CFJST / CFCC

USAJOBS Application Strategies: How to Successfully Master the Online Application

Learn how to maximize your application results

If you are a determined and serious federal job applicant, you will NOT want to miss this important 45-minute webinar with Kathryn Troutman on USAJOBS Application Strategies - How to Successfully Master the Online Application!

Kathryn Troutman will help you navigate the USAJOBS federal application system, including topics such as:
  • Profile questions and answers
  • Resume builder strategies: how to make your resume look great in the builder
  • How to update and tweak your resume for each application (slightly) with keywords
  • How to match your resume to your questionnaire answers
  • Tricks and traps to avoid
  • Application tracking methods: find out your status of applications
  • Strategically analyze your results and how to change your tactics in selecting announcements

Instructor:  Kathryn Troutman, Author, Federal Resume Guidebook

Kathryn Troutman is the founder and president of The Resume Place, Inc., a service business located in Baltimore, MD, specializing in writing and designing professional federal and private-sector resumes, as well as coaching and education in the federal hiring process. Kathryn Troutman is an expert in federal employment systems, online applications for government and strategies for maximizing your applications through USAJOBS. For the past 40 years, Troutman has managed her Professional Writing and Consulting Practice, Publishing and Federal Career Training business, and 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.