Student Federal Career Guide: Ten Steps to a Federal Job(r) or Internship for Students and Recent Graduates

Now, more than ever, during and after the Pandemic, recent graduates will need a stable, dependable employer – the US Federal government is hiring and they WANT to hire new graduates. There is a CLIFF of retirements in government and the government is hiring.  The jobs in the Federal government are dependable, most are telecommuting today. They did not loose their jobs. There are plenty of internships and Pathways programs for new graduates.  Extreme hiring in Public Health, Cyber, Information Technology and any healthcare and veterans positions. With the Direct Hire Authority by congress, managers can hire students quickly. But the resume MSUT match the qualifications on the announcement.<p> The federal resume is unique, longer than typical private sector. This is critical information to navigate a federal career and begin as an internship and change to a permanent position after a year or certain amount of time.<p> This book is CRITICAL for any new graduate would like a stable  and valuable career in Public Service.

Kathryn Troutman  lives in Catonsville, MD and is the founder and president of The Resume Place, Inc., a service business located in Baltimore, MD. Resume Place specializing in writing and designing professional federal and private-sector resumes, as well as coaching and education in the federal hiring process. For the past 40 years, Troutman has managed her professional writing and consulting practice, publishing, and federal career training business. With her team of 20 Certified Federal Resume Writers, The Resume Place advises and writes more than 300 federal resumes per month for military, private industry, and federal clients world-wide.<P> Internationally recognized as the “Federal Resume Guru” by federal jobseekers and federal human resources specialists, Troutman created the format and name for the new “federal resume” that became an accepted standard after the SF 171 form was eliminated in 1995. She is the pioneering designer of the Federal Resume based on her first book, the Federal Resume Guidebook, which already is in the fourth edition.