On October 24, Kathryn Troutman received the Moxie Award in the coveted Woman-Owned Business category for 2024. Troutman was one of only 17 category winners awarded during the event held at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia. The Moxies have been recognizing professional boldness, innovation, courage, and savvy for enterprises, nonprofits, and associations in the Metro DC area since 2017.
In her acceptance speech, Troutman noted, “I am a serial entrepreneur, I really am. And I specialize, at the Resume Place, in helping people get Federal jobs.”
?She started by working with resumes, and, over the years, added books, coaching, and training. “It all took moxie, for sure,” she acknowledged.
As she addressed the 450 business people gathered, Troutman highlighted two pivotal moves that she made in her business over the years. In 1995, she wrote the first-ever book on how to write a Federal resume when the government was phasing out the 171 form. “The Federal Resume Guidebook, in its seventh edition, is the number one resume book in America right now,” she pointed out, nearly 30 years later. Troutman went on to write many other best-selling Federal job guides too. The second key move she shared was creating a program called Ten Steps to a Federal Job®. “The US military saw this program, and they’re sending their employment specialists from all over the world to my Ten Steps training.” Troutman has turned the program into the first-ever dual credential in Federal job search training.
Over 1,300 professionals have entered their names for a Moxie Award over the past eight years. This year’s winners were selected from among 147 finalists out of a growing number of yearly entries. As part of the assessment, finalists underwent both a virtual and an in-person interview. “After careful review and evaluation by a panel of third-party judges, this year’s seventeen winners shined brightest among their competition,” said Moxie Award Chair, Katie Jordan.
A complete list of winners can be found here.
“I’m thrilled to be recognized among the boldest professionals in the DC metro community,” Troutman said. “Thank you so much, Moxie Awards.”
Among Troutman’s popular Federal job guides are the Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th ed.; Jobseeker Guide, 9th ed.; The Stars Are Lined Up for Military Spouses, 2nd ed.; and the Student’s Federal Career Guide, 4th ed. For additional info on her firm’s resume services, training, and certification program, as well as cutting-edge blogs on the Federal job search, visit: https://resume-place.com/
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The Certified Federal Job Search Trainer® / Certified Federal Career Coach® program was founded in 2002. This is a popular train-the-trainer program to teach jobseekers the best way to write a Federal resume and apply for Federal jobs. Read more hereTen Step Certification Dates and Rates
Kathryn Troutman is the Founder and President of Resume Place, Inc., a Federal Career Consulting business located in Baltimore, MD. Her firm specializes in writing and designing professional federal resumes, as well as consulting, coaching and education on the federal hiring process. She is the author of many best-selling federal career books, including the Federal Resume Guidebook, 7th Ed. See the books at https://resume-place.com/books/
Troutman is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable media guest, appearing on Beverly Jones’s Jazzed about Work on NPR’s WOUB, Carol Fishman Cohen’s 3, 2, 1 iRelaunch (Relaunching Your Career), Mark Miller’s Repurpose Your Career, and numerous times on Mike Causey’s Your Turn show on Federal News Network. Her business, The Resume Place, had been featured in The Washington Post. To hear interviews of this top federal jobs expert, click here.