IRS wants me to provide a resume for use during a RIF???

[Anonymous]

Wow what a limited point of view. I have been in the same federal position for 23 years since graduating law school, constantly learning new areas of the law and feel very successful. Nailed my dream job from the beginning, why would I have had a resume before this chaos?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow what a limited point of view. I have been in the same federal position for 23 years since graduating law school, constantly learning new areas of the law and feel very successful. Nailed my dream job from the beginning, why would I have had a resume before this chaos?

Yes, it does sound like you have a limited point of view since you’ve worked only 1 job.

[Anonymous]

I mean sure that’s true in the sense that I am not interested in doing something else now. My point was just that there are ways to be incredibly successful in one place, and ways to do that moving around a lot.

[Anonymous]

it sounds like IRS is contemplating running an actual RIF where bump and retreat and seniority and preference may actually get applied, as opposed to this "kill an entire practice area at once" approach.

a RIF resume helps OPM determine if the most senior folks have the skills and experience to fill any remaining roles, or could meet the requirements with retraining. you need to complete the resume, it should cover all your duties and skills, and it should cover all past jobs.

a RIF resume is even longer than a regular federal resume. it's important that you create one and that you do it well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hearing a long term Fed doesn't even have a resume makes me go hmmm. I always had one. Do you even have LinkedIn to screen scrape and use for chatGPT?
Make one. Put your publications and presentations in a section. Put your software skills in a section.

What?! Feds don’t use linked in. Because it doesn’t help at all in job searches or applications.

I am a fed and I do have a resume but it’s 5 years old since that was the last time I applied for a job. I’m in my dream job currently and hadn’t even thought of applying elsewhere. My entire sub agency loves working with me too and thinks I’m excellent at my job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow what a limited point of view. I have been in the same federal position for 23 years since graduating law school, constantly learning new areas of the law and feel very successful. Nailed my dream job from the beginning, why would I have had a resume before this chaos?

That’s not typically the case for most feds. We have to apply elsewhere on usajobs to get promotions. There are not laddered positions. Once I was a gs12 who was so good at her job that I ran the office when my prior gs14 boss retired. I ran the office for 4 years but was ineligible to apply when the job was finally posted. The dumbest, cruelest manager was hired who didn’t know what she was doing. I learned my lesson and never made that mistake again! I got a new job and was a gs13 for exactly 13 months before I got a new gs14 job. And then I took over an office again.

Surely you haven’t been a gs 14/15 for 23 years??? In my agency attorneys also don’t get promotions without applying.

[Anonymous]

I would do it, OP. You either need a good resume for the RIF or you’re going to need it soon when you’re fired.

[Anonymous]

Most jobs need updated resumes every year. We have to submit one each year with our annual report. Resumes are used by some companies for proposals. Time to update yours. You have become complacent.

[Anonymous]

Sounds super annoying but since it was required by work, I think you should prioritize this (during work hours). Some of your other work might not get done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most jobs need updated resumes every year. We have to submit one each year with our annual report. Resumes are used by some companies for proposals. Time to update yours. You have become complacent.

Most jobs don’t require this. You work somewhere weird.

[Anonymous]

What's wrong with letting them assume the position description is accurate to the job?

That's what people were recommending for the "5 bullet points"- just pull the description and send. Why not letting the assumption stand in this case too?

[Anonymous]

Girl. Do the resume. Your agency is being gutted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hearing a long term Fed doesn't even have a resume makes me go hmmm. I always had one. Do you even have LinkedIn to screen scrape and use for chatGPT?
Make one. Put your publications and presentations in a section. Put your software skills in a section.

Between children, elderly parents, home ownership and commuting...many people who are not job seeking are not focused on resume prep...especially when you are heading to retirement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most jobs need updated resumes every year. We have to submit one each year with our annual report. Resumes are used by some companies for proposals. Time to update yours. You have become complacent.

Most jobs don’t require this. You work somewhere weird.

Never heard of this. Shouldn't your office know what you do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing a long term Fed doesn't even have a resume makes me go hmmm. I always had one. Do you even have LinkedIn to screen scrape and use for chatGPT?
Make one. Put your publications and presentations in a section. Put your software skills in a section.

What?! Feds don’t use linked in. Because it doesn’t help at all in job searches or applications.

I am a fed and I do have a resume but it’s 5 years old since that was the last time I applied for a job. I’m in my dream job currently and hadn’t even thought of applying elsewhere. My entire sub agency loves working with me too and thinks I’m excellent at my job.

A lot of feds had an attitude that they didn't need to think about being generally employable/able to find something new if they needed to. What's happening now is unprecedented, so I'm not arguing you should have been prepared for this crazy set of events.

But even before this, it kept a lot of people in jobs that were no longer good, because they didn't know how to find anything else.

Things like being on LinkedIn, keeping an updated resume, and also thinking about what you can do at or outside your job to stay employable are good ideas for everyone.