CareerPro Global, Inc.Praise for the work of CareerPro Global resume writer Kelly Poltrack:
“Both resumes they wrote for me passed the certification and I’m waiting on the hiring authority. They are professional and do what they say they’re going to do. Tell them I sent you…they’ll treat you right!” ~Javier R.
Accolades for CareerPro Global resume writer Joseph Tatner:
“I just wanted to pass word along that Joseph is a God. The resume and resume process couldn’t have been better. He explained EVERYTHING in great detail and was able to talk me off the ledge when it came to concerns I had about why certain things were omitted. Extremely professional and even more personable, which in today’s world is very hard to find. I’ll be making the initial payment for the civilian resume today or tomorrow so if there is any way to ensure Joseph is my writer I’d greatly appreciate your help. At this point not even my own family know my military career better then Joseph so it would be a shame to switch writers at this point.” ~Michael T.
Welcome back to CareerPro Global’s weekly update on the USAJobs.gov site, the Office of Personnel Management’s federal vacancies job site. If you have been following along, you know that OPM is giving USAJobs an overhaul, with the final results on display come October 13. They are supplying weekly weekly updates, which we are happy to pass on to you.
“Open Help Desk Tickets during Transition
“Transition to the new USAJOBS, USAJOBS 3.0 is on its way! Are you awaiting response or assistance for an open Help Ticket submitted to the current USAJOBS? With the pending implementation of USAJOBS 3.0, there may not be an opportunity for your ticket to be addressed before the transition begins. However, the new and improved USAJOBS 3.0 also has an improved Info Center, in fact now it will be called the Resource Center. It is your single source for information on federal employment, eligibility requirements, how to apply for jobs, site help and so much more. So, before you submit a new Help Ticket request, visit the Resource Center for help first!”
Bookmark us so you always know where to come to get straightforward and user-friendly career information. And be sure to come back to CareerPro Global’s blog next week for the next USAJobs update.
Big changes are coming to the USAJobs.gov site, and CareerPro Global wants to make sure you are ready for them.
Taken from the 26 September, 2011, edition of GovernmentExecutive.com:
An overhaul of the government’s job application system, set to go live next month, will make finding a federal position more like shopping for shoes, according to an Office of Personnel Management official.
USAJobs 3.0, designed to make the process smoother for potential hires and federal recruiters alike, will debut by Oct. 13. The new system is more user-friendly and follows common conventions found on retail websites, said John Allen, director of integrated hiring systems at OPM. For example, search engine capabilities will be more powerful and the tool bar to refine results will move to the left. Searches also will catch spelling errors, have a “quick-view” pop-up option and provide context in the results, making it easier for users to narrow their focus, he said.
“It’s not intuitive [now],” Allen said. “We had to see it the way we see everything else.”
Job seekers’ interaction with the site will change slightly, depending on what they’re looking for, officials said. Users will be able to “window shop” if they aren’t applying for a specific position, meaning they also won’t have to provide as much information just to set up a USAJobs account. There will be additional data required during the application process, but some questions — such as those on veterans’ preference and special hiring authorities — will pop up only if users have indicated they are eligible. This also will allow agencies to target recruiting efforts, officials said.
According to OPM, all profile information and resumes already in the system will be saved and uploaded to the new site. Saved searches — which trigger email notifications when new jobs are posted — will not be transferred, however. Users will be able to reset their search preferences and make their current resumes searchable as well.
“We’re not getting rid of anything, we’re just moving it to a new shop,” Allen said.
Agencies will have to close all open job announcements before Oct. 6, when the system will be made unavailable to all applicants. The downtime will allow agencies to move data to the new platform built by OPM and create a level playing field for job seekers and human resources staff. According to agency officials, the system could be back up and running as early as Oct. 11.
This week Career Directors International (CDI) announced the nominees of the 2011 TORI Awards, also known as the Toast of the Resume Industry. CareerPro Global is very proud that four of our writers were nominated for the Best Military Conversion Resume Award. Meet our nominees below and help us extend our hardy and sincere congratulations to them all. CareerPro Global and the very satisfied clients who have worked with this talented quartet of writers know they are winners.
Are you a service person about to make the jump from the military into the civilian world and are not sure where to start your job search? Give us a call. We not only hold certification that shows we are the best in the business, our fantastic nominees prove it. Let us help you be a winner too.
Lee Kelley, CareerPro Global, Inc.
Lee is a member of CPG’s senior writing team, and holds the Master Federal Career Coach and Master Military Resume Writer credentials. He is also our Director of Veterans Transitions and maintains the blog Veterans Transition HQ (www.veteranstransitionhq.wordpress.com). Lee is a highly versatile writer with nine years of professional experience, and he has collaborated with a diverse range of people. He understands military and government service extremely well, since he worked his way from Private to Captain during his 14 years in the Army. He spent six of those years as a commissioned officer, including a year in Ramadi, Iraq as a Signal Officer (2005-2006). With his unique combination of writing talent, military leadership experience, and contagious optimism, Lee is the kind of writer you want working for you.
Nancy Segal, CareerPro Global, Inc.
Nancy specializes in the development of senior-level federal government resumes and application packages, including Senior Executive Service (SES), Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), Technical Qualifications (TQs), and KSAs. She is a senior freelance writer for federal job applicants, specializing in developing successful Senior Executive Service packages on behalf of clients since 2005 and has contributed to written/published and widely used guides on obtaining federal employment. A trainer for numerous federal agencies specializing in human resources, including hiring, interviewing, and resume preparation, Nancy held a variety of Federal Human Resources Management positions as a supervisor and senior in-house consultant for the U.S. Treasury Department, Department of the Interior, and Department of Defense over a 30-year career.
Fran Sheridan, CareerPro Global, Inc.
Fran is an experienced senior writer and career coach with more than 27 years’ of experience coaching and advising individuals of all ages regarding career, educational, and business choices. Since joining CareerPro Global in 2006, she has attained multiple professional certifications; developed myriad presentations for Senior Executive Service (SES) candidates, including nearly 500 ECQ and PTQ narratives; and written Military Transition Packages, KSA narratives, and private-sector resumes at all levels, including C-level positions. She is experienced across many fields and specializes in writing for candidates seeking careers in HR, IT, science and engineering, medicine (including physical/occupational therapy), logistics, communications, education/academia, vocational rehabilitation, intelligence, sales, marketing, all levels of business (including real estate and entrepreneurial ventures), emergency services, and finance, among many others. She has also made editing contributions to a variety of papers and publications, including CPG’s recently published Roadmap to the Senior Executive Service.
Joseph L. Tatner, CareerPro Global, Inc.
Joseph is a Certified Master Career Coach who specializes in translating corporate and military experience into government terms. He offers personal service to help you navigate the complex government application process, up to and including Senior Executive Service (SES) positions. Joseph receives numerous referrals and top ratings from satisfied clients. With prior experience working in Human Resources (HR) and as an IT Recruiter, Joseph understands exactly how your resume will be reviewed and evaluated by HR personnel at every level. His IT experience adds to his expertise on the online federal government application process. Joseph has written more than a thousand resumes for various diverse positions, as well as hundreds of responses to application essay questions. Whether you are transitioning out of the military, seeking a job in the corporate world, pursuing a job with the federal government, or want a solid resume for your next government promotion, Joseph will take the time to understand your experience and craft a resume that will stand out against the competition.
Welcome back to CareerPro Global’s weekly update on the USAJobs.gov site, the Office of Personnel Management’s federal vacancies job site. If you have been following along, you know that OPM is giving USAJobs an overhaul, with the final results on display come October 13. They are supplying weekly weekly updates, which we are happy to pass on to you.
“Your documents in the current USAJOBS
“Wondering what’s going to happen to your uploaded documents in the current USAJOBS? During the USAJOBS transition, which is scheduled for October 6-12, 2011, nearly 5 billion rows of data (to include your documents) will be extracted, scanned for viruses, validated, and subjected to integrity testing before it is loaded into the new USAJOBS. To ensure your documents complete the transfer, USAJOBS recommends the following:
“1) Ensure your current uploaded documents are not corrupt. Corrupt and/or contaminated documents that cannot be repaired or cleaned during the transition, will be quarantined and not imported into the new USAJOBS.
“2) Establish three secret questions prior to the transition to ensure your current account and its associated documents can be linked once your identity is validated when logging into USAJOBS for the first time following the transition.
“3) Ensure that you can still access the email account associated with your USAJOBS profile. Without the secret questions, seekers will need to establish a password for the new USJAOBS via that email account. Once the seeker’s identity is validated, the current account and any associated documents will be linked to the new profile.”
If you’ve been putting off updating your profile information on the USAJobs site, now’s the time to do it. October 13 will be here before you know it.
Bookmark us so you always know where to come to get straightforward and user-friendly career information. And be sure to come back to CareerPro Global’s blog next week for the next USAJobs update.
CareerPro Global is glad to pass on the new many have been waiting for in regard to the CHARTS move to USAJobs. The text below is copied directly from an e-mail sent today by the Department of the Navy, Civilian Human Resources:
Navy CHARTS Transitions to USAjobs – Sept 30, 2011
Subject: DON CHART Resume Transition to USAJOBS
In an ongoing effort to improve the applicant experience, the DON will be replacing the CHART application system with the USAJOBS online system. USAJOBS is the federal government’s official one-stop source for federal jobs and employment information.
After September 30, 2011, all DON job vacancies will be posted on the USAJOBS website and the CHART job search functionality and job vacancies will be removed.
For non Department of the Defense (DoD) employees, CHART will no longer be accessible after October 12, 2011. If you are a DoD or DON employee you may access CHART via a computer on a registered Government network (which may also require CAC authentication) until 30 December, 2011. Only resume and status information will be available for view.
DON will no longer use DON nation wide Open Continuous Announcements (OCAs) to gather applications for upcoming and anticipated vacancies. Most vacancies will be filled using individual vacancy announcements with identified closing dates. For frequently filled jobs at a particular DON installation or activity, activity specific OCAs may be opened. You can be notified via email for posted vacancy announcements by using the USAJOBS Saved Searches feature.
PREPARING FOR THE MOVE
1. Before September 30, 2011, you should access your CHART account at https://chart.donhr.navy.mil/ and print and save an electronic copy of your online CHART resume.
2. Create a USAJOBS account at www.usajobs.gov and either upload a resume or build a resume using your current CHART resume information. The DON created a specific fact sheet outlining the key steps to transfer your information. It is available at www.public.navy.mil/DONHR/employment/hiringreform. (Please note that USAJOBS will be down for a major upgrade from 6 to 13 October 2011.)
3. Check out the online applicant tool kit and frequently asked questions located at www.public.navy.mil/donhr/Employment/hiringreform/Pages/ApplicantToolkit.aspx.
4. Explore USAJOBS and its different features, create saved searches for jobs of interest and locations, sign-up to receive email alerts for when announcements are posted.
5. Non DoD employees: Before October 12, 2011, make a final check of CHART information and any related status updates.
6. DoD and DON employees: Before December 30, 2011, make a final check of CHART information and any related status updates.
Specific questions regarding your CHART account can be sent to CHART@navy.mil; questions on the transition to USAJOBS should be sent to DONhrfaq@navy.mil.
Department of the Navy
Civilian Human Resources
Welcome back to CareerPro Global’s weekly update on the USAJobs.gov site, the Office of Personnel Management’s main portal for sharing federal vacancies. If you have been following along, you know that OPM is giving USAJobs an overhaul, with the final results on display come October. They have promised us weekly updates, which we are happy to pass on to you.
This week may be a bit of a disappointment for those of you have been keeping up with our posts. This week, OPM shared information that yours truly already hipped you to last week:
“USAJOBS “search and apply” functions offline during the transition
“OPM will transition to the new USAJOBS October 6-12, 2011. During the transition nearly 5 billion rows of data will be extracted, validated, and subjected to integrity testing to preserve the applicant resumes, seeker profiles, and agency job postings in the current system. The USAJOBS search and apply functions will be ‘offline,’” which means no searches can be conducted and no applications can be submitted via USAJOBS. Daily transition status updates and general employment information, however, will be available on USAJOBS.gov. So, if you were planning to jump start your federal job search in the new fiscal year, you might want to schedule it for October 13th!”
Make sure to schedule your postings accordingly. And bookmark us so you always know where to come to get straightforward and user-friendly career information. And be sure to come back to CareerPro Global’s blog next week for the next USAJobs update
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Welcome back to CareerPro Global’s weekly update on the USAJobs.gov site, where all the cool cats go to find federal jobs. If you have been following along this past month, you know that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is giving USAJobs an overhaul, with the final results on display come October. They have promised us weekly updates, which we are happy to pass on to you.
This week we’re giving you a two-fer: You get the week five update as well as a re-post of information about the launch date of the revamped site. Read more below, fellow Jobbers:
This Week’s Update:
“Must create new saved searches in October
“Do you currently have saved searches in USAJOBS? In the new USAJOBS the search function has been improved resulting in more relevant and refined search results. Following the transition to the new USAJOBS, current saved searches will no longer be active. So, in October when you login to the new USAJOBS for the first time and establish your new password, take a moment to also create a new saved search (or two or three) so the more relevant results can be emailed directly to you.”
That makes a lot of sense: new system, new searches. You may wish to start to think about how to save your current searches so they are handy come mid-October for saving into v.3 of the USAJobs site. Jot them on a Post-It note and attach it to the fridge. Print them out and pin them to your bulletin board. Copy and paste the searches and send them to yourself via an email or print as a PDF. This may also be the perfect time to look at your searches anew and make changes that may help you get better results. If you need a hand, the career coaches at CareerPro Global are able to help. Give us a call.
Also, OPM provided some big news in regard to the launch date of the overhaul to the USAJobs.gov website. October 13th is when we can expect to log on to the new and improved USAJobs (v.3). The site will be down October 6 – 12 as the agency transitions 5 billion rows of data from Monster.com to government servers. Moving this data from a civilian company to a government server will allow for more and better information security. The OPM is working with agencies to extend the application deadline for jobs posted before Oct. 6.
While users may not see a big difference while on the site, they will get better search results and will not be asked to re-input data they have already entered. Agencies will be able to search through the data on the site to target strong applicants by geography or hiring preference. It will also be easier for agencies to notify applicants where they are in the hiring process.
Bookmark us so you always know where to come to get straightforward and user-friendly career information. And be sure to come back to CareerPro Global’s blog next week for the next USAJobs update.
