Army Resumix Rsum Interview Class

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Army Resumix Résumé (Interview) Class

• Army Community Service (ACS)
• U.S. Army Garrison Rock Island Arsenal

Class Edition of May 2, 2006
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What could be more exciting than filling out a
Government Form ! ?
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3 Critical Steps in Federal, Electronic
Applications Like 3 dominos falling

• Treat the process like an
• Interview !

2. Convert the Federal Vacancy Announcements
Duty Description and Qualification Blocks to
notional interview questions
3. Answer the questions with relevant, aligned
success statements Learn P A R S
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Federal Job Search Skillsyou should know!

• Background Information and Definitions
• Finding Vacancy Announcements
• Reading Vacancy Announcements
• Writing Federal Success Statements ? P A R S ?
• Researching Federal Success Statements
• Your federal résumé (using RESUMIX)
• Applying, and follow-up actions
• Frequently Asked Questions and Wrap-up

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Hiring Practices some thoughts Private
Sector Federal Government Army Civilian
Personnel On Line (CPOL)
Topic
Private Sector
ARMY CPOL
Interviews Résumés Quantities (Numbers)
Face to Face
Electronic Interview
1-2 Pages Trigger Interviews
4 pages Electronic Application is the interview!
- Money made and saved
Time (How Long)
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A hiring manager or team anticipates a vacancy
(HRM spaces and faces)
Hiring Team fills out an E-Requisition Kit and
sends it to Regional Personnel (CPOC) via local
CPAC
CPOC staffing specialist posts an E- Vacancy
Announcement in CPOL (using guidance from the
requisition kit) creates a computer search
pattern for skills (verb-noun sets)
E-Candidates submit their E-résumés and
E-Self-nominations
Manager or Team Decides!
Software and CPOC staffing specialist screen the
e-applications sends e-referral list
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E- Résumé Writing

• Is like putting a message in a bottle

• The format is the bottle it is like a container
  Army Résumé Builder(the workshop)
• Your message is your marketing pitches on why
  they should hire you(the class)

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Purposes

• To improve your résumé
• Understand that Federal vacancy announcements
  have interview questions
• Practice your interview answers
• Use the Armys e-application process
  www. cpol. army. mil

?PARS?
Problem gt Action gt Results Statements
Improve your career opportunities by changing
the question you answer! Are you good at the
skills that will solve their problems?
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Why are we doing all this for an Army Civilian
Job?

• The Department of the Army (DA) or any Federal
  Employer
• is a world-class employer
• hiring world-wide
• so they cant do face-to-face screening
  interviews.
• DA conducts its screening interviews
  electronically using an Internet-based
  application process (Vacancy Announcements,
  Army Résumé Builder and ANSWER) at its web site,
  Civilian Personnel On Line CPOL . ARMY . MIL
• They only know what you write so
  be mindful of what your write.
• The notional interview questions are
  translated out of each Vacancy Announcements
• Duty Description
• Qualifications

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Uncle Jons notes on the Job Requisition
Worksheet
Major Duty 1 Mandatory Desirable Experience Ex
perience Major Duty 2 Mandatory
Desirable Experience Experience Other Unique
Skills or additional qualifications

• Selecting Official Information
• Position Information
• Unique Position Requirements
• Recruitment Strategy
• Relocation expenses being paid yes/no?

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Hiring Campaign Three (3) Target Audiences
2 Personnel Staffing Specialist in the
regional CPOC Decision Information Do you meet
minimum qualifications especially time? are
you a credible candidate?

• 3 Hiring Manager or Panel
• Decision Information
• Are you good at the skills that will solve our
  problems?
• What else do you bring to the job?

1 - RESUMIX Software Decision Information Verb
Noun Sets from the Vacancy Announcements
Duties and Qualifications Did you write about
the key skills?
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• Do not let me talk you into or out of anything.
• Blend what you hear and see today with all your
  previous skills and knowledge in career
  development and job searches.
• Trust yourself youve made it this far! Make
  your own decisions!
• Take what you like and use it this briefing is
  guidance and advice!
• Please, be flexible . . .The Armys RESUMIX
  system is constantly evolving. 1997 CPOC stand
  up with regions RMX ROAR 2002 All Army RMX
  for Internal Candidates 2004 August Both
  Internal and External use RMX December
  New CPOL format 2005 January New Builder
  ANSWER Combo

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Federal Vacancy Announcements Types and your
resulting applications
How many sides does a circle have?
Stupid (yet fun) Question
Two!
Inside
Outside

• Internal Announcements
• Current Employees
• and sometimes Veterans
• Read the who can apply section
• Databased RESUMIX federal résumé in ANSWER
• Self-nomination in ANSWER

• External Announcements
• (Army as of 8/30/04)
• Open to the public
• Read the who can apply section
• Army now using RESUMIX
• Databased RESUMIX federal résumé in ANSWER
• Self-nomination in ANSWER

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How do you know that a Federal vacancy
announcement is external?

• Read the announcements Who Can Apply block
• Open to the public
• Open to all sources
• Open to U.S. Citizens
• Open to persons loyal to the United States
• Sometimes in the announcements number are codes
  . . . NCBG04- D NCBG04- OC
• DEU Direct Examining Unit the hiring
  organization has the authority to grade and staff
  non-federal employees to determine qualifications
• OC Open Competitive (hiring over longer time
  period)
• TMP Temporary hires from the outside
• OSV Outstanding Scholar Program

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How do you determine Veterans Status?

• www. opm. gov gt Quick Index gt Veterans plus
  the CPOL Job Application Kit
• 10-point Veteran
• Determined by Veterans Affairs (VA) through
  their VA physicals stated in a VA letter 30
  Disabled
• Eligible to fill out a Standard Form (SF) 15.
  Form may be requested as part of the application.
• 5-point Veteran
• Campaign Ribbon for active service designated by
  Department of Defense (Iraqi Freedom Desert
  Storm Viet Nam on DD 214)
• Other (depends on Vacancy Announcement and the
  hiring Federal Agency ask them or see instr.)
• Prior active duty service as described in the DD
  214
• Selected widow status
• Reminder if sending DD 214, send copy not
  original

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What the heck is aRESUMIX, anyway?

• Nickname for Human Resources software
• RESUMIX Company of Santa Clara, CA
• Owned by Yahoo.com
• www. resumix. com

You must use the Army Resume Builder RESUMIX to
format your Federal Resume for Army Vacancies

• electronically receives and databases
  résumés
• screens the résumés for selected skills (verb -
  noun sets) in a pre-determined priority set by
  the selecting official(s).

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CPAC
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CPOL
CPOC
The Army Civilian Personnel structure breaks into
two levels
Region Civilian Personnel Operations Center -
CPOC
Southwest SW CPOC Includes all of the Army
Corps of Engineers Mississippi River
Districts Fort Riley, KS
North Central NC CPOC Includes IL and IA Bldg
102 3, 1st Floor, RIA
Installation Civilian Personnel Advisory Center
- CPAC
RIA CPAC Bldg 102(NC CPOC) 2nd Floor West
Rock Island District (RID) CPAC(SW CPOC) Clock
Tower Bldg 1st Floor
The Armys Web Site Civilian Personnel On Line
CPOLwww. cpol. army. mil
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What did you really want me to know?

• 1. Provide well structured experience block
  success statements
• indicating you have at least the minimum
  required time
• in relevant, qualifying skills (verb-noun sets)
• with results and examples for the e-interview

2. They will hire the solutions to their problems
3. They will hire the person who scares them the
least
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Where are we going?
1. Aligned, results-oriented Army E - résumé into
ANSWER
They do their work in ANSWER
CPOL ANSWER System
2. E - Self-Nomination into ANSWER
Bottom of each Vacancy Announcement
3. Check back in ANSWER