Federal Career Consultation

If you are a career changer, coming from private industry or military service, then the Federal Career Consultation is HIGHLY recommended. Talk to a federal career consultant / expert about your federal job search objectives, past federal job search experiences and your federal application. Get expert help before you waste many great opportunities (and precious time) with a federal resume and application that is NOT on target. Your goal is to get Referred, Selected for an Interview and Hired. It takes research, analysis and writing to achieve this with your federal application. Read our popular new blog, Applying for Federal Jobs Fast, about a federal job search with multiple jobs that are of interest. The resumes are changed slightly for each position. The federal application / federal resume MUST be targeted toward specific positions. The resume should demonstrate your qualifications (work experience, education, training, years of experience) that matches the position. We are experts in identifying announcements to match your background. You can look at OPM’s Classification Standards for federal jobs on our Resources page. We are trained to analyze the classification standards based on your past experience. This is highly-effective for career changers. Our Federal Career Consultants will discuss your job search strategy. We will point you in the right direction for federal jobs, salaries, grade levels and announcement selection. Don’t have a federal job search strategy? We are here to help you develop one. Successful federal job search is more than writing a resume .. we will discuss the qualifications, strategy and writing the best application. We offer both a one hour and a 90 minute consultation service with a report for each with recommendations and result. Please see below for the differences between the two. If you are a career-changer, the 90 minute consultation will be required. Not sure what to do? Also consider our FREE One Hour Webinars lead by Federal Career Consultants. See a sample Federal Career Consultation Report »

ORDER ONLINE: Start with a 90 minute Consult
Please note that additional consultation hours are available for $150 per hour (non-technical) or $175 per hour (technical, SES, Management IT, Executive & ALJ); minimum additional consultation: two hours

90 MINUTE CONSULTATION – The time needed for a thorough discussion!

A solid 90 minute consultation covering: What job are you best qualified for in government? Then USAJOBS vacancy announcement search (or detailed discussion of the announcement you selected), announcement interpretation toward your experience and education, a discussion of Specialized Experience, KSAs and Questionnaires, a development of a keyword list. Then a solid discussion of the resume and work experience in terms of the match toward the announcement. A review of potential accomplishments that can be included in the the federal resume. This 90 minute session is invaluable for the new federal jobseeker, or the jobseeker who is trying to improve results from past federal applications

Who Should Get a Federal Career Consultation?

• New federal job seekers
• Career changers who want a great federal job
• Jobseekers with several unsuccessful attempts to get hired in the federal government
• Jobseekers who are unsure of where to begin
• Jobseekers who want expert advice about their current job search strategy

Why Should You Start With Our Consultation Service?

This consultation service is HIGHLY recommended for first-time federal job applicants. We are helping many first-time private industry jobseekers who are not sure of their job title, grade level, or how to begin to find the right job announcements for their background and qualifications. Our experts can ask questions, look at your current resume, and give recommendations for job titles where you can match the qualifications. This is HIGHLY recommended, so that you do not waste time applying for positions that will simply not work for your background. The federal resume, KSA, questionnaire and entire application system is dramatically different than private industry. It requires knowledge and understanding in order to apply correctly to get REFERRED TO A SUPERVISOR.

One Hour Consultation: Announcement Search / Review and Federal Resume Review

What you will receive:

• 45-minute Telephone or in-person (Baltimore, MD only) discussion of your professional history and federal job search goals.
• Examination of your federal job announcement with instruction on how to identify keywords that should be incorporated into your resume. Review of Duties, Qualifications, KSAs and Questionnaires together & an orientation on vacancy announcements.
• If you can’t find the right announcement, we will search for you / with you.
• An analysis of your existing resume and other application materials with instruction on what they will need to be competitive for the job of your choice.
• Recommendations to ways to match the resume toward the announcement.
• Federal Career Consultation Report: The remainder of the 15 minutes for this service will be spent by the certified federal resume writer / consultant on reviewing your documents and preparing and sending you a report summarizing the recommendations discussed.

90 Minute Consultation

In addition to the services provided in the one hour consultation, you will also have the opportunity to begin working on your resume with your certified federal resume writer. This highly effective exercise brings a more in-depth examination of not only how to write the federal resume, but also of the overall job search approach.

Announcement Search / Review and Federal Resume Review

• Examination of your federal job announcement with instruction on how to identify keywords that should be incorporated into your resume. Review of Duties, Qualifications, KSAs and Questionnaires together & an orientation on vacancy announcements.
• If you can’t find the right announcement, we will search for you / with you.
• An analysis of your existing resume and other application materials with instruction on what they will need to be competitive for the job of your choice.
• Recommendations to ways to match the resume toward the announcement.

Strategy Lessons for Federal Job Search

• Additional discussion regarding qualifications for the target occupational series.
• A strategy for an effective federal job search, considering what types of positions and agencies will be the best fit for your education, skills and experience.
• Recommendations for types of positions and grade level that you are qualified for, based on specific job announcements and Office of Personnel Management Qualification Standards.
• Insight about how federal human resources specialists will evaluate your resume and other application materials, including Keyword analysis, rating & ranking processes.
• A short tutorial on the Office of Personnel Management and USAJOBS web-site to understand the process and to utilize the tools available.
• Federal Career Consultation Report: The remainder time for this service will be spent by the certified federal resume writer on reviewing your documents and preparing and sending you a report summarizing the recommendations discussed.

If you live in the Washington, DC area, please consider our One Day Training Course, Ten Steps to a Federal Job™. This is a GREAT way to begin your federal career.

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