Ten Steps to a Federal Job – Federal Resume & KSA Writing Workshop – Open to the public

GOVERNMENT JOB SEARCH TRAINING – FEDERAL RESUME AND KSA WRITING WORKSHOP!
REGISTER NOW – NEXT DATE:
July 11, Monday (Montgomery College, Gaithersburg MD)
KATHRYN TROUTMAN, AUTHOR, PUBLISHER, SPEAKER will be presenting
To Register:
Call Kim Schmitt, Ten Steps Class Coordinator: 410 744 4324; or email: kimberly@resume-place.com

Spend an invaluable day with federal hiring and federal resume experts to learn how to write a highly-competitive federal resume and KSA. Bring your resume to this computer-room class and learn how to add the right federal resume keywords from USAJOBS vacancy announcements.

We are expecting many thousands of federal jobs to be posted on www.usajobs.gov by August / Sept. The end of the government’s fiscal year is Sept. and the agencies usually post many positions by this date. Plus they will be hiring more and more people to support President Obama’s Stimulus Package. Be Competitive for these highly desirable positions. Learn to write a federal resume and apply correctly for federal jobs in one day.

• Workshop Title: Ten Steps to a Federal Job – Federal Resume & KSA Writing
• Instructor: Kathryn Troutman, Author and Educator
• Sponsored by: The Resume Place, Inc., www.resume-place.com
• Cost: $199.95 per class; credit cards accepted. If you have purchased the Ten Steps book already, you can get a discount from the $199 price. Just let Kim know that you have the book already.
• Course size: 22 maximum participants
• Groups: Write to kathryn@resume-place.com for group pricing and payment by agency credit card.

The federal government is hiring!

2009 promises to be one of the biggest hiring years for federal employment. With high unemployment rates, new leadership, new Jobs program, and large retirement in government, opportunities for federal jobs have never been better.

In this fast-paced hands-on computer course, you will learn how to apply successfully for federal positions. Instructor, Kathryn Troutman will review the principles outlined in her book, Ten Steps to a Federal Job, 2nd edition, published in January 2009. As a bonus, attendees will receive a FREE copy of this valuable resource.

What You Will Learn

• How to write a federal resume for USAJOBS Resume Builder – Learn about our outstanding and successful Outline Format with keywords. Easy to up-date and refocus for each announcement.
• Kathryn will review the federal positions that you are targeting to make SURE you are applying for the right positions and the right salary/grade level. Each person will have a review of their target positions and grade.
• How to write KSAs and fill out the self-assessment questionnaires. Learn how to tell your best stories to get the best rating by the human resources specialists or expert panel.
• How to find keywords by analyzing announcements. What are your keywords? A lesson you will use for every federal application.
• Master USAJOBS.gov resume builder, applicant tracking, and announcement search.
• What to bring – Important!
• Bring your resume to class on paper and online if possible. You will rewrite your resume during the class for a USAJOBS application. If you have your resume in the USAJOBS builder, that can help you improve the resume during the class. Even if you submit your current resume to USAJOBS, you can work on a new version during the class and use your account.

Testimonial

“My eyes have truly been opened to the process of applying for a job in the federal government. Instead of viewing the KSAs with disdain; I now look at them as a opportunity to describe how well I perform the duties of my profession. The strengths, accomplishments and keyword excercises helped me to break out of the traditional bulleted resume mindset.

The material presented covered the most important skills needed to land a job in the federal government. For example, tools to build resumes and write KSAs effectively. I really appreciated the way Kathryn highlighted chapters and pages in her book to jump start the class on the information needed to get “hit the ground running”.

I would highly recommend this course to anyone finding it nearly impossible to navigate the federal jobs process.”

Dates and Locations

July 11 2009 (Saturday) – 9 am to 4 pm
Sponsored by Gaithersburg Business Training Center, Montgomery College
12 South Summit Avenue, Old Town Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Room 408
Directions: www.montgomerycollege.edu/maps/gaithersburgwdce.html

July 21 2009 – 9 am to 4 pm
Loyola College, 8890 McGaw Road, Columbia, MD 21045
Directions: http://www.loyola.edu/about/drivingdirections.html

Technology

Classrooms are computer rooms. Use ours or bring your laptop! Bring your resume on-disk, be ready to write the resume, submit to USAJOBS and find positions on USAJOBS for which you are qualified during this one day class.

Payment

Please pay at the time of registration. We accept Visa, MC, AMEX and Discovery. We also accept government credit cards. If you would like to pay by government credit card by an authorized purchase card holder, they can pay online or call the office in Baltimore, MD.

Order Copies of Kathryn’s Federal Resume Books

• Ten Steps to a Federal Job, $28.95 plus $8.00 postage – INCLUDED IN THE WORKSHOP!!
• Military to Federal Career Guide, $25.00 plus $6.00 postage
• Federal Resume Guidebook, $38.95 plus $8.00 postage
• Jobseeker’s Guide, $10.00 plus $5.00 postage

About the Presenter

Kathryn is internationally recognized as the “Federal Resume Writing Guru,” having written the first book on federal resume writing, the Federal Resume Guidebook – now in its 4th edition. She created the format and name for the new “federal resume” that became an accepted standard after the SF 171 form was eliminated in 1995. Kathryn’s latest book, Ten Steps to a Federal Job, (2nd edition), is written for private industry job seekers who would like a stable career in the federal government — an ever growing industry.
Kathryn is quoted in national media regularly and is a columnist on more than eight online federal and military employment Web sites. She is a federal agency contracted trainer and presents her popular curriculums, Federal Resume & KSA Writing and NSPS Self-Assessment Writing, for more than 100 agencies per year, including the national BRAC Center in Crystal City, VA. Her Ten Steps curriculum is taught by Certified Federal Job Search Trainers in more than 100 military bases around the world.

REGISTER NOW
Call Kim Schmitt, Ten Steps Class Coordinator: 410 744 4324; or email: kimberly@resume-place.com