State hiring has its own rules
State of California Application Package
The STD 678 and the statement of qualifications, done properly. State applications are screened against the form, not against your resume.
Is this you?
- You are applying for State of California jobs and hearing nothing.
- You attached your resume and skipped the parts that looked repetitive.
- You do not know what a statement of qualifications is supposed to contain.
- You keep failing the screening before anyone reads about you.
Why it matters
State screening is a form check before it is a judgement about you. An application that leaves boxes thin or answers the statement loosely is set aside by someone following a rule, and being well qualified does not enter into it. The same mistake repeats on every posting until somebody points at it.
What you get
- Your STD 678 completed the way the screeners expect to read it.
- A statement of qualifications written against the posting's own prompts.
- Duty statements answered directly rather than referred to your resume.
- Files you can reuse for the next State posting.
How it works
Send the posting
The job control and its statement prompts, plus your history.
We build the package
The form and the statement, written to the posting's requirements.
You submit
You keep the files and adapt them for the next classification.
Ask the assistant on the candidates page what your statement of qualifications is missing. It will name the gaps before you buy anything.
When this is not the right one
If you are applying to city, county or private employers, this package is the wrong shape. A resume rewrite covers those.
Questions
Do you guarantee I reach the interview?
No, and nobody can. This makes sure you are not filtered out for how the application was filled in.
Can you do more than one job control?
The package covers one. The files are built so the next one is mostly editing.
Do I still need a resume?
Bring one so we have your history. The State process leans on the form, and that is where the work goes.