Writing a Federal Resume

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by Amin Huffington

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What is a Resumé?
The resumé is a marketing summary of your skills, accomplishments, experiences, and education designed to capture a prospective employer’s interest. It also provides the information that will justify how you have rated yourself on an electronic assessment questionnaire.

Your resumé can become a self-awareness experience that will reframe how you see yourself at work and raise your level of confi dence.

What is the Difference Between a Private Sector Resumé and a Federal Resumé?
A federal resumé requires a minimum of 5 pieces of information that are not included in a private sector resumé:

1. The Job Announcement Number, Title, Series, and Grade
2. Social Security Number
3. Veteran’s Preference (Yes + number of points; or None)
4. Citizenship
5. Highest Federal Salary Earned (may be placed at the Job Title of most recent Federal job)

 There are many other details that most Federal job announcements ask for, but we have discovered that the 5 pieces of information above will be enough.

Elements of the Resumé:

• Personal Information Required Federal Information (see above)
• Experience (both paid and voluntary)
• Name and phone number of Supervisor for most recent jobs and whether or not they have your permission to contact them (“Yes, you may contact.” “Please do not contact.”)
• Education and Training
• Special Job Qualifications

The resumé format that Dreamfedjob encourages is suggested by research that has looked at how hiring officials read resumés and how the eye tracks. We use this research to lay out information in the most readable format possible. Remember the formula is based on solid research. Compared to traditional resumés, there are two unusual characteristics of the resumés we propose you put together:

Your resumé will begin with a “Summary” of the value you bring to the job for which you are applying. This summary is a marketing statement and should be written to provoke the reader’s interests. For each job you have had, a set of 1 to 4 “accomplishment statements” will be presented individually and separated from the body of your description of what you did.

Targeting Your Resumé

Carefully read and make sure you understand all the sections of the announcement. Getting the assistance of a Career counselor to help with this process will help you make a more effective resumé. Determine how you are best qualified for the position and plan how you will make that “good fit” apparent in your resumé. Think about what accomplishments you want to present to convince the hiring offi cial you are the best qualified applicant in the applicant pool.