Dual Our clients find jobs 4-6 weeks sooner and earn 10-25% more from their new employers than the average job-seeker

All of our Next Steps Career Coaching and Interview Preparation meetings are face-to-face and typically conducted online via video chat. This allows us to talk in real-time, fully address your questions, and share our screen to walk you through your resume and various job search tools. We always meet with you after we have worked on the resume. Doing so allows us to gain a good understanding of your background and the questions we ask will help you think through your next steps as well.

The Obama administration made a push to transform federal hiring to be more like the private sector. One of the big changes included the acceptance of industry style resumes, so long as they address each of the requirements of the posting, by federal hiring offices.

This is not government-wide though. There are still offices that require a “federal style” resume which is typically 4 to 8 pages long, written in narrative (paragraph) format, and provide comprehensive details of every employment position focusing on responsibilities and duties and less on outcome and achievements. We do not write these types of resumes.

We focus only on industry-style resumes which are seldom longer than two pages, focuses on select accomplishments and core competencies, and incorporates the use of bullets for quick scanning. If you are in need of an old “federal style” resume, we can recommend a few firms to you. Here are a few links that will provide more background and context on the shift from federal style to industry style within the federal government:

https://www.fedsmith.com/2011/03/21/no-more-ksas-how-federal-job/

https://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-careers/tips-writing-federal-resume

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/

Yes and we encourage you to do so. Your resume will always be delivered in the latest Microsoft Word format as well as Adobe PDF. Additionally, we store your resume in our database in case you need a copy in the future. Every document we work on for you is your property and as such, you are free to do with it as you please. We also offer resume updates for previous clients for a small fee.

While we find it most effective to work one-on-one, we have conducted coaching sessions in a group setting in the past. Please contact us to discuss.