Government and Federal Job Search Bundle: Federal Resume Templates and the Job Search Kit

Who it is for

People applying for federal jobs through USAJOBS, and for state and local government jobs that ask for detailed work history who are actively applying.

Not the right fit if

You already have the Job Search Kit (buy the Government and Federal Resume Template Pack alone), or you want your resume written for you.

Why it is different

• Mistakes the guide helps you avoid: sending a short private-sector resume without the dates and hours USAJOBS asks for each job; and describing experience in general terms when the announcement lists specific specialized experience.
• Both kits download together, each in its own folder, as Word and PDF plus the Excel tracker.
• No invented results anywhere: every example bullet uses [placeholders] for your own facts. Nothing promises an interview.

What is inside

• Government and Federal Resume Template Pack. Federal Resume: Experienced, Federal Resume: Career Change, Federal Resume: Entry Level templates, and a bullet guide with verbs such as administered, coordinated, planned, researched, prepared, compiled.
• How the federal layouts are ordered. Follow USAJOBS's list: USAJOBS's "what should I include" help page lists the details to include for each job. Use it as your checklist. Job blocks with full details: Title, employer, city and state, start and end month and year, hours per week, and, where asked, other details the announcement requests. Accomplishments tied to the announcement: Bullets that show the specialized experience the announcement describes, using its terms where they are true for you. Check the page limit: USAJOBS has a page-limit help page. Check it for the current limit before you upload.
• What the guide says readers in government and federal scan for. Each job's start and end dates (month and year) and hours per week, plus the details USAJOBS's help pages list; check that page before you apply. Experience that clearly matches the specialized experience described in the announcement, in the announcement's own terms where true. Accomplishments and duties described in enough detail for a specialist to see the level of your work.
• Job Search Kit. An Excel application tracker with follow-up dates, three general resume templates, cover letter templates, a STAR interview workbook and a salary worksheet.