8/8/2019 Casestudy Resume

1/8270 T E N S T E P S T O A F E D E R A L J O B

Business and Industry#6 in proessional felds or projected government hiring in FY 2007 - 2009

11,407 projected to be hired in 2009

Includes contracting, property management, trade specialist, loan specialist,

and realty specialist.

Top Ten Hiring AgenciesNo. o

Employees

Projected

Hires

D epar tment of D efense 18,677 6,841

General Ser vices Administrat ion 4,382 1,119

D epar tment of Agriculture 8,182 1,064

D epar tment of Homeland Secur ity 822 1,000

D epar tment of Commerce 817 305

Depar tment of Ho using and Ur ban D evelopment 3,452 303

Depar tment of Treasur y 459 195

Depar tment of Energy 402 175

National Aeronautics and Space Administrat ion 696 160

Environmental Protec t ion Agenc y 490 90

Total (al l agencies) 11,407

Partnership or Public Service, Where the Jobs Are: Mission Critical Opportunities for America,

July 2007, http://ourpublicservice.org/OPS/publications/viewcontentdetails.php?id=118

M A R G A R E T C H A P L I NWAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR TO ENERGY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

CLIENT INTERVIEWED AND HIRED FOR FIRST JOB SHE APPLIED FOR!BUSINESS AND INDU STRY GROUP, GS-1100

8/8/2019 Casestudy Resume

2/82

FactsPast Position: Warehouse SupervisorPast Salary: $58,000Target Federal Job: Energy Management Specialist, GS-1101-9/12

QualifcationsMargaret demonstrates in her resume that she has one year specialized experience at or

equivalent to the GS 9-12 levels. She actually has 20 years o experience, an associates degree,

and hundreds o hours o specialized training.

Starting SalaryMargaret accepted a cut in pay, as a GS-9 with promotion potential to $84,559 within two years

(GS-1101-9/12). Margaret was promoted to GS-11 on her one year mark and expects to be

promoted to GS-12 at her two-year anniversary.

Margaret was seeking a job with stability, day shi hours, and long-term benets. She was

interested in improving her qualiy o lie; she believes that even though she took an initial pay

cut, the benets and quality o lie improvement more than made up or the diference in salary.

She said, Tis is the best move that I could ever have done!!

Promotion/Promotional PotentialTis position ofered promotion potential to a GS-12. Margaret was told by her hiring manager

that she would most likely be promoted rom a GS-9 to a GS-11 within one year.

ResultsMargaret worked in several similar positions in industry or various companies. With some

20 years o specialized experience, she was the top candidate or the position posting.

8/8/2019 Casestudy Resume

3/8272 T E N S T E P S T O A F E D E R A L J O B

Although this is not the actual announcement to which Margaret applied, it is the same title, grade, and series.

Margaret applied or this announcement; she qualied or the position, interviewed, received an ofer, and started

employment in less than our months o the closing date.

Energy Management Specialist, Department of Defense

SALARY RANGE:$36,671.00 - $84,559 USD per year

OPEN PERIOD:Wednesday October 4, 20xx to Wednesday October 25, 20xx

SERIES & GRADE: GS-1101-9/12 POSITION INFORMATION:Full-Time Career / Career Conditional

PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 12 DUTY LOCATIONS:Few Vacancies Ft. Belvoir, Fairfax, Manassas

Target Job Announcement

8/8/2019 Casestudy Resume

4/82

BEFORE Private Industry Resume

Resume ProblemTe client tried to submit applications using a corporate-style ormatted resume. However,

the application required an online ederally ormatted resume with essay responses to several

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities statements. Even though the corporate resume included many

specic results, it lacked in Challenge and Action statements to ully incorporate keywords and

competencies required in the announcement. For instance the words Material Management

are not in this resume.

AFTER Federal Resume Focused Toward Target Position

Resume SolutionMargarets new ederally ormatted outline resume includes keywords and core competencies

taken rom the major duties and the KSA statements to highlight her actual accomplishments.

She also wrote KSA essays using specic examples in the CCAR ormat to describe her scope

o work and tie the stories to the accomplishments.

Resume Writing Tips

Use these tips to help you transorm your private industry resume into a targeted ederal

resume. Te BEFORE and AFER resumes are eatured on the ollowing pages.

8/8/2019 Casestudy Resume

5/8274 T E N S T E P S T O A F E D E R A L J O B

B E F O R E : P r i v a t e I n d u s t r y R e s u m e

8/8/2019 Casestudy Resume

6/82

8/8/2019 Casestudy Resume

7/8276 T E N S T E P S T O A F E D E R A L J O B

A F T E R : F e d e r a l R e s u m e

8/8/2019 Casestudy Resume

8/82

Federal Resume Strategist and Writer

Diane Hudson Burns, CFJST, CFRWC, CPRW, CEIP, CCM, CPCC, CCMC, IJCTC, CLTMC