Written by a team that includes 17 former federal hiring managers. OPM-compliant, 2 pages, and built around the exact announcement you're targeting.
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Within 45 days
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Served since 2014
Since September 27, 2025, OPM's Merit Hiring Plan caps federal resumes at 2 pages. USAJOBS will not let you submit a longer one, and if an agency receives one, the notice reads:
Your application is not being considered due to not meeting the resume page number requirement in the job announcement.
Rules this specific are exactly why we read your announcement before we write a word. We build to the cap on every posting that carries it.
Important if you are applying to the VA
Since September 27, 2025, almost every federal resume is capped at 2 pages. VA clinical and medical roles are carved out of it. VA says so plainly:
New Federal resume requirements under the Merit Hiring Plan do not apply to applications for Title 38 or Hybrid Title 38 positions.
VA Careers, updated September 30, 2025
Physicians, dentists, registered nurses, physician assistants, optometrists, podiatrists, and chiropractors.
Wider than most people expect. Psychologists, pharmacists, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, speech-language pathologists, dietitians and medical records staff. It also reaches VA chaplains, biomedical and healthcare engineers, and medical support assistants.
It turns on your specific announcement, not just your job series. VA notes that some Medical Technician jobs stay under Title 5 depending on the duties actually performed.
We read your announcement's How to Apply and Required Documents sections before we write a word. We never cut a VA Title 38 client down to 2 pages.
Details like this decide whether your package gets read at all. We check agency requirements, GS-level requirements, and OPM's current guidelines so your resume is compliant the day it is written. It is also why every package includes retargeting. When your next announcement plays by different rules, we rebuild to those rules.
Every package includes a custom cover letter at no extra charge, your Master Resume, and revisions until your copy is right.
For entry-level and early-career federal professionals.
Standard 3 business days. 24-hour rush available (+30%).
15-day retargeting window
For mid-career and competitive-service applicants, where the field is crowded.
Standard 2-4 business days. 24-hour rush available (+30%).
30-day retargeting window
For senior and leadership-track candidates.
Standard 2-4 business days. 24-hour rush available (+30%).
60-day retargeting window
For Senior Executive Service candidates.
Standard 3-5 business days. 24-hour rush available (+30%).
60-day retargeting window
Retargeting means re-tailoring your resume for new postings after delivery. It's separate from revisions, which run until you're happy with your final copy and are always included.
Order placed. We reach out to set up your intake and gather your materials.
Research and writing. Your federal SME, with a former hiring manager, reads your target announcement and builds your 2-page submission plus your Master Resume.
Your draft. Turnaround runs from your intake, not your payment, and revisions run until your copy is right.
Changed your mind? Full refund if you cancel within 24 hours, before we start your work.
Four standardized questions, 200 words each, and they have to be your own words. We coach, you write.
Your announcement includes the four essay questions
Most federal announcements at GS 5 through 15 now include four standardized essay questions, capped at 200 words each. The government requires the answers to be your own words. Your coach structures each one with you, and you write every word.
First draft in 2 to 5 business days by tier.
24-hour rush available (+30%).
Retargeting window of 15 to 60 days by tier.
Full refund within 24 hours, before work begins.
Your full career on record, included and yours for life.
You write your own answers. Your certification stays honest.
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned. Every resume is 100% human-written.
Three steps, from your target announcement to your submission.
Your assigned federal SME, working with a former federal hiring manager, reads your target announcement.
We map your background to its specialized experience in OPM-compliant language and build your 2-page submission plus your Master Resume.
We optimize it for USAJOBS and retarget it for new postings through your package's retargeting window as you apply to more roles.
Since September 27, 2025, USAJOBS enforces a hard 2-page limit on federal resumes. Submit a longer one and you risk removal from consideration. Our Springfield, Virginia team keeps you compliant, competitive, and clearance-ready.
Federal hiring has fundamentally shifted, and we stay current so you don't have to guess. The 2-page resume cap has been enforced since September 27, 2025. Self-assessment questionnaires still screen you, but since September 30, 2025 they no longer rate or rank you. And the essay questions on GS 5 to GS 15 announcements carry a certification: your answers must be your own words, with no consultant and no AI.
The "more is better" era is over. You need High-Density Impact.
We always check agency requirements, GS-level requirements, and OPM's most up-to-date guidelines so every resume we deliver is in 100% compliance at the time it's written.
What SES resume writing costs: the Platinum SES Package is $1,279, with your ECQs and technical qualifications demonstrated inside the 2-page resume and structured interview preparation included. Mid-career federal packages start at $679 (Silver, GS-7 to GS-13) and $879 (Gold, GS-14 to GS-15).
The "Dual-Sector" Bonus: You need a Plan B. That is why ALL Federal Packages now include your choice of a FREE Civilian Resume or LinkedIn Profile Overhaul. (SES Packages include both).
Active-duty military and veterans: Use code MILVET10 for 10% off.
Two pages. OPM has enforced the limit since September 27, 2025, and USAJOBS blocks anything longer. The big exception: VA clinical jobs under Title 38 and Hybrid Title 38 are not held to the limit. A few non-Title-5 or announcement-level carve-outs also allow a longer document through an 'other documents' upload. We read your exact announcement and build to it.
Your complete career on record, built once and yours to keep and grow. It is separate from the 2-page submission, and we pull from it every time you come back to target a new role.
Not at the initial application. Standalone KSA essays are gone from the first step: you apply with your 2-page resume plus an eligibility questionnaire. And since September 30, 2025 that questionnaire can screen you but no longer ranks you. A separate skills assessment does the ranking, and your resume has to back up every answer you give. Some announcements add a scored written assessment later, like a narrative assessment, an accomplishment record, or a writing sample. If yours calls for one, we coach you through it, scoped to exactly what your posting asks.
Since 2025, most federal announcements from GS-5 through GS-15 include the same four short essay questions, capped at 200 words each. They're not scored, and skipping them never disqualifies you. You certify that your answers are your own words, so we coach you on structure and examples but never write them for you. It keeps your certification honest and your application safe.
SES changed in 2025. The old multi-page ECQ essay packet is gone: you now submit a 2-page resume that demonstrates the current OPM Executive Core Qualifications, then complete a structured interview with the Qualifications Review Board. We build the resume and prepare your interview stories for the board.
We check the announcement, the GS level, and OPM's current guidance, so every resume is 100% compliant the day it's written. The rules have moved fast since 2025. Tracking them is part of what you're paying for.
Send us the announcement you are looking at, or tell us your current grade and where you are trying to land. We will set the level and the package. If you are not sure the path itself is right, take the free 15 minute call first. Some federal jobs do not run through USAJOBS at all, and that changes the whole application.
Yes, and it is where a lot of good applications quietly die. We go through every eligibility, preference, and conditions-of-employment question against your actual status, and we make sure your resume backs up every answer you give. Those questions sit thirty deep in an application most people fill out alone.
Only where your resume can prove it. Since September 30, 2025 the questionnaire can screen you, but it cannot rank you. A real skills assessment does the ranking now, and your resume has to substantiate what you claimed. An Expert rating with nothing on the page behind it is the fastest way to get rated not qualified.
That turns on facts we need to see, not on a rule of thumb. We check which preferences and eligibilities actually apply to you, what document each one needs, and whether your announcement even asks for it. Then we make sure your answers and your resume tell the same story.
No, and nobody honest will. You certify those answers are your own words, with no consultant and no AI. That certification is exactly why we will not touch them for you. What we do is coach the structure and help you find which of your own stories answers each question. There are four of them, they are the same four everywhere they apply, they are never scored, and skipping them has never disqualified anyone.
Yes. We have a page built for VR&E referrals, and the resume is free to the veteran and free to the VA. We are a private, veteran-owned company. We are not part of the VA. If a counselor referred you, start there.
Pick the package built for your grade, or book a 15-minute call and we'll point you to the right one.
100% human-written. OPM-compliant. Built to your announcement.
