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SIX AUDIENCES™: How to Avoid the Federal Resume “Black Hole”

So, you’ve decided that you’d like to serve in a federal job. And, you’ve spent hours and hours perusing over your past. You have read every article you can find on federal résumés. Every night you sit at the computer and try to incorporate...

Federal Hiring: Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice

Federal Jobs, Federal Resumes, Job Search

The holidays are ahead of us and that means planning for family travel, holiday shopping, and holiday events. And for some people, they know federal hiring is abundant and they are planning their next step! Many government entities start their fiscal year October 1,...

Your Federal Resume: Top 10 Worst Advice

Federal Resumes

So you’re ready to create your federal resume so you can apply for a federal job. You jump on the internet and find advice—all sorts of advice. In fact, all sorts of conflicting advice…and now you are confused as heck. But you decide to give it a go and next thing you...

Writing Your Federal Résumé: It’s NOT about YOU!

Federal Resumes, Magnetize Your Federal Resume, Resumes

Here’s the crazy truth about your Federal résumé… Did you know your résumé is NOT about YOU? That’s right, and kind of crazy, huh? Stick with me here…your résumé is about speaking to the Six Audiences™ who read and score your résumé! One of the biggest...

Résumé Fail: The Unfilled Bingo Card

Magnetize Your Federal Resume, Resumes

Many of my clients admit prior to contacting us that they have submitted the same résumé to many job announcements—even hundreds—without success. Their results? The equivalent of an unfilled Bingo card. In other words: nothing. No winner. When you, as a federal job...