The reference shelf for the federal career.

The guidebooks, samples, and tools that started it all. Self-serve the method or hand it to a whole office — the shelf that anchored federal career publishing for decades, now in its eighth edition.

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The guidebooks that started it all.

Kathryn Troutman pioneered the federal résumé in print. The shelf is the self-serve path into the same methodology our consultants and certified trainers use every day.

8th edition · 2025

Ten Steps to a Federal Job®

The guidebook that defined the federal résumé, updated for the two-page format. The method agencies certify their trainers on.

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Reference

Federal Résumé Guidebook

The comprehensive reference for writing to the announcement, in CCAR, for every series and grade.

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ECQ · writing guide

The New SES Application

The executive application, start to finish: the ECQs, the five-page narrative, the two-page executive résumé.

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