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…and you thought KSA’s were over! How to answer DC Gov Ranking Factors

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You may remember my post from a couple of weeks ago on the DC Department of Employment Services;  one of my suggestions was for DC Government to offer a training on “How to answer ranking factors for DC Government Jobs.” Luckily, an old classmate of mine posted the training on a listserv I belong to and I registered for the event.

I was originally scheduled to attend the training on Jan. 13th but, due to an “overwhelming interest” DCHR added a second training which was last Friday the 6th downtown.  DCHR will offer another FREE course for DC residents this Friday the 13th from 10-11 am at 441 4th Street (judiciary square metro)- and I think you can still register but click on this link to find out. (let me know what they say!)  At the training DCHR stated that they would continue to hold trainings in the future.

There were probably around 25 people in attendance.  The demographic breakdown was mostly black females over the age of 35 a few black males and me.  I was able to sneak a peek at the sign-in sheet as I was signing in and I noticed every single person in attendance were current DC Gov employee’s and about 3 citizens including myself.  Were the DC Gov employee’s getting paid to attend the training to learn how to apply for another job?  I am all about professional training especially if you were an agency that assists citizens getting jobs but, if you are just trying to apply for another job can you learn about it on your own time and dollar?

Mr. David Ramirez from DCHR lead the workshop and in my opinion did a great job.  He was very thorough and positive and I think that the handout is very informative. Each DC Government job posting typically has around 4 ranking factor questions each.  Mr. Ramirez mentioned that each ranking factor question answered should be no less than 3/4 of a page and no more than 1.5 pages, so that basically means you need to write around 4 pages for each DC Gov job you apply for.  I took the initiative to scan and post the handout from the training (below) because I was not able to find the document anywhere on the DCHR website.

  • What do you think about the handout?
  • Did you hear about the course?  Let me know what you think!