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We are following the federal employment news – where are the jobs and what’s new…

Pentagon Faces Intensifying Pressures to Trim Budget | July 22, 2010

Study rekindles debate over federal pay and benefits | July 7, 2010

John Berry on 2010 Hurricane Season Federal HR prep | July 7, 2010

American Dream Is Elusive for New Generation | July 6, 2010

Hiring challenges weigh most on federal managers | July 6, 2010

Job Creation in Private Sector Remained Weak in June | July 2, 2010

Factory Jobs Return, but Employers Find Skills Shortage | July 1, 2010

Washington region’s unemployment rate rises to 6 percent in May | July 1, 2010

FEATURES Facing the Music | June 15, 2010

Jobless rates in the District, Maryland and Virginia drop in May | June 19, 2010

Washington area unemployment rate drops | June 7, 2010

U.S. Adds Jobs in May, but Private Hiring Disappoints | June 4, 2010

A Jobless Rate Still Unaffected by New Hiring | June 3, 2010

Say goodbye to full-time jobs with benefits | June 1, 2010

Reality For The Unemployed | May 27, 2010

Even for summer jobs, teens should craft a resume | May 30, 2010

Hiring revamp creates jobs for consultants: Federal Diary | May 27, 2010

Résumé adviser helps ranks of would-be federal workers navigate applications | May 27, 2010

Unemployment rate falls in D.C., Maryland and Virginia | May 22, 2010

OPM pushes bill to allow agencies to share job candidates | May 20, 2010

Job, Jobs, Jobs: Transforming Federal Hiring, OPM Director John Berry’s Statement | May 19, 2010

Federal hiring: Is the nightmare over? | May 17, 2010

A guide to navigating the federal hiring process | May 17, 2010

President Obama’s hiring reforms draw applause at personnel agency | May 12, 2010

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Military to Federal Guide Eases the Process of Starting a Career in the Federal Government

Military to Federal Career Guide 2nd Ed.
By JD (USMC)
An Amazon.com review

After 4+ years in the Marines I was ready for a break and ready to take advantage of the experience my military service gave me. Like all Marines (and I suspect other transitioning Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard personnel) I was made to go through a rushed TAP/ TAMP class on how to get out of the military and be successful as a civilian. After I was forced through yet another power point numbing series of classes punctuated by mock interviews and civilian attire inspections, and after I was mentally preparing to EAS; my unit was deployed for 8 months. I got home and left the Corps 2 weeks after returning to CONUS.

I got lucky and stumbled across an early run of the second edition of this book after it came out at the NY Book Expo of America last May. I worked through the book and the CD and I found the process much more manageable. What made it easy were the sample resumes from actual military personal.
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NYC, New York Harbor, May 27, 2010. The USS Iwo Jima and 3,000 Navy and Marines sailed into NY to celebrate Fleet Week and Memorial Day. Kathryn Troutman thanked all of the military personnel for their service to our country! Read more …

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Kathryn Troutman rolled out the Military to Federal Career Guide, 2nd Edition at the Book Expo of America in NYC last week. The second edition is VERY different from the first edition. The new book is 130 pages and is $18.95 and STILL contains a CD with sample in Word to use as templates. Read more …

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KSAs in the Federal Resume

John Berry, Director of the Office of Personnel Management, is planning to eliminate the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) essays during his term in order to make federal applications less cumbersome. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0310/031610p1.htm
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Even so, it is still important to demonstrate in your federal job application that you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform a job. How do I recommend that you do that? Include the KSAs in your federal resume! In fact, vacancy announcements are already listing KSAs in the qualifications section with the note that the KSAs should be included in the text of the resume.

The best way to make your KSAs stand out in the federal resume is to use our recommended Outline Format for USAJOBS and other online builders. The sample federal resume in this article, which is in USAJOBS format, includes the KSAs found in the vacancy announcement.

Recommend Format for KSAs in the Federal Resume

Federal Resume Outline Format -- Best Federal Resume Format
The Outline Format for your federal resume was first developed in 2000 when Department of Defense agencies introduced the Resumix system. The Resumix system is a keyword system and is still the resume format used today by Army, Navy, and Department of Defense agencies. The Outline Format features keywords that could be the search terms used by the human resources specialists and supervisors.

The KSAs can also be highlighted in the Outline Format by carefully selecting KSA keywords as the paragraph headers, then formatting these headers in ALL CAPS so that the information is very clear to the human resources specialist. The sample federal resume below clearly features the KSAs from Duties; Qualifications; and Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities statements listed in the announcement.

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