Senior Executive Service ECQ Writing Workshop
Executive Federal Resume and ECQ Writing for GS 14 and Above Federal Employees preparing for Executive Careers or Career Development Leadership Programs/Announcements
Format and Duration:
A one-day, 7-hour workshop or half-day 3.5 hour workshop. Also taught through Web Conference/Seminar format in two 2-hour sessions. Expert and knowledgeable SES trainers lead, facilitate and train Federal executives in brainstorming, writing, sharing, listening and developing outstanding executives examples for the 5 ECQs. Executives also learn how to package their extensive leadership and management experience into a concise, impressive 3-4 page Federal Executive Resume.
Workshop Overview and Objectives:
"The biggest challenge in writing ECQs is to make the reader, eventually the evaluator, believe that you are interested and dedicated in doing your job. Sense of commitment and dedication in an effective ECQ can't be replaced. Developing that kind of tone where you've got an active interest in what's going on and developing a sense of experience with the activity is critical to making any of them effective."- Ned Lynch, Ph.D.
Do you have talented GS 13-14 employeesin your agency whose applications for promotions just can't seem to get past the agency SES Review Panel … or the OPM Quality Review Board?
Perhaps you'd like to see them step up and fill executive shoes within your agency. Well then, don't let them file their next executive applications without first taking this course! This lively, information-packed workshop will help your senior managers write outstanding and more competitive SES application packages. By the workshop's conclusion, employees will feel more confident about writing their Executive Core Qualifications (ECQ) and resumes. Participants will identify and practice writing about their Executive Core Competencies and Leadership Competencies, using the OPM's recommended model: Context, Challenge, Action and Results. A customized SES Writer's Guide and step-by-step workbook will facilitate their writing four new resume and ECQ sections in class. Employees will learn a new way of thinking and writing about senior management positions in government and their employee's role in current or future government leadership. The workshop also presents opportunities for establishing contacts. Instructional methods include in-class exercises focusing on accomplishments; interviewing, brainstorming, writing and sharing ECQ examples; analysis of announcements for target language; and incorporation of the Leadership Competencies.
Who Should Attend this Workshop?
- Federal employees GS-13/14 who have substantial experience and the commitment to advance to the executive level in the near future.
- Mentors, managers, human resource and other professionals who need to advise employees on career management and advancement.
- Upper level employees who need to update their resumes, especially in the environment of increased retirement among SES and Mid-Career levels in government and government reorganization.
Participants Will Learn How To:
- Compose extraordinary Executive Federal Resumes.
- Grasp how SES hiring process is managed by agencies and OPM.
- Identify their own ECQs and the corresponding 27 Leadership Competencies.
- Use the Office of Personnel Management's preferred Context-Challenge-Action-Results-CCAR-model to write about their own Executive Core Qualifications.
- Think up the organizational ladder.
- Demonstrate in writing their decision-making, leadership, organization direction abilities.
- Create impressive work experience descriptions.
- Write outstanding profile statements-at the executive level.
- Analyze Technical and Managerial Factors.
- Create attention-getting cover letters for an SES application packages.
- Prepare standout SOARS SES Resumes.
Syllabus:
Courses are off-the-shelf, but customized to fit the agency's application system. Final content will depend on types of positions, grade levels and specific needs of the contracting agency. This syllabus is an example of content typically presented in this course.
Key Concepts
- The New Executive Core Qualifications
- Leading Change
- Leading People
- Results Driven
- Business Acumen
- Building Coalitions/Communications
- The 27 Sub-competencies
- Writing About the SES Executive Core Factors
- Applying basics of effective writing-descriptions and narratives of experience.
- Thinking up the organizational ladder.
- Practice Writing.
- Effective application of what you know
- How have you made a difference to other people, other organizations,
and policies?
- Show accountability and continuous improvement.
- The Total Senior Executive Service Application Package
- The Cover Letter
- The New Executive Federal Resume
- The SOARS SES Resume
- Technical and Managerial Factors
Text/Handout:
Group discounts are available for textbooks. Proven, valuable handouts are designed for each agency, based on types of positions and grade levels. The cost of the text or handouts may or may not be included in the contract, depending on the preference of the contracting agency. Text and handouts typically available for this course include:
Federal Resume Guidebook by Kathryn Kraemer Troutman
"The ECQ Writing Workbook,"© 2002 by Kathryn Kraemer Troutman
Prices, Locations and Dates:
Workshop prices, locations and dates depend on the needs of the contracting organization.
Agency Experience:
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Archives & Records Administration, College Park, MD
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Managerial Core Competencies for GS 13 and 14 KSA Writing (using the ECQs for mid-career managers)
- National Institutes of Health
- Department of Interior, Leadership Institute, Career Development Program
- Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Career Development Program
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Career Development Program
Course Information for Your Agency:
Request information about Resume Place Off-the-Shelf or Customized Career Training Courses by writing to Kathryn Troutman,
Director, Resume Place Career Training Services
888-480-8265
89 Mellor Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21228
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