Kathryn Troutman is the founder and president of The Resume Place, Inc., a service business located in Baltimore, Maryland, specializing in writing and designing professional federal and private-sector resumes, as well as coaching and education in the federal hiring process. For the past 30 years, Troutman has managed her professional writing and consulting practice, publishing and federal career training business, and with her team of 20 Certified Federal Resume Writers, The Resume Place advises and writes more than 300 federal resumes per month for military, private industry and federal clients world-wide. She is also the author of several critically acclaimed books, including Ten Steps to a Federal Job, Writing Your NSPS Self Assessment, and Federal Resume Guidebook.

Our readers always rank our Tip of the Week column as a favorite. So we've expanded our advice column, and offer our readers not just advice for managing your workforce, but also advice for moving your career forward. Once a month our Tip of the Week column will be CAREER TIPS, where you can hear it from Kathryn.

We are excited to have Kathryn Troutman join us here at FEDmanager.

Lily Whiteman is a popular contributor to the "Jobs" section of The Washington Post, the career columnist for Federal Times, and an award winning writer at the U.S. National Science Foundation. As an expert on federal careers, her advice has been covered by many major media outlets, including News 9 (CBS) in Washington, D.C., National Public Radio, Roll Call, and The New York Post. In addition, Whiteman has presented seminars and workshops on career advancement skills for many organizations, including federal agencies, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and professional organizations for feds. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed Get Hired! How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job.

Our readers always rank our Tip of the Week column as a favorite. So we've expanded our advice column, and offer our readers not just advice for managing your workforce, but also advice for moving your career forward. Once a month our Tip of the Week column will be CAREER TIPS, where you can hear it from Lily.

We are excited to have Lily Whiteman join us here at FEDmanager.

YGL is a professional organization of men and women employed by or for the government who are “young” in their service and/or “fresh” in their perspective. YGL was founded in 2003 by a handful of young federal employees interest in connecting with their peers. Its mission is to educate, inspire, and transform the current and future leaders of government. YGL's membership consists of over 1800 (and counting) young feds at more than thirty U.S. departments and agencies. It is committed to serving as a coordinated voice for the current and future generations of young government leaders by providing a community of leadership through professional development activities, networking opportunities, social events, seminars, fellowships, and scholarships.

The first Tuesday of each month, YGL writes its own feature column in the FEDmanager.com E-Report. YGL uses its monthly column to voice its fresh perspective, and offer news and information, not just for current and future generations of young government leaders, but to all feds interested in hearing from the generation who will meet the next set of challenges facing the federal government. YGL's monthly column in FEDmanager.com is interactive. YGL wants to hear from you too! So, if you have a question, comment or idea you want to share with YGL, and get their feedback, submit it here on FEDmanager.com.