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	<title>Career Matters</title>
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	<description>By Lily Whiteman</description>
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		<title>How to become a Presidential Management Fellow</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/06/10/how-to-become-a-presidential-management-fellow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lily Whiteman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Presidential Management Fellows program will continue to operate, despite budget cutbacks, because agencies must continue to grow new leaders and conduct succession planning, Angela Bailey, the Office of Personnel Management’s associate director of employee services, said in an interview. So if you’re qualified to join the PMF program, apply. Don’t bypass the program on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to qualify for the Senior Executive Service</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/05/20/how-to-qualify-for-the-senior-executive-service/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/05/20/how-to-qualify-for-the-senior-executive-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lily Whiteman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you think you are or could become executive material? If so, consider aiming for the Senior Executive Service. Some SES jobs are open only to GS-15s or above and their equivalents, but others are also open to GS-14s and their equivalents. Before moving into an SES job, you will need to obtain certification of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maximize your time as a Presidential Management Fellow</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/04/29/maximize-your-time-as-a-presidential-management-fellow/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/04/29/maximize-your-time-as-a-presidential-management-fellow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lily Whiteman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tips for current or aspiring Presidential Management Fellows and the managers and associates who advise them: Before applying to the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program, consider its advantages and disadvantages versus other federal fellowship programs or entry-level positions. The PMF program offers prestige, training, networking, mentoring and substantive experience. But so do many other federal internship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your LinkedIn profile should open strong</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/04/01/your-linkedin-profile-should-open-strong/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/04/01/your-linkedin-profile-should-open-strong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lily Whiteman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open your LinkedIn profile with a bang by instantly conveying your professional stature and by concisely packing as much information as possible into your header and your summary. Your header is the title following your name. It shouldn’t necessarily match your job title, particularly if your title has only a ho-hum ring or does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LinkedIn is key to getting a job, promotion</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/03/04/linkedin-is-key-to-getting-a-job-promotion/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/03/04/linkedin-is-key-to-getting-a-job-promotion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lily Whiteman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My informal survey suggests that LinkedIn may be the most popular social media website among seasoned professionals. Harder evidence of LinkedIn’s indispensability: According to a Jan. 27 New York Times article, “In Hiring, a Friend in Need Is a Prospect, Indeed,” some large companies are finding qualified candidates by recruiting new hires from the LinkedIn networks of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Job applications require your best efforts</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/02/04/job-applications-require-your-best-efforts/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/02/04/job-applications-require-your-best-efforts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lily Whiteman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 17th-century French scientist and mathematician Blaise Pascal said, “If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” The principle that writing concise documents takes more time than writing long-winded ones applies to just about every type of document, including reports, fact sheets, websites, letters, presentations and applications. Instead of leaving the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use metrics to promote achievements</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/01/07/use-metrics-to-promote-achievements/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2013/01/07/use-metrics-to-promote-achievements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lily Whiteman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statistics, measurements, counts and other metrics sound scientific, inarguable and objective. If you bolster your resume, answers to interview questions and updates to your supervisor, LinkedIn profile and other professional documents with such metrics, they will sound scientific, inarguable and objective. By quantifying your achievements, you will also underscore their heft and help prove that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give your résumé an eye-catching format</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2012/12/10/give-your-resume-an-eye-catching-format/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2012/12/10/give-your-resume-an-eye-catching-format/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lily Whiteman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A winning way to craft your résumé is to begin by brandishing your name — followed by abbreviations for any certifications or graduate degrees you earned — in large, bold font on the first line. And cite in large, bold font your professional title on the second line of your résumé. By doing so, you’ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To get hired, think like a hiring manager</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2012/11/26/to-get-hired-think-like-a-hiring-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2012/11/26/to-get-hired-think-like-a-hiring-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lily Whiteman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/?p=427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to understand how to impress hiring managers? It takes one to know one, as the saying goes. So the best way to understand hiring managers is to become one. You may be able to do so by volunteering to serve on a hiring committee. If you serve on a hiring committee, you will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power of validation can lift you above the rest</title>
		<link>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2012/11/05/power-of-validation-can-lift-you-above-the-rest/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-careers/2012/11/05/power-of-validation-can-lift-you-above-the-rest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lily Whiteman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which of these statements is more persuasive and impressive? “I am an excellent swimmer. I know you will be impressed by how well I swim when you watch me.” “I won an Olympic gold medal in swimming.” The first statement — unsupported by any objective validation — could easily be dismissed as self-serving propaganda and [...]]]></description>
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