Author name: gothamGovernment

If you are preparing for the Senior Executive Service, the guidance you may have studied even a year ago no longer applies. In 2025, the Office of Personnel Management restructured both the Executive Core Qualifications and the way candidates apply. Understanding the current framework is now the difference between a competitive package and one built […]

If you are on a federal career path aimed at the Senior Executive Service — or developing the leaders who are — the OPM Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) are the specific, evaluated criteria that shape SES selection. As of 2025, both the criteria and the way they are assessed have changed substantially. Effective October 1,