Get Hired!: How to Land the Ideal Federal Job and Negotiate a Top Salary

Finally, a federal career coach reveals how to really find job openings, impress hiring managers and negotiate top-dollar salaries. This previously unavailable advice will eliminate the agony from your job search and vault you ahead of the competition - whether you're seeking your first federal job or a promotion. This is the only federal career guide that: *Gives the complete lowdown on how to earn a federal salary. *Divulges little-known strategies for finding domestic and overseas openings. *Provides comprehensive guidance on fast-track hiring programs for minorities, veterans, women, and people with disabilities. *Directs college students, grad students and law students to over 100 of the hottest paying internship programs. *Explains how to give A+ interviews and how to craft irresistible resumes, application essays and cover letters. This instruction - based on the experiences of hundreds of successful federal applicants and the advice of scores of hiring managers - applies to everyone from students to executives. *Warns of mistakes that doom many applications. *Presents tips for mastering online applications. *Motivates with energetic writing, real-life success stories, humor and witty cartoons. *Includes a CD containing striking, persuasive resumes that are easy to customize. *Features the latest federal jobs websites.