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Federal resume examples by job series
Six two-page examples in the format USAJOBS asks for: month and year dates, hours per week, and series and grade on every federal job. Each page also gives the series' own rules, with the official source, and what to make visible for that kind of work.
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Management and Program Analyst · GS-0343 Management and Program Analysis · GS-12
Program analysts study how an office runs and how well its programs work, then recommend changes. A GS-12 announcement usually wants to see one year of that work at the GS-11 level, so the example puts the analysis, the method and the result in every line.
IT Specialist · GS-2210 Information Technology Management · GS-12
IT specialist announcements name a parenthetical specialty, like (SYSADMIN), (INFOSEC) or (NETWORK), and look for a year of that work at the next lower grade. The example shows the systems, the scale and the security work in plain words, because the reader may not be technical.
Budget Analyst · GS-0560 Budget Analysis · GS-12
Budget analysts work on formulation (building the request) and execution (spending it within the law). Announcements often ask for both, so the example names each one, with the size of the budget and the systems used.
Accountant · GS-0510 Accounting · GS-11
The accounting series has an education requirement, so the example puts the degree and the accounting coursework where a reader looks first. The work lines show reconciliations, the general ledger and audit support, with amounts.
Contract Specialist · GS-1102 Contracting · GS-12
Contracting has an education requirement and a lot of specialized words. The example shows the whole cycle, from market research to closeout, with contract types, values and the rules followed, and the education is easy to find.
Human Resources Specialist · GS-0201 Human Resources Management · GS-12
HR specialist announcements name a specialty, such as recruitment and placement, classification or employee relations. The example leads with that specialty and shows the volume and the rules behind the work.
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