The free one-hour webinars have been very successful for the last few months of 2025. 

The new 2-Page Federal Resume is more than challenging to edit, target, and make impressive!  For 2026, I am adding free webinars in the new SES ECQ resume and the new format for the SES ECQ interview based on the OPM QRB Guide. Introductory information. Kathryn Troutman, President, Resume Place, Inc.

Special Memorial Day Webinar »

2026 Webinars – To be continued after April 2026

From Feb. 2025 until Feb. 2026, Kathryn Troutman taught the following free webinars to help implement the need for a 2-page Private Industry for thousands of former Federal employees; to train current Federal employees about the new 2-page Federal resume and the 2-page SES resume. It has been incredible year for CHANGE with Federal jobs and application processes.

  • 40 one-hour free webinars on the 2-page Federal Resume after the May 29, 2025 Memo
  • 20 free webinars after the Jan 29, 2025 “Fork In the Road Memo”
  • 8 free webinars after the August 2025 Memo about the 2-Page SES Resume

Author, Kathryn Troutman, updated her publications
for the new 2-page resume formats


Transitioning Your Federal Resume to Private Industry – 7 case studies of former 5-page Federal Resume edited, targeted and formatted into 2-page Private Industry Resume and Cover Letter – Order eBook or print book here WINNER FOR REFERENCE CATEGORY Read the book review here


Federal Resume Guidebook, 8th Ed. – 16 samples of the 2-Page Federal Resume – Order eBook or print book here FAVORITE FOR CAREERS CATEGORY Read the Book Review here

Jobseeker Guide, 8th, Ten Steps to a Federal Job® – 7 cases of before and after 2-page Military Federal Resumes – Order eBook or print book here

WEBINAR TITLES – COMING BACK IN APRIL 2026

WRITING THE 2-PAGE FEDERAL RESUME – Free

TRANSITIONING YOUR FEDERAL RESUME TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY – Free

NEW! INTRO TO THE NEW 2-PAGE SES RESUME FOR 2026 – Free

Writing the 2-page SES Resume with ECQs and TQs
Based on the new SES QRB Guide

NEW! INTRO TO THE NEW SES ECQ INTERVIEW FOR 2026 – Free

Preparing your CCAR Accomplishments and 
Practicing for the SES ECQ Interview
Based on the new SES QRB Guide

Webinar Top Takeaways:

  • Always so helpful!!!
  • Microsoft Copilot analysis strategy
  • Importance of key accomplishments!!
  • Highlighting ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • Using Co-Pilot to analyze the job
  • Using AI and matching strategy to optimize
  • Never used Copilot or LinkedIn job analysis
  • No Templates !
  • Times or Ariel 12-point type
  • Inspiring!
  • I can begin now!

Kathryn is teaching the Private Industry Resume course for non-profits and state / county employment centers:

  • American Psychological Association
  • Prince Georges Employment
  • Montgomery County Public Libraries

Bulk book purchases are available for your organization

Contact: Kathryn@resume-place.com

ORDER THE “TRANSITIONING” BOOK HERE (I recommend the print book)

Four Top Lessons for Transitioning Your Federal Resume to Private Industry:

  1. What job title is right for you? The instructor will search for job titles ln LinkedIn to find jobs and analyze the descriptions to determine if the job swill fit your background. Your job search is a CAREER CHANGE and will require a lot of searching and reading to determine the right company, mission, job title, skills, and education for your next career.
  2. What are the keywords and competencies needed in the new positions? Kathryn will go to Microsoft Copilot and create a list of competencies and skills that are required. You can see the demonstration and the value of analyzing the jobs determine qualifications.
  3. Two-page Resume Formats – Sample 5-page resumes turned into 2-page resumes. MANY formats – you can decide which 2-page format you would like for your next resume.
  4. Utilizing the Transitioning Your Resume into Private industry. You should buy the book to have the samples.

One-hour sessions on Zoom – Zoom Links sent 90 min before the class!

Join Resume, Interview, Networking, Research and Strategy Experts to get inspired to manage your career change

Still FREE – Sign up — More than 1,200 Federal employees trained so far in the last 3 weeks.

 

Mar. 5 – LinkedIn Networking for a New Job in Industry with John O’Connor

Wed, Mar 5, 2025, 5:00 PM

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John O’Connor, Networking and LinkedIn.com expert will demonstrate LinkedIn.com profile and content writing for successful networking. Transitioning from a federal career to the private sector requires a new approach to networking—one that leverages LinkedIn’s powerful tools to showcase your value, connect with the right people, and uncover hidden job opportunities.

This session will break down LinkedIn’s essential features and offer an initial step-by-step guide to building a strategic presence that gets results.

 

March 6 – Federal to Private Industry Resumes with Kathryn Troutman

Thu, Mar 6, 2025, 5:00 PM

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Mon, Mar. 10, 2025, 5:00 PM

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Get Ready for Anything ! Just Get Started with your Two-Pager!

Welcome to the Federal to Private Industry Resume Writing Webinar. Kathryn Troutman, Resume Expert. Join us online for expert tips and tricks on transitioning your resume from federal to private industry. See several formats for the two-page resume with accomplishments, keywords, and core competencies.

 

March 7 – Interview Mastery(r) Overview with Michael R. Neece

Fri, Mar 7, 2025, 2:00 PM

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Interview Mastery® is a method used worldwide in 75 countries to help people confidently handle most job interview situations and questions toward a secure job offer.

This free one-hour webinar is an overview of some of the most challenging interviewer questions.

Topics covered will include:

  • Tell Me About Yourself: What is the best way to answer this opening question
  • Interrogation vs. Interview: How to you easily avoid being interrogated and facilitate a natural conversation

 

Mar 13 – Learn AI MS CoPilot to Read Job Ads with Kathryn Troutman

Thu, Mar 13, 2025, 5:00 PM

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Learn How to Use AI MS CoPilot to Read Job Ads with Key Words-Free event! Kathryn Troutman will demonstrate how to write a prompt and analyze the job advertisement RESPONSIBILITIES, REQUIREMENTS, ROLES… with Copilot. You will see a friendly list of phrases that will interpret the complex (and sometimes repetitive) description for you.

 

Curriculum covers:

  • Learn how to convert your long Federal resume into a two-page Private Industry Resume
  • Find your long Federal Resume
  • Update the Resume with current position, accomplishments, certification, training
  • Find a sample job announcement (so you can target – just a sample)
  • Go to Chat GPT and find the keywords
  • Review your federal resume against the CHATGPT words
  • Start editing, formatting until you have 2 or 3 pages
  • Use Microsoft WORD resume templates

See demonstrations of parts of two Federal Resume “current job block” into a job description that is short, impressive an includes the right keywords.

Review the new book with the resume expert to review Federal Resumes … keywords … Two page resumes.

Want help with writing or professional review of your Private Industry Resume?  Order $210 / Consultation / Assessment   ORDER HERE

Testimonials:

1. “I would highly recommend this program to anyone who is seeking federal employment. Or any employment, as working with Kathryn has been very rewarding on both a professional and personal level.”