Roadmap to the Senior Executive Service, 2nd Edition: How to Find SES Jobs, Determine Your Qualifications, and Develop Your SES Application

by Barbara A. Adams, Lee Kelley

Overview

Learn how to find Senior Executive Service (SES) government jobs, determine your qualifications, and develop your application. As a new generation of leaders steps forward to transform the federal government, will you be among them?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780982322284
Publisher:	Career Pro Global Inc
Publication date:	03/01/2020
Series:	21st Century Career Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	263
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

BARBARA ADAMS has led CareerPro Global, Inc. (CPG) for almost three decades, and has built CPG into one of the largest and fastest-growing career services organizations industry-wide, having served more than 60,000 clients to date. Barbara positioned CPG to raise the bar by developing an ISO 9001:2008-guided quality process (the first in the careers industry) through which all of CPG’s processes were reviewed and measured for quality. CPG held full ISO 9001:2008 certification/registration from 2010 to 2017, and still maintains an internal quality control system based on those standards. Barbara earned the Career Innovation Award for this implementation and focus on quality of workmanship, process, and people. Barbara has also co-authored several books in CareerPro’s 21st-Century Career Series, including Roadmap to the Senior Executive Service, Roadmap to Job-Winning Military to Civilian Resumes, Roadmap to Becoming an Administrative Law Judge and Roadmap to Federal Jobs. Barbara employs some of the best—if not the best—writers and career advisers in the industry, and provides ongoing training in support of hiring trends and protocol. CareerPro Global is one of the most trusted career management services in the industry.

LEE KELLEY is the senior member of CPG’s writing team, and serves on the executive staff as Director of Training and Managing Editor for over a dozen other writers. He is also a veteran who spent 10 years in the U.S. Army, working his way from Private to Captain. He spent a year in Ramadi, Iraq (2005–2006) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and his last position in the Army was Commanding Officer of a 275-member organization. Since leaving the military, Lee has leveraged his writing and military background to work with more than 650 clients from the government, military, and private sectors. He holds three industry certifications: Master Federal Career Advisor/Trainer, Master Federal Resume Writer, and Master Military Resume Writer. Finally, Lee co-authored four books in CareerPro’s 21st-Century Career Series, and won the “Best Military Transition Resume” Toast of the Resume Industry (TORI) Award in 2011.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Check Point 1 Understanding the Senior Executive Service

What Types of SES Positions Are There? 17

How Much Can You Expect to Make in the SES? 18

Are You Ready for the SES? 19

Determining Your Eligibility 20

Candidate Development Programs 21

Is a Candidate Development Program Right for You? 22

Five Tips for Becoming a Member of SES 22

Check Point 1 Summary 23

Check Point 2 Finding SES Jobs and Navigating the Hiring Process

Research and Identify Federal Occupation(s) or Agencies of Interest 26

Search for Vacancies on USAJOBS.gov 31

Create Saved Searches 32

Read and Interpret Vacancy Announcements 33

Five Tips for Navigating an SES Vacancy 36

The SES Application Process 37

The Qualifications Review Board (QRB) 38

QRB Review Types 38

Why ECQs Get Rejected 39

SES Application Trends 40

Check Point 2 Summary 41

Check Point 3 Developing an Effective SES Resume

Sections of an SES Resume 44

Documents You Will Need to Gather 46

Five-Step SES Resume Development Process 47

Step 1 Use a Vacancy Announcement to Identify Keywords/Headlines/Core Competencies 47

Step 2 Set Up Your Resume Using the Headline Format 48

Step 3 Write Your Professional/Executive Summary 50

Step 4 Write the Duties and Accomplishments for Each Position 50

Step 5 Edit Your Resume 58

Writing a Five-Page All-Inclusive Resume 58

How to Write Your SES Application Cover Letter 60

Check Point 3 Summary 61

Check Point 4 Writing Your ECQS and TQS

ECQ 1 Leading Change 65

ECQ 2 Leading People 66

ECQ 3 Results Driven 68

ECQ 4 Business Acumen 70

ECQ 5 Building Coalitions 71

Brainstorming 73

Comparing Your Potential Stories to the ECQs 80

ECQ Best Practices 83

Senior Executive Positions in the Intelligence Field 85

Writing Strong TQs 86

TQ Builder 89

Check Point 4 Summary 91

Check Point 5 Submitting Your Application and Preparing for the Interview

Nothing More, Nothing Less 94

Check Your Work…Then Check It Again! 94

Five Major Steps to SES Application Submission 97

Federal Interviews 97

Preparing for the Interview 98

Sample Interview Questions 99

Interview Tips 99

Check Point 5 Summary 99

Roadmap to the SES Checklist Executive Toolbox 102

SES Federal Resume Template (with instructions) 104

Blank SES Federal Resume Template 107

Five-Page All-inclusive Template 109

Five-Page All-inclusive Resume Sample I: GS-15 to SES 113

Five-Page All-Inclusive Resume Sample II: Corporate to SES 118

Sample SES Resume III: Corporate to SES 123

Sample SES Resume IV: GS-14 and Navy Reserve Officer to SES 128

Five-Page All-Inclusive Resume with integrated TQs 133

SES All-Inclusive Resume without TQs 139

Cover Letter/Letter of Interest Sample 143

Blank Cover Letter/Letter of Interest Template (with instructions) 144

Blank Cover Letter/Letter of Interest Template 145

Technical Qualifications: GS-15 to SES (with CCAR highlighted) 146

Technical Qualifications: Corporate to SES 149

Sample ECQs: GS-15 to SES (with annotations) 152

Sample ECQs: GS-15 to SES (Example 1) 162

Sample ECQs: GS-15 to SES (Example 2) 172

Sample ECQs: GS-15 to SES (Example 3) 180

Sample ECQs: GS-15 to SES (Example 4) 189

Sample ECQs: U.S. Military to SES 198

Sample ECQs: Corporate to SES 208

CareerPro Global's Exclusive ECQ Builders 216

Accomplishments Worksheet 251

Additional Resources/Links 253