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.