Kathryn Troutman

Other Troutman federal career publications include "The Stars Are Lined Up for Military Spouses," 2nd Edition, winner of Best Military Nonfiction in the Independent Press Awards 2020; "The Student’s Federal Career Guide," 4th Edition (3rd Edition won the 2013 Foreword Indie Gold Award in Career); the "Military to Federal Career Guide," 2nd Edition; and the "Jobseeker’s Guide," 8th Edition.

Troutman has appeared online, in print, and on radio and television to answer questions about federal careers, resume writing, and job search techniques. Troutman has appeared repeatedly on www.washingtonpost.com’s Federal Diary Live On-Line and www.federalnewsradio.com. On August 26, 2020, Troutman was the guest for a "Life After COVID" segment on Mike Causey's "Your Turn" program on Federal News Network to discuss current strategies for applying for federal job openings that continue to appear on the USAJobs.gov website despite and in some cases because of the coronavirus crisis.

In 1995, as the U.S. government began phasing out the very long Standard Form 171, Troutman wrote the "Federal Resume Guidebook," the first ever book on how to write a federal resume. The "Federal Resume Guidebook" is now in its 7th Edition.

Troutman has been presented in the media as an expert on the Federal Resume, on Senior Executive Service Applications, and on federal career consulting in general. She has worked in this field since 1971, has published nine books on these subjects, and is known in federal hiring circles as the "Federal Resume Guru."

Kathryn Kraemer Troutman (born October 5, 1947) is an American author, consultant, and career trainer who assists jobseekers interested in working for the U.S. government. She is the founder and president of The Resume Place, Inc. (est. 1971), a service business located in Baltimore, MD that consults on, writes, and designs federal and private-sector resumes..mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}