Hiring manager looking at applicant's resume

Writing your federal resume: A video guide for OPM

For the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), PowerTrain created a 6.5-minute video course segment providing specific guidance to applicants on the process of writing a Federal resume. Using a combination of video, graphics, and animation, this approach provides an onscreen mentor who explains important points about building a Federal resume while specific parts of the resume are enlarged and accented graphically for the user to better understand the Federal resume process.

PowerTrain developed the scripts and employed a rapid prototype development approach for this effort to support the client’s desire for a departure from more traditional forms of instruction. View the video below:

Sample screens

  • Screenshot of the video showing the speaker and an example resume
  • Screenshot showing the speaker and USAJOBS
  • Screenshot showing how USAJOBS lets you upload or build multiple resumes