Jan 31, 2008
JOB OVERVIEW - To understand how to look for a coveted position with the Federal government, it is important to know the components of a Federal job vacancy announcement.
When you visit USAJobs to search for viable Federal employment opportunities, the first page that will be shown for each position is the Job Overview. The overview will include pertinent details about the job so you can easily determine if this is a potential position you might be interested in. The Federal job overview ... Read More
Jan 31, 2008
KSAs...Knowledge, Skills and Abilities...a list of special qualifications and personal attributes that you need to have for a particular job. These are the unique requirements that the hiring agency wants to find in the person selected to fill a particular job. A primary purpose of KSAs is to measure those qualities that will set one candidate apart from the others. In federal personnel guidance, KSAs are defined as the factors that identify the better candidates from a group of ... Read More
Jan 24, 2008
If you apply for a position announced in the KSA format you should respond to the KSAs. You have to describe your experience and how it relates to each of the KSAs. How do you do this? Where do you start? What do you need to think about?
To help you do this, we have divided the process of writing KSA responses into 4 steps.
Step 1. Read the KSAs very closely.
You need to make sure you understand what the KSAs are and what ... Read More
Jan 20, 2008
Writing a federal resume is much different than preparing a resume for submission to the private sector. Consider the top 5 mistakes most federal applicants make then they try to write their own government resume:
your resume is not the proper length and fails to provide sufficient details – a federal resume is 2-3 pages long while most private industry resumes are crowded onto 1 page;
your resume does not include the right keywords to be considered for the position – it is ... Read More
Jan 15, 2008
If you feel that the interview door is locked when it comes to applying for a coveted Federal position, well-written and focused KSA statements are your key to opening that door.
If you feel that the interview door is locked when it comes to applying for a coveted Federal position, well-written and focused KSA statements are your key to opening that door.
A KSA statement actually stands for Knowledge, Skills and Abilities and outlines the qualities you possess that make you an ideal candidate for a certain Federal job. KSA statements are not questions but each one posed requires an answer because that lets a prospective employer know ... Read More
