Federal Career Consultation

Don’t have a federal job search strategy? We are here to help you develop one. Our Federal Career Consultants will point you in the right direction for federal jobs, salaries, grade levels and announcement selection. Get expert help before you waste many great opportunities (and precious time) with a federal resume and application that is not on target. If you are a career changer, or coming from private industry or military service, then the Federal Career Consultation is HIGHLY recommended. This consultation service is also 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. Our 90-minute consultation comes with a complete professional report of recommendations for your federal job search. Please read the service description below for more details. See a sample Federal Career Consultation Report »

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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

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

90 Minute Consultation: Service Description

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.

This service also includes: 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. Not in the area? You can also consider our FREE One Hour Webinars lead by Federal Career Consultants.

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.