You already have the experience, whether it's a deployment, a contract, or a decade in the civil service, you just haven't written it the way federal HR is trained to read it. Socrates asks the questions that pull the scope, the budget, and the leadership evidence out of what you actually did, then builds your resume from it, matched line for line to the exact announcement you're applying for.
Pulls out what you'd undersell
"Managed daily operations" becomes $2M in equipment, 40 personnel, zero safety incidents. Socrates asks until the numbers are on the page.
Writes the way federal HR reads
Specialized experience, not bullet points, built for how a referral actually happens.
Matched to this exact announcement
Every line ties back to this vacancy's real requirements, not a resume you'll reuse everywhere.
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Built from a manual process with a documented 100% federal referral track record.
Referral is not guaranteed. Results depend on eligibility, qualifications, job fit, documentation, and the announcement.
Job announcement
Evidence matched
3 achievements found
Managed $2.3M in equipment, zero loss
Confirmed in interview
Led 12 personnel, 9-month deployment
Confirmed in interview
Delivered training to 200+ personnel
Confirmed in interview
Your federal resume
100% ready
How it works — for veterans, civilians, contractors, and current federal employees
Paste the announcement
Drop in the USAJOBS vacancy you're going for. Socrates reads the actual requirements, not a generic checklist.
Answer Socrates' questions
Short, specific questions about what you actually did, deployments, duty descriptions, evaluations, awards. No staring at a blank resume.
Get your matched resume
A federal resume, cover letter, and talking points, every line traced back to something you actually said, matched to this specific job.