The New SES Application: Writing the Traditional ECQs and the New 2011 Five-Page Senior Executive Service Resume
Kathryn Troutman 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.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, theFederal Resume Guidebook, which already is in the fourth edition.Diane Hudson Burns is a multi-credentialed career coach, certified leadership and talent management coach, and resume writer. Diane trains and coaches hundreds of federal and corporate employees to write (SES) Senior Executive Service Resumes and Executive Core Qualification statements, master the SES interview process, and navigate the federal application process. She guides senior clients to position themselves to move up the career ladder to attain senior federal and SES positions.Diane leads the SES Resume & ECQ Writing Workshops for members of federal agencies including the Air Force, Navy, Army, USMC, and other government agency leadership programs throughout the USA. Diane trains on job search topics including interviewing, and she specializes in senior level military transitions.Diane is Director for the Certified Professional Career Coach Program, has a degree in journalism, and was formerly a Special Agent Investigator for (DoD) Department of Defense, and an employment specialist for a Northrop corporation in Los Angeles.