SES Applications
Writing your SES application – a major writing project!
Writing the 12 to 20 page total Senior Executive Service package for SES positions in government is a significant writing project for any senior executive.
What are your most significant achievements in the last 10 years? Our SES Consultants and writers will help you create your initial Top Ten list of Accomplishments as a first draft for the ECQs.
Our expert writers will draft the ECQs in the mandatory CCAR format. Our expert SES application writers are very familiar with the required format for the Office of Personnel Management review.
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Get Samples! For only $19.95, two successful samples (fictionalized) of the 5-page SES Federal Resume and ECQs are in The New SES Application by K. Troutman and Diane Hudson Burns. Highly Recommended for anyone who is considering writing an SES Application.SES Writing Workshop
Work with expert ECQ Writers and Editors to write your SES application and begin your SES Career.
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SES ECQ Writing Workshops are taught throughout government
The Tips and CCAR ECQ Writing strategies are taught in SES ECQ Writing Workshops throughout the U.S. by the Resume Place SES Writers and Trainers.
SES Writing Services
The ECQ writing service is a collaborative writing and developmental editing service. We depend on you to give us the best examples in a draft or outline. Our role is to rewrite, expand, enhance, write at the executive level, tell a compelling story, and complete the project on-time and on-budget. Our ECQ service includes:
- Consulting with you on your accomplishments and working with your Top Ten List of Accomplishments homework
- Analyzing your Accomplishment Record to see how your accomplishments will map into the Executive Core Qualifications
- Brainstorming and discussing your best accomplishments for the 5 ECQs: Leading Change, Leading People, Results Driven, Business Acumen and Building Coalitions
- Matching your accomplishments to the ECQs and coaching you in obtaining more details on each accomplishment
- Reviewing your Accomplishment Record to make SURE the CCAR format is followed
- Editing and rewriting your drafts to meet OPM’s writing requirements and to place emphasis on your executive leadership experiences
- Ensuring the writing style is at an executive level, in active voice, concise, and positive
We are experts in writing the Executive Core Qualifications – your Leadership Accomplishment Record that demonstrates your expertise for the 5 ECQs:
ECQ 1 – LEADING CHANGE. The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
ECQ 2 – LEADING PEOPLE. The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization’s vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
ECQ 3 – RESULTS DRIVEN. The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
ECQ 4 – BUSINESS ACUMEN. The ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
ECQ 5 – BUILDING COALITIONS. The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.
The New SES Application- the Book
The New SES Application by Kathryn Troutman and Diane Hudson Burns. This is a new publication that covers both SES formats: Traditional 10-page ECQs, and the 5-page SES Federal Resume. Samples and writing insight can help you get started with writing your SES application.
SES Writing Workshop
We are pleased to announce that we are now offering a two-day SES Application Writing Workshop at the Federal Career Training Institute in the Baltimore/DC metro region!