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Senior Executive ServiceRP / SES

Write for the executive core.

The SES application is the hardest writing in federal hiring: the ECQs, the five-page narrative, the two-page executive résumé. We have written them since the method began, and we know exactly what a Qualifications Review Board certifies.

The application

Five qualifications. One narrative.

The ECQs are not a résumé. They are leadership stories, written to a standard, proven with metrics, and certified by a board before you ever interview. Each one has to do specific work.

Here is how we build the executive application.

ECQs

Executive Core Qualifications

The five ECQs, written as accomplishment narratives that a QRB will certify. Leadership, results, and the metrics that prove them.

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Two-page

The two-page executive résumé

The OPM format at the executive level: scope, scale, and impact, framed for the panel and the ATS.

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Consulting

SES consulting

One-on-one with a consultant who has placed executives across government. Strategy for the whole application.

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Interview

Executive interview prep

The structured-panel and behavioral interview, practiced. The “Last 5 Percent” that decides placements.

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No more guessing

Work with the experts who wrote the federal résumé.

A free estimate, a certified consultant, and fifty years of knowing exactly what the next rule change means for your application.