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While most of these steps obviously have numerous smaller steps within them, if you use this high-level list as a blueprint, you will be well on your way to the Senior Executive Service (SES)!

Diverse Leadership Experiences

• Seek out diverse leadership experiences to expand your strategic perspective in your field, and to cultivate your executive potential.

For several years now in this column, we have shared advice and best practices for developing SES applications. Today, we are excited to share a bit about the company and team behind the scenes.

CareerPro Global has assisted more than 55,000 customers, including more than 3,000 SES clients. We also revolutionized the career management services industry several years ago by earning the coveted ISO 9001:2008 certification for our quality control and customer support processes.

The years go fast, don’t they? Are you a high-performing leader who has been thinking about the next step in your career? Have you been thinking about the SES, but still have not taken the time to get your application materials prepared?

If so, what are you waiting for? The federal government needs you to help shepherd it into the future, but you must put yourself out there. With the new year approaching, it’s a great time to actively design the next chapter of your career.

The role of a Qualifications Review Board (QRB) is to give a fair and objective review of each set of ECQs. However, having said that, over the past several years, we have seen QRBs being especially tough. Many clients write their own ECQs without professional guidance, are rejected by the QRB, and then come to us for executive assistance in helping to rewrite their ECQs.

Here are the top five reasons that applicants have been getting their ECQs rejected: