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| Getting Started | |
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| What Is a Federal Resume? | |
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| Six Resume Formats for the Six Most Common Federal Career Objectives | |
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| Federal Resumes for Career Change (Occupational Series Change and Advancement) | |
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| Federal Resumes for Career Change (with New Training and Education) | |
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| Federal Resumes for Lateral Moves (New Agency, New Location, or New Supervisor) | |
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| Federal Resumes for New Agencies with New Missions | |
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| Federal Resumes for Reinstatement | |
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| Summary | |
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| Strategies for Moving Up in Government | |
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| Setting Goals Makes the Difference | |
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| Know Your Agencies | |
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| Being Proactive: Eliminating the "Wait-and-See" Mentality | |
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| The One-Page Resume: A Networking and Self-Marketing Tool | |
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| Summary | |
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| Federal Resume-Writing Basics: Getting Started | |
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| Getting into the Mindset for Writing a Better Resume | |
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| Five Steps to Getting Started on Your Federal Resume | |
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| Information That Must Be Included on Your Federal Resume | |
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| The First Two Sections of a Federal Resume | |
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| Summary | |
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| Vacancy Announcement Search | |
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| Find Vacancy Announcements | |
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| Analyze the Vacancy Announcement | |
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| Follow the Application Instructions | |
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| The Importance of the Vacancy Announcements | |
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| Summary | |
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| Researching Your Core Competencies | |
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| What Are Your Core Competencies and How Can You Include Them in Your Resume? | |
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| Using Core Competencies as Transferable Skills When Changing Careers | |
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| Search for Agency and Company Core Competencies | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Your Federal Resume | |
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| Presenting Your Educational Background and Training | |
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| Considerations for Organizing Your Educational Background | |
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| Education Section Samples | |
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| Writing About Your Other Qualifications | |
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| Examples of "Other Qualifications" Sections | |
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| Job-Related Honors, Awards, or Special Accomplishments | |
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| Sports, Activities, and Special Interests | |
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| Media, Quotes, Articles, and Public Speaking | |
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| Travel Experience | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Your Work Experience | |
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| What the Work Experience Section Should Include | |
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| Know Your Audience: Who's Going to Read Your Resume? | |
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| Do Your Research | |
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| More Preparation Before Writing | |
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| Converting Your SF-171, OF-612, or Private-Sector Resume into a Better, Expanded Federal Resume | |
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| The Factor Evaluation System (FES) | |
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| The Rewriting Stage | |
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| Questions and Answers About the Work Experience Section | |
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| Writing Your Part-Time and Small-Business Job Descriptions | |
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| Writing About Unpaid Work Experiences | |
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| What Have You Accomplished? The Importance of Your Career and Volunteer Accomplishments | |
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| Project Lists | |
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| Summary | |
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| Plain-Language Resumes: Writing Well | |
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| Use Plain Words | |
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| Use Short Sentences | |
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| Do Not Use "I" | |
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| Use Powerful Words | |
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| Beware of Acronyms | |
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| No Bureaucratese, Colloquialisms, or Technobabble | |
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| Tell a Story or Describe a Project | |
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| Tell the Truth and Don't Exaggerate | |
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| Be Consistent with Verb Tenses | |
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| Avoid the Passive Voice | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Magic of Page 1: Focusing Your Resume Toward an Announcement, Promotion, or New Career | |
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| Overview of the Three Types of Focusing Sections | |
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| Targeting Your Resume to Each Announcement | |
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| Changing Careers Using the Focusing Sections | |
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| More Profile Statement Examples | |
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| Federal Resume Case Studies with Page 1 Focusing Sections | |
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| Summary | |
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| Electronic Resumes, Cover Letters, KSAs, and Applications | |
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| Putting Together Your Federal Resume Application | |
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| Organizing Your Resume Sections | |
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| Formatting Your Federal Resume | |
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| Grammar, Consistency, and Proofreading Tips | |
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| Packaging Your Application | |
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| Summary | |
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| Electronic Resume Writing | |
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| The Major Differences Between Electronic Resumes and "Paper" Federal Resumes | |
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| Ten Steps for Preparing and Writing a Successful Electronic Resume | |
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| The Bottom Line: Read the Directions Carefully | |
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| Applying for a Federal Job | |
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| USAJOBS and Recruitment One-Stop--The Near Future | |
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| The Present Situation: Several Different Automated HR Systems Manage Resumes for Federal Agencies | |
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| How Automated Human Resources Systems Manage Resumes | |
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| Two Typical Kinds of Vacancy Announcements--Open Inventory Announcements and Current Job Announcements | |
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| Summary | |
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| Boosting Your Employment Chances with Great KSAs | |
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| What Is a KSA? | |
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| An In-Depth Look at KSAs | |
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| How to Write Great KSAs | |
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| Recommended KSA Format | |
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| Examples of Good KSAs | |
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| Summary | |
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| Cover Letters with a Mission | |
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| Why Should You Include a Cover Letter? | |
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| Draft Your Cover Letter | |
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| Sample Cover Letters | |
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| Summary | |
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| Resumes and Guidance for Specific Federal Careers | |
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| Applying for the Senior Executive Service | |
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| A Profile of the SES | |
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| Requirements for Successful Applicants: Remember the Basics | |
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| What Does the SES Announcement Require? | |
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| Writing Executive Core Qualifications | |
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| The Anatomy of an ECQ | |
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| Sample ECQ Statements | |
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| A Sample Executive Federal Resume | |
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| Summary | |
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| Federal Job Survival: CareerProofing | |
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| The CareerProofing System | |
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| Protect Your Assets | |
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| Add Value to Where You Work | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Federal Jobs in Science, Medicine, and Health Policy: Converting a Curriculum Vitae into a Federal Resume | |
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| Section-by-Section Conversion Instructions | |
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| Other Hints for Crafting Your Federal Resume | |
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| Before-and-After Sample CV and Federal Resume | |
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| Writing a Federal IT Resume | |
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| IT Resume Writing Challenges | |
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| Quick List of Final Steps to a Great IT Resume | |
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| Federal IT Resume Examples | |
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| Summary | |
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| Wage-Grade Resumes: Staying Employed, Getting Promoted, or Going to General Schedule (GS) Jobs | |
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| Case Study: Ship Fitters at Pearl Harbor | |
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| Strategies for Writing a Winning Wage-Grade Resume to Compete to Keep Your Job | |
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| The Most Desired Jobs for Former WG, WS, WL, WD, and WN Employees | |
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| Researching Your Transferable Skills and Keywords | |
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| Transitioning from a WG Career to a GS Career | |
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| Checklist for Writing a Wage-Grade Resume | |
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| Sample Resumix Resume for a Wage-Grade Transition | |
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| Summary | |
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| Resumes for Business Contracts and Purchasing | |
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| The "Government to Business" Imperative | |
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| Skills for Contracting Experts | |
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| The OPM's Classification Standards | |
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| New Competencies Needed for Contract Specialists in Government | |
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| Examples of the Types of Contracts Negotiated and Managed | |
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| Examples of Good Contracting Resumes | |
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| Summary | |
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| Resumes for Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Series Jobs | |
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| State to Federal Career Change | |
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| Transitioning from Private Industry to Government | |
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| Moving Up from One Federal Job to Another | |
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| Transitioning from Nonprofit to a Federal Job (Electronic Resume) | |
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| Summary: Six Key Ways to Improve Your Administrative Resume | |
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| Applying for Program/Management Analyst Positions | |
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| What Is a Program/Management Analyst? | |
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| Job Requirements for a Program/Management Analyst | |
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| Gearing Your Resume Toward a Program/Management Analyst Job | |
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| Sample Resume for a Program/Management Analyst | |
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| Summary: Final Advice for the Program/Management Analyst | |
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| Human Resources Management: An Occupation in Transition | |
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| Addressing the New HR Competencies | |
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| Developing New HR Competencies on Shifting Sands | |
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| Two Contexts, Three Roles, and Ten Specialties: Using the HR Classification Standards to Focus Your KSAs | |
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| Putting It All Together: Writing KSAs in the CCAR Format | |
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| Eight Emerging KSAs for the HR Career Field | |
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| Military to Civilian Resume Conversions | |
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| Translating Your Resume to Civilian Speak | |
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| Focusing Your Resume | |
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| Summary | |
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| Federal Resume Examples | |
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| Index | |