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After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, at Resume Place, we were inundated immediately with phone calls and emails from private industry employees who REALLY WANTED to get a job in the government.
They wanted to work for the FBI, CIA, NSA, USSS, and DHS to help protect America !
THEN TSA was created! The new Transportation Security Agency grew from a small initial staff of around 13 to 64,000 workers by late December 2002.
This Day in TSA History: November 19, 2001
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act and the birth of TSA. On this day, November 19, 2001, former President George W. Bush signed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA), forever changing air travel as we once knew it. But what was air travel like before 9/11 and ATSA, and what actually changed?
Before 9/11, airport security was outsourced to private contractors and was much less stringent than TSA’s current standards. Travelers passed through metal detectors, and friends and family could accompany them to the gate, delaying hugs and goodbyes to the last possible moment. You could bring blades up to four inches (or box cutters) on board as they were not considered menacing according to an FAA manual. Most local laws didn’t prohibit them. No long checkpoint lines.
So, to get a job at TSA as a Transportation Security Officer, the big question is this: How do you write a winning Federal resume that can get you Best Qualified and REFERRED to a manager for an interview?
ALSO -- USAJOBS had been up only 5 years - since 1996 -- so it was new to all jobseekers and employment counselors. On August 4, 2003: A new version of Recruitment One Stop and USAJOBS - OPM officially launched online at 12:01 a.m.
Resume Place writers and Apple Macintosh typesetters produced more than 4,000 TSA and other agency Federal Resumes in two years - 2002 to 2004 - 40 resumes a week for 52 weeks for 2 years). At that time we had physical office location at 1725 K Street, NW, DC - LOTS of walk-in Federal jobseekers.
Everything about Federal jobs was complicated, so I created the now-popular curriculum, Ten Steps to a Federal Job®, and published the first book with this title in 2002. The original first book cover - above - is from 2002. The American flag is beautiful. This book won the Ben Franklin Independent Book Publishers Award for Careers in 2002.
I taught Ten Steps to a Federal Job® for the FIRST time in 2002 at an Unemployment Office in Rockville, MD, to about 30 unemployment counselors for the State of Maryland. Before 9/11, only 5% of their clients were looking for Federal positions. After 9/11, the interest in Federal jobs rose to 90% among their clients.
Here are the Ten Steps to a Federal Job®
Step 1. Learn about Federal Jobs
Step 2. Networking - Hiring Authorities
Step 3. Find Jobs on USAJOBS
Step 4. What Are the Keywords?
Step 5. What Are the Core Competencies?
Step 6. What Are Your Accomplishments?
Step 7. 2-Page Federal Resume Writing – the Biggest Step of All
Step 8. Apply for Federal Jobs
Step 9. Track and Follow Up
Step 10. Interview and Negotiate for Your Federal Job
This curriculum is written in my book, Jobseeker’s Guide, 10th Edition. The Ten Steps curriculum is licensed today to employment program counselors and trainers for the military services, states, vocational rehabilitation, non-profits, and universities worldwide.
PS, The Ten Steps have BARELY changed since 2002 - but now we have the 2-Page Federal Resume! Instead of a 5-page Federal resume + KSA narratives!
Best wishes for your Federal job search and your contributions to
America as a proud Federal employee!
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