Create a succession plan to

Seeking Federal Senior Executive Service (SES) or Industry positions?

Are you prepared with the new 2-page federal resume?

Group training and personal career coaching.

Trusted by individuals and teams at:

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personalized career coaching

Diane has coached and trained thousands of job seekers in

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Senior Executive Service (SES) Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) statements and SES Structured Interviews

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Senior-level Military Transitions

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Executive Interview Preparation and Salary Negotiations

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Presidential Rank Award Nominations

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LinkedIn Profile Optimization

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Creating Executive Civilian Résumé

Career Management Planning

Plan early and learn to share your leadership accomplishments

Diane works with a select number of individual SES/ECQ resume writing clients each  year to prepare them for all aspects of career management, including:

Strategically writing your SES portfolio, including outlining the ECQs to prepare for the  structured interview, SES/ECQ/TQ 2-page résumé 

Developing a strategic career management action plan for succession planning

Coaching SES selectees to prepare for SES structured ECQ-focused interviews

Coaching and preparing senior federal (GS-14/15) selectees for the structured  behavior-based interviews

And much more

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Diane’s executive clients love working with her

“I truly could not have written and developed my ECQ package without Diane. Her insights and patience over the last year have been invaluable.”

NRC CDP client

“I heard that ‘our’ package got through OPM! And in two weeks I start my SES job. Diane, your help & guidance were a BIG part of that success!”

NRC CDP

“My military transition to a civilian career in senior-level management went smoothly, thanks to Diane. She was with me from developing customized résumé packages all the way through the final interview.”

Military-to-civilian client

“With Diane as my coach, the transition from Navy to civilian was short, landing the perfect job.”

NAVY executive transitioning to private sector

Group coaching

Bridge career knowledge gaps with custom training

Elevate the knowledge base of your GS-14/15s and position your personnel to apply for and attain SES roles and certification from OPM

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SES portfolios, including the SES/ECQ/TQ 2-page resume and coaching for the ECQ focused structured interview

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Transitioning from Military to Civilian

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Executive Interview Preparation and Salary Negotiations

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Effective Strategies for Job Search

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Writing the new 2-page Federal Resume

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Career Management from A-Z

Group training clients rave about:

“I wish I understood the SES application package as a GS-9, so I could ensure I gained all of the 28 leadership competencies.”

NRC participant

“I learned to start early in your career to prepare for an SES application.”

NAVSEA participant

“Diane taught us the magic sauce for writing ECQs.”

FEMA participant

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Led by
Diane Hudson

Award-winning trainer, coach, and career strategy specialist

Executive Career Coach Diane specializes in posturing federal and non-federal employees to enter the federal government’s Senior Executive Service (SES).

She started her career in the federal government and knows as well as anyone that it takes planning and hardwork to ‘apply, interview, and celebrate’ when it comes to landing an SES role.

In the last 20+ years, Diane has coached her clients to:

Strategically prepare to apply for senior-level and SES positions

Write SES portfolios, including the new 2-page SES/ECQ/TQ resume, and preparation for  the new SES/ECQ-focused structured interviews that pass the Qualifications Review Board  (QRB) and obtain Office of Personnel Management (OPM) certification 

Coached SES selectees for the SES/ECQ-focused structured interview as part of OPM’s  pilot program

Navigate the transition from military to corporate or military to federal/SES

Write Presidential Rank Award (PRA) nominations 

And so much more

Plus, as a career coach and trainer, Diane has trained and certified more than 3,000 career  coaches in 40 countries through the Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC) program  with PARWCC

If you’ve found the ‘perfect job’ but it closes in two weeks, it’s too late.

Get your strategy in place NOW to position yourself for future success.

My certifications include:

credentialed career manager
certified-leadership-management-coach
executive leadership development certified coach
certified professional resume writer
certified employment interview professional
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federal job search trainer and federal career coach