ECQ Executive Core Qualifications for SES Applications

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ECQ | Executive Core Qualifications

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Executive Core Qualifications | ECQ

ECQ (Executive Core Qualifications) are among the most difficultrequirements of an SES application. Our Senior Executive Writers are trained and skilled in developing ECQ statements for these very detailed and carefully constructed essays reflecting your visionary leadership and executive talent.. The most important characteristic required in each ECQ is to provide content rich with examples that will crystallize your "Leadership" skills and demonstrate how they can contribute to building a Federal corporate culture that drives for results, serves customers, and builds successful teams and coalitions within and outside the Federal agencies. ECQs are required for entry to the Senior Executive Service (SES) and you must present a superior ECQ package that will be accepted by the Quality Review Board within each Federal agency.

ECQ Process

Our experienced SES Writers work one-on-one with you to obtain all required information for each ECQ. We are accustomed to working with executives and senior military officers all over the world to develop SES applications via email, telephone consult and on-line builders. OPM states in their SES guide that you can expect to devote 80 or more hours to develop your ECQs. Most executives do not have the time to spare, or the immediate knowledge of all the fundamental technical requirements, to put together a strong ECQ package. Not an easy task, even for the most accomplished writer. We require up to eight hours of your time, as this is an interactive process, and at least 10 to 14 days to develop your entire SES application.

To begin the process:

Email or fax us a copy of your Federal vacancy announcement, along with your resume.
An executive Career Coach will contact you within 24-hours of receipt to discuss qualification criteria, time-line, costs, and path forward.

In most cases, the Federal Government requires 5 ECQ statements:

Leading Change
Leading People
Results Driven
Business Acumen
Building Coalitions/Communications

Each statement is 1 to 1-1/2 pages long. In these statements, you must provide vivid, strong examples of direct leadership experience to show how you address each of these factors. Leadership is more important than "management" in this context. We will work with you to prepare these detailed statements and will develop appropriate narratives that follow the Federal Government model for each individual factor, as shown:

Challenge: Describe the specific problem or goal.
Context: Refer to the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked, and how you overcame a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale).
Action: Discuss the specific actions you took in addressing a challenge.
Result: Give specific examples of the results of your actions. These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills.

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ECQ Definitions and Charts

Below is a chart of each ECQ definition. We address your ECQ responses in a CCAR (Context, Challenge, Action, Result) model as described above, required by OPM, and incorporate the respective competencies below into each ECQ, as well as the fundamental competencies.

ECQs (Executive Core Qualifications)

ECQ	Definitions	Competencies
Leading Change	This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.	Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, Vision
Leading People	This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.	Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others, Team Building
Results Driven	This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.	Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, Technical Credibility
Business Acumen	This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.	Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Technology Management
Building Coalitions	This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.	Partnering, Political Savvy, Influencing/Negotiating

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Changes in SES Application Requirements:

Our SES writing team has their fingers on the pulse of the application changes recently adopted by numerous federal agencies. President Obama signed a memorandum in May of 2010 requesting that all agencies modify their application process and reduce this process time to less than 80 days from application to interview. The following are a few new SES application package requirements that we now develop.

New Signature five-page SES ECQ All-Inclusive Resume.
Five-page SES Resume to include the five ECQs (Executive Core Qualifications) and TQs (Technical Qualifications), MTQs, or DQs. The New Signature five-page All Inclusive - as we have named this application - would appear to be much simpler to develop. However, the fact is that a comprehensive federal resume and normally 10 pages of ECQ documentation, and perhaps TQs if required must be drilled down and information optimized to showcase the most important facts of your leadership qualifications. Therefore, even though the resulting document is smaller, these requirements make it a more difficult process.

Five-Page SES Resume and Separate ECQs
Five-page SES resume and up to ten pages of ECQ documentation. The 27 executive core competencies are required to be addressed throughout each respective ECQ in addition to TQs if required. The ECQs are developed in the CCAR (Challenge, Content, Action and Result) model.

Four-Page SES Resume with Executive Compentencies
Four-page SES resume with cover letter or omit cover letter and extend resume to five pages. ECQs are replaced with federal agency's selection of five executive competencies such as: Strategic Vision; Resilience; Leadership; Coalition Building; Human Capital Management and/or can be replaced by others selected by the hiring agency.

USAjobs SES Resume with On-line ECQ Posting
USAjobs SES resumes with ECQs entered online with character limit's of 4,000 to 8,000 characters. The ECQs are developed in the CCAR (Challenge, Content, Action and Result) model.

First Read the Federal Job Vacancy for Instructions
It is imperative that you read each SES application in its entirety prior to writing your package. Different agencies sometimes change requirements from fax and email to mail in only; SES resume page length, ECQ character count; font and margins requirements. Any application submission that deviates from what is requested on the specific vacancy announcement will most likely be rejected.