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Friday, January 10, 2020
A Different Look: Private Sector vs Federal Job Resumes
Updated on JANUARY 10, 2020 by JOSEPH MERCER
Knowing the Difference Can Get You Hired!
A resume for one industry is not the same as a resume for
another industry. With that in mind, different sectors also have different
resumes. Federal jobs use a different style of resume than a private sector
job.
Why do you need to know the difference? In order to be the
best candidate for a job, you should have the right resume. To help you with
that process, we are going to take a look at the biggest differences between
private sector resumes and federal job resumes.
Specific Requirements
Most private sector jobs just assume that you know what
should be included in your resume. This isn’t very helpful for someone who is
applying to work in a position they have never held before. One great part of
federal job listings it that they will often include specific details about
what they are expecting from your resume.
These details include length, how far back information
should be provided for, what is relevant, and any other specific information.
Make sure to read this before starting to write your resume. You don’t
want to have to go back and change everything you have written.
A specific requirement to keep an eye out for is an essay or
short response section. Depending on the level of federal job that you are
applying to, you may be asked to write an essay or short response. Missing this
will almost always cause you to be disqualified from the position you are
applying to.
Generic Resume Vs. Specific Resume
While you might be able to get away with using one resume
for all of your applications in the private sector, especially if they are all
in the same industry, this doesn’t work for the federal resume. Your federal
resume should be tailored to the position you are applying for. This is
important as each position has different requirements and they are looking for
you to demonstrate those requirements on the resume.
Also remember the first bullet point. Federal jobs often
give specific requirements for how you format your resume and what to include
in it. A generic resume will not fit that need.
Length of the Resume
If you have ever written a public sector resume you know the
challenge of trying to pair the document down to one page, two-page max. Public
sector hiring managers do not want to read overly long documents and would
rather have a very brief overview of everything you have done in your career.
A federal job resume is far more detailed. Before being
considered for a federal, military, or contractor job, the government wants to
make sure they know who they are hiring. Instead of the two-page max, a federal
resume can end up being around 5-8 pages depending on your work experience and
education.
In the end, your private sector resume will be a quick and
easy read, guided by the bullet points, while the federal sector resume will
read more like a paper about yourself.
Detailed Contact Information Vs General Contact Information
One of the details that a federal resume requires is the
contact information for everyone listed on the resume. On your resume, you
should have your phone number, email address, and mailing address. You can
often leave at least the mailing address off private sector resumes now that
there is such a large focus on email communication.
For each job listed on a federal resume you also have to
list contact information for each supervisor or manager that you have had. At a
federal job, they will contact each manager or supervisor as a recommendation.
Bullet Points Vs Descriptions
When most people think of resumes, they think of bullet
point documents that list out a very brief description of either a task or
skill related to that job. These bullet points are typically limited to three
or four bullet points per job title you have had. Each bullet point is as
compact as possible, less than a line in the document.
In the federal sector, you are expected to write a paragraph
description for each position you have held. In this paragraph, you are
expected to give a detailed description of your job duties and skills
associated with that job.
Keywords
In general, on a private sector resume, you are going to
want to intersperse keywords throughout your resume to make it appealing and to
hit everything. With the federal style resume, you are going to instead put
keywords at the beginning of every section or paragraph. This helps to start
with the basic relevant information then get detailed from there. As you
imagine, this makes sorting through hundreds or thousands of resumes for one
position much easier.
When adding keywords to a federal resume you can write them
all caps to help make them stand out.
Accomplishments
Not every civilian resume lists accomplishments but when
they do, it tends to be as a small part of the overall resume. Federal-style
resumes include an accomplishments section where you highlight things you have
accomplished through your career and in your education.
Education
Almost all resumes require that you put any education you
have gone through on them. The difference is that in private sector resumes you
tend to only put your school name, graduation date, and what you specialized
in. You might also put any clubs or extracurricular you participated in.
For a federal resume, you are going to want to put in all of
the details about your schooling. From your GPA to your years attended, to any
special accomplishments, you don’t want to hold back. The only thing you should
leave off is a list of your classes as that would likely be pretty long.
Veteran Status
If you are veteran apply for a federal position it is
essential that you make it clear on your resume that you served. Almost all
federal positions have what is known as veterans preference. This gives you
extra points when your application is being weighed. Depending on the position
that you are applying for, you may be able to get more than just extra points
due to your veteran status.
When writing a resume for any job position it doesn’t hurt
to go and look at samples. Just remember to look at samples that are as similar
as possible to the position that you are applying for. That includes looking at
private sector samples vs. federal samples. Make sure to use the right format
and the right language for each resume that you write. With this list, you
should be equipped to start your resume and craft a winning final product.
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Thursday, January 2, 2020
Ten Ways to Deal With a Lack of Motivation in Your Career
Updated on JANUARY 02, 2020 by JOSEPH MERCER
Being in a career with a lack of motivation is
a good way to become stagnant and find yourself in the same place for a long
period of time. A lack of motivation can lead to a lack of upward momentum and
some people even experience depression. Most people have at least one point in
their career where they experience a lack of motivation. The good news is that
there are multiple ways you can deal with a lack of motivation.
Know Your Career and Your Career
Path
It isn’t uncommon to take a job just to get
your foot in the door to an industry. Just being in a career though. You need
to determine what career you want to go into.
After you know what career you want to take
up, you are going to need to decide what the path to your end goal is. Do you
want to end up as a director? Running your own business? Manager? Etc. How are
you going to get there? You may want to move from being in your position to
being in a senior position doing what you do, to becoming a manager, and so on.
Chart out your career path and save this chart, along with all of the other
material you use when following these tips so you can reference it later.
Take A Look At All You Have Done
Chances are that if you are starting to lack
motivation in your career you have been in the field for a while. No matter
what you do for work if you have been in the field a while you have had a
chance to leave your mark. Take a look at all of the work you have done. That
work is an accomplishment you should be proud of.
Use that accomplishment to motivate you to
continue doing well and to exceed your past performance. Challenge yourself to
do more.
Set Goals For Yourself
Along the same lines as the first tip, you can
use goals that you establish for future work to help as motivation. Create a
list of achievable goals that you can use as a reference while you work to
achieve them. Without written goals, most people have a hard time following
through.
Make sure that your goals have milestones so
that your progress can be tracked. Progress helps to build motivation in
between the achievement of individual goals. For example, if your goal is to
make 50 sales in a month, a milestone might be to be halfway there in the
middle of the month.
Take Stock and Be Patient
Sometimes we tend to expect forward momentum
consistently throughout our careers. This is rather unfair to ourselves. We
can’t move forward until we have thoroughly learned our current position and
had the time to demonstrate it as such.
Take a few deep breaths when you are feeling a
lack of motivation and remember this is helping you get to where you want to
be.
Make Time To Sleep
According to the CDC, only 2 out of every 3
Americans get enough sleep. Per the guidelines that the CDC has set forth, they
recommend that an adult get no less than 7 hours of sleep in order to function
properly and recuperate every day.
Being emotionally and physically exhausted
often stems from a lack of sleep. If either or both happen, you will have a
very hard time finding your motivation. For the sake of your career, it is important
to make time to sleep.
Many will argue that they are too busy every
day to get enough sleep. Sleep is important enough that you need to make time
to get a minimum of 7 hours of sleep, if not more. With sleep, you will find
that you will be energized and ready to work.
Take A Vacation
A good amount of the time when we start to
lack motivation it is because we haven’t taken a break from work. Doing the
same thing every day can quickly get tiresome and feel repetitive. Take a break
away from work and relax.
If your current employer does not offer
adequate vacation time, it may be time to move your career to a new place of
business.
Find A Mentor
Most businesses do not have a formal
membership program, although that is slowly changing. Big companies like Intel,
General Electric, Time Warner Cable, Boeing, and Liberty Mutual have
high-quality mentorship programs in place. For those of us who work at a
company that doesn’t have one of these programs in place, we need to find our
own mentor
.
Once you have a mentor they will help you to
develop a plan for your career. They can’t tell you what your motivation is or
where you should go but they can help you work to discover it.
It May Be Time To Move Up
Sometimes a lack of motivation is a sign that
you have been in your position too long and it is time to move up or start
learning to take a new position. Start looking into new positions at your
employer or studying content that will help you move up.
Consider Moving To A New Company
Not every company is the same to work for.
Every company has different benefits packages and different specific niches.
Take a look at your company and evaluate if it is where you truly want to work.
If the answer is no, it is time to look for a new employer so you can start to
find your motivation again.
Change Your Work Environment
It can be pretty difficult to find motivation
in a career if the workplace isn’t designed to fuel motivation. Take a look at
your environment and determine if it needs a change.
The first thing to do to make an environment
motivational is to make it a caring and visually appealing environment. Stock
white walls with no decorations and glaring fluorescent lights make a place
feel inhuman. A little decoration can go a long way towards motivating
employees.
By adding standing desks or desks that can
raise, you can get employees off their feet and help to stimulate blood flow.
With this ability, they will be better able to find their motivation.
These are just a few tips to change your
environment. If you don’t have your own office, talk with your employer to get
permission to change your environment. Going into that discussion armed with
statistics, facts, information, and sources can help you to demonstrate to an
employer how the changes can benefit their business.
Using these tips you can start to overcome a lack
of motivation. An important part of that is being committed to success. If you
do not commit you will find yourself having trouble discovering your
motivation. Get out there now and seize your career.
Thank you for reading — it means a lot to me. I appreciate your sharing as well. Please follow me on Medium, Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn — I’d love to connect and be a part of your network team. On social media I share my own articles, but also those that I find helpful and relevant to business, success, entrepreneurship, leadership, community enhancement, and personal development. You can find out more about us at www.career-moviation.com.
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