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Seven Secrets for Writing Successful KSAs
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KSA's
USDA, FSA
Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:57 AM
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With management doing so much pre-selection these days, you know its time to move on. I have worked very hard on my recent application submissions, been notified I made the referral lists and then wait, wait, wait. My only thought is -management can't get to the person the want on the referral list. Most recently, I waited 5 months after being notified I made the refeerral list only to receive an e-mail that said - "the office with this vacancy either decided not to fill the position at this time, has made a selection from another referral list or a selection was made under another hiring authority". Which is it? In the meantime, management has "their person" in the new position.
KSA's
DOD
Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:00 AM
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While I understand and agree that KSA's are necessary to the hiring process, it has been my experience that most jobs are pre-selected. Posting the job announcement is a formality. I work in a office where an employee was promoted and hadn't worked an entire week in over a year! Of course they are very close to the supervisor. I've sumitted applications for numerous jobs and have yet to make the selection list. I guess I will keep trying.
Selective fators
USFS
Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:57 AM
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This is not a bad refresher as to what to, or not to, include in your KSA's. However, you can write up the best KSA in the world and not have it read if the "Selective Factors" are used. What I am talking about is the silly boxes that proceed the KSA box in which you must check the statement that best reflects your abilitys. These statements are very subjective and often do not clearly state their purpose. If you do not select the highest options (good luck), you are not a "quality" candidate and will not make the final Certification. This is an area in AVUE that needs to be corrected immediately!
KSAs - Internal Vs. External
Department of Treasury
Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:23 PM
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The article provides useful information but it is misleading to asume that great KSAs will ensure success. As a fairly new employee in my agency some years ago, I applied for the same job internally and externally. The internal hiring process focused on one's evaluation as a measurement of what one had to offer; the external assessed the educational background and experience evident in the KSAs. Although I was already an employee of the agency, I obtained the external job, not the internal (when I applied for both, many senior employees informed me that I was wasting my time). As long as we have a subjective evaluation system and personal bias in supervisor's assessements of performance that are weighed more heavily than one's potential and the proper fit with the proper skills, KSAs will not be the primary means of selection. Writing good KSAs helps immeasurably if one applies externally and what one can contribute is weighed as being as significant as what one has contributed.
KSAs
Department of Treasury
Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:51 PM
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As support for the author's point, an employee detailed to a technical customer servic position in our agency was advised that his position was opened as permanent job announcement and was advised to reply. The employee had great people skills, an essential component of the job, but poor writing skills. He was offered assistance with his application and refused. Because his KSAs were poorly written, he neither was best qualified nor selected, and returned to his prior position. Any advice on writing effective KSAs is beneficial.
Writing Successful KSAs
U.S. DOT/Federal Transit Administration
Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:10 PM
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Knowing how to apply for federal jobs and having knowledge and understanding of the importance of completing the KSAs noted in the job announcement are key efforts to landing the federal job. The KSAs are the selling points for getting across to the agency's application reviewers and the selection committee, what you have to offer or bring to the job, and including your expections of becoming employed in the job or position under consideration. In other words, the KSAs are the applicant's self-marketing selling points to show how 'you' stand out from other job applicants, to land the federal job.
KSA'S
DOD
Thu Feb 1, 2007 2:35 PM
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What is so hard that every applicant cannot be submitted to the person who's actually doing the interview? Let that person be the one to decide who's best qualified for the position. (yeah, favoritism will always be part of any job) It's BS that we have to use "buzzwords" when most of us already qualify but don't have the proper "words". The system definitely needs an major overhaul !!