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BOOK REVIEWS:
March 2001 through present
- As Kathy Troutman showed in her two years as
GovExec.com's "Career Corner" columnist, there's no better person
to lead Federal employees through the wilderness of new electronic
resume requirements. She knows how to craft a Federal resume, she's
mastered the new rules and she'll help you find the job of your
dreams!
- Tom Shoop, Executive Editor, Government
Executive Magazine (http://www.govexec.com)
- When it comes to getting a federal job, few
people know more than Kathryn Kraemer Troutman. She's been helping
people outside come into government, and helping feds get promoted
(or move to other agencies) for a long time. Nowadays, Troutman
says the last thing anybody wants to do is walk into a federal agency
with the equivalent to the old Standard Form 171. Do it, she says,
and you will be ready to retire by the time you get a job.
Many agencies, including Defense, want all
hiring and promotions done on an automated basis. To help 21st Century
DoD job hunters, Troutman has written the new "Electronic Federal
Resume Guidebook and CD-ROM." - Mike Causey, former Federal Diary Columnist, Washington Post
- "There's no quicker or smarter way to get promoted
or get into a civilian job with a Department of Defense agency than
through Kathryn Troutman's new book, ELECTRONIC Federal Resume Guidebook.
She's got the process down to a science, and give job hunters the
tips and formats needed to present themselves in the best light
possible. It's the best investment an applicant can make."
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Paul Light, Vice President and Director of Governmental
Studies, Brookings Institution
- "Kathryn Troutman's writing is, once again,
on the cutting edge. Just when the Defense agencies are looking
for more than a few good men and women to re-shape for the future,
here is a book that shows the computer literate job candidate how
to land a rewarding career in a Defense agency!"
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Mike Ottensmeyer, Retired Headquarters Classification
Specialist and Staff Consultant" (Headquarters Air Force Materiel
Command)
- "Run, don't walk, to acquire Kathy Troutman's
new publication -- on a disc for convenience and practicality. Kathy
is the nation's leading authority on how to find a job with the
Feds. Her sample resumes have been studied by thousands. If you
want to move into the Federal service or upward in its ranks, the
Electronic Federal Resume Guidebook is required reading."
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Dick Irish
Leadership Search
Author of "Go Hire Yourself an Employer" and
"If Things Don't Improve Soon, I May Ask You To Fire Me!"
- Time changes all, even the way you apply for
jobs with the DOD. Fortunately, Kathryn Troutman knows all of the
ins and outs of this process and the new procedures. This new book
continues her excellent work, showing you how to create the best
resume you can and then format it to meet the DODs' new application
process.
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Margaret Riley Dikel, author, The Riley Guide
(www.rileyguide.com)
Co-author, The Guide to Internet Job Searching
- The process of applying for any Federal agency
job has a reputation for being time consuming, complex, and complicated.
You have to re-read the instructions every time you apply for a
different Federal position announcement. Combine that with database
technology and your course of action can become downright overwhelming.
AT last, there is an understandable solution that brings clarity
to this daunting process: Kathryn Troutman's Electronic Federal
Resume Guidebook. Kathryn gives you the inside scoop on how the
software extracts skills from your "Skills Bucket," a nice metaphor
to clarify a technically-complex process.
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Rebecca Smith, Author and Online Educator
Electronic Resumes and Online Networking, Career Press, 2nd edition
Author, www.eresumes.com
- Kathy Troutman is the master of the Federal
resume! Her insight, her skill, and her years of experience are
an unparalleled resource for the Federal job hunter. Follow her
advice and you'll have the competitive edge in today's challenging
environment!
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Michael S. Dobson, author of Managing UP!
Englightened Office Politics and other career
resources
- We would also like to thank Kathryn Kraemer
Troutman, author of The Federal Resume Guidebook and Reinvention
Federal Resumes for her valuable insight into preparing resumes.
"According to Kathryn Troutman in Reinvention
Federal Resumes, "A resume is a marketing tool. It is the very first
vehicle that you have to present yourself to an anonymous person
- very often to a review panel convened by a personnel specialist
- and to get acquainted. An exceptional resume can move you from
the "qualified" to the "best qualified" candidate category. It makes
the difference between getting an interview and getting a letter
that ends 'We regret to inform you . . .'" -
Headquarters United States Air Force,
Civilian Employment and Information Handbook, May 2000
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