::: SES, ECQ Writing, Devel. Editing, Consulting Service Fees :::

SES ECQ Critique and Recommendations – If you have a draft of ECQs that you have recently prepared or have been submitting with a success rate that could be better, you can send your ECQs to our SES Subject Matter Expert. Resume Place ECQ experts will critique, add recommendations into the ECQs. Our technique of writing recommendations if by writing within the draft of the ECQs, using track changes. You can take our recommendations and improve your draft, or you can select to have our SES writers, further write your ECQs, based on the additional information needed. 3 hours for SES ECQ Critique Service. Get started with submitting files to Assessment Guide; Select SES ECQ Critique on Order page.

SES ECQ, PTQ, Executive Federal Resume Critique and Recommendations – If you have an entire SES application which you have drafted for a certain announcement, or have been using for various SES applications, we can critique the entire application. We will use track changes within the files and give recommendations for new information, editorial comments and ask questions. You can take our recommendations and improve the package yourself, or you can select our SES writrs to rewrite and improve your pckage. 5 hours for SES package editing and recommendations. Get started with submitting files to Assessment Guide; Select SES Application Critique on Order page.

SES Developmental Editing and Writing – Need help with brainstorming, drafting and developmental editing/writing? Full service writing, developmental editing, interview, coaching, questions, drafts and discussion. This service is appropriate for the first-time ECQ writer or the executive who has a set of ECQs drafted already. Get started with submitting files to Assessment Guide; Select SES ECQ Full Service Writing on the Orders page.

Approximate estimate:
      2-3 hours per ECQ
      1-2 hours per Technical Managerial Factor
      5-7 hours for improved Executive Federal Resume

Executive Coaching – Senior Executive Service application writers and coaches can coach you in developing the best combination of leadership experience, accomplishment and task writing, and analyze your past experiences to fit the ECQs and Leadership Competencies. Effective for private industry executives, GS 13-14s aspiring to apply to Career Development Programs or future SES positions, SES executives seeking new positions or higher performance ratings, or GS 15s seeking Career Development Programs or SES positions. $175 per hour; $225 per hour (Kathryn Troutman). Get started with submitting files to Assessment Guide; Select SES Executive Coaching (Troutman or Custard) on Order page.

Executive Interview Preparation – Landed the interview? Practice your questions and answers with an expert executive interview coach. Brainstorm, analyze and discuss the target position and mission, gain insight into the panel interview, discuss possible interview questions, and get confident for an important interview which could make the difference in being offered the position. Get started with submitting files to Assessment Guide; Select SES Interview Prep (Troutman or Custard) on Order page. $175 or $225 per hour; 2 hours minimum.

Executive Writing, Editing and Design, Consultation and Interview Preparation Services are based on $150 per hour. In order to begin our SES consulting and writing service, one of our SES experts will prepare a one-hour Assessment and Proposal to write/edit your SES package, and provide job search strategies and interview preparation. Get started with the Assessment here.

Satisfied SES clients write back to us with outstanding feedback on services!

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs):

The Office of Personnel Management has established five executive core qualifications that all applicants seeking to enter the Senior Executive Service must demonstrate. These are:
(1) Leading Change;
(2) Leading People;
(3) Results Driven;
(4) Business Acumen; and
(5) Building Coalitions/Communications.

The Resume Place ECQ writers are expert with the OPM requirements to write the ECQs following the Context-Challenge-Action-Results "situational writing" style. The writer will interview you concerning examples that will support each ECQ. We will write these examples in an executive writing style that will be comfortable, honest and positive for your executive application. The average length is 1 to 1.5 pages for each ECQ statement. The typical number of hours to draft each ECQ is two hours which includes interview, utilization of existing material, writing, editing and draft reviews.

EXECUTIVE FEDERAL RESUME:

The Resume Place executive writers are highly skilled in writing targeted, succinct, accomplishment-based resumes which focus on expertise and qualifications. Our executive resumes are outstanding looking, easy to read, professional, conservative and focused. It will be clear that you are an executive with the ability to lead, direct, create, innovate, negotiate, set policy, initiative new programs, and other leadership skills that are required at the SES level. The average executive Federal resume is 3 to 5 pages in length. The average time to write an Executive Federal Resume is 4 to 8 hours. The time required will depend on the state of your current resume.

MANAGERIAL AND TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS STATEMENTS:

These factors change for each announcement. You can draft the technical factors and our writers can edit and ensure consistency in information and style. We will be your editor and consultant on these factors. The number of hours required to prepare the Technical Qualifications Statements is usually 1 to 1.5 hours.

COVER LETTER:

A strong cover letter sets the tone for a positive application package, and most applicants consider the cover letter a key feature of their package. The cover letter will be your "Letter of Interest" in the position. You can prepare an initial draft or we can write the letter based on all of our knowledge of the position and your executive capabilities. One hour is required to edit your draft or input for the cover letter.

PREPARING AN ENTIRE SES PACKAGE:

The Resume Place has prepared more than 1,000 SES packages for clients in the past 20+ years. We are highly successful in getting clients qualified for SES positions. We can create an executive package that you can use multiple times. The elements that will change for each package will be the Managerial & Technical Factors and the cover letter. The executive resume and ECQs can be used multiple times, changing only the objective information.
The average cost for an SES package can range from $2,000 to $4,000. This is a major executive writing project which averages 25 pages. Many hours will go into the preparation of an outstanding executive federal presentation. This is a tax deductible service. We are willing to assist with components of the package or prepare the entire application. We can be your editor, consultant and/or full-service writer.

HOW TO GET STARTED:

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SUCCESSFUL SES CANDIDATE:
“I was Vice President and Managing Director in budget and finance with an international corporate background. Senior executive writer and consultant, Mike Ottensmeyer, was assigned to work with me in developing a topnotch SES application package, and I planned to launch an all-out job search via USAjobs.gov, the OPM website for SES positions. Once my Resume and Executive Core Qualification factors were written, I began the long and difficult process of applying for Federal positions at the executive level.”
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