…
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Supervisors: Does Your Resume Feature Your Strengths?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Potomac, Maryland, November 28, 2023, Kathryn Troutman I recently presented Ten Steps to a Federal Job® for a Work for Warriors Conference in South Carolina and took the opportunity to discuss…
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So Much Thankfulness for Federal Jobs and More
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] At Thanksgiving, There Is So Much to Be Thankful for At the Resume Place Emails from a certified 10-Steps Trainer remind me of all there is to be thankful for ……
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Be “Race Day Ready” on your Annual Appraisal and Federal Resume – Top Ten Tips
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] November 13, 2023 Originally written November 15, 2022 by Ryan Coyne, Retired Lt Col, USAF, former Civil Servant, Current Senior Coach and Writer, Resume Place, Inc. Be “Race Day Ready” on…
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Military Spouse Monarch Butterfly Internship
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The Art of Writing Your Best Accomplishment Record (AR) Stories
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Originally written by Ligaya Fernandez* in 2012 and updated by Kathryn Troutman October 24, 2023 Photo from National Gallery of Art, November 17, 2018 Ligaya was Kathryn’s first important HR Mentor…
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Military Spouse Federal Resume Writing Contest
[vc_column_text pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] Kathryn Troutman taught Ten Steps and the Stars are Lined Up at ACS, Ft. Huachuca Win FEDERAL RESUME Coaching and Editing from the Resume Place, Inc.…
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The Right Resume Gets the Federal Job
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Kathryn Troutman, President, Resume Place, Inc., Creator and Program Director, Ten Steps to a Federal Job® Certification Program Published September 22, 2023 Here’s Statistical Proof that the Right Resume Gets…
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Patriot Day 2023
[vc_column_text pb_margin_bottom=”no” pb_border_bottom=”no” width=”1/1″ el_position=”first last”] By Kathryn Troutman, Author, Instructor Published September 11, 2023 Remembering September 11, 2001 After the terrorist attacks known as 9/11, we at Resume Place were inundated…