Every FCL Career Entry product has a specific job. They are designed to be used in sequence. Find your situation. Follow the path.
You do not need every product. You need the right product for where you are. Start at the top. Find your situation. Follow the path.
Before you build anything, know where you stand. These tools are free, take 15 to 30 minutes, and tell you what the federal system will see when it reads your background.
Scores your military experience across five dimensions the federal system actually uses. Converts your score to a likely GS target band. All branches, all occupational specialties.
You are ready for this if: You are separating or recently separated and have not yet identified your federal target grade band.
What comes next: The GS Grade Mapping Course (T1) — builds the grade claim your toolkit result identified.
Get the Military Toolkit — FreeMaps your private sector experience to the federal grade system. Includes a 12-term private-to-federal terminology crosswalk.
You are ready for this if: You are entering the federal system from the private sector and have not confirmed what grade band your experience supports.
What comes next: The GS Grade Mapping Course (T1).
Get the Private Sector Toolkit — FreeScores your current position against the five factors the federal system uses to determine grade level. Identifies whether a documentable gap exists between your current grade and the grade your work supports.
You are ready for this if: You are a current federal employee who suspects your position is graded below the work you are actually doing.
What comes next: The GS Grade Mapping Course (T1).
Get the Federal Employee Toolkit — FreeFour diagnostic areas: series identification, specialized experience, resume format, and announcement compliance. Gap map routes each gap to the specific resource that addresses it.
You are ready for this if: You are preparing to submit a federal application and want to verify your package before you submit it.
What comes next: Federal Entry Navigation Course for multiple gaps. GS Grade Mapping Course for grade-specific gaps.
Get the Readiness Toolkit — FreeThree fully annotated federal vacancy announcements with every significant field explained in plain language and connected to your application strategy.
You are ready for this if: You are new to federal hiring and have never been shown how to read a vacancy announcement the way HR reads it.
What comes next: Federal Entry Navigation Course if you are a first-time applicant. GS Grade Mapping Course if you need a grade claim.
Get the Anatomy Guide — FreeTen-indicator gate check against every negotiable and verifiable element of a federal offer — before you accept.
You are ready for this if: You have a federal job offer in hand and have not yet verified all ten structural elements before signing.
What comes next: The Offer Evaluation Model ($97) — calculates the full financial picture in dollar terms.
Get the Offer Checklist — FreeThese courses build the system you apply to every federal application going forward. One-time purchase. Reusable for every announcement you target.
Six modules. Seven reusable worksheets. A grade claim framework that takes your employment history, your service records, and a real vacancy announcement and produces a documented, defensible grade claim in the language HR is trained to credit.
You are ready for this if: You have identified your target series and grade band and need to build the documentation that makes your grade claim hold under HR review.
Prerequisite: None. This is the starting point for the FCL grade claim product chain.
What comes next: Experience Decoder Course (T2) if your background spans multiple series. Nothing further required if your background maps cleanly to a single series.
See the GS Grade Mapping CourseSix modules covering the complete federal hiring system for first-time applicants — series identification, grade targeting, federal resume structure, announcement compliance, and occupational questionnaire strategy. Two fully worked federal resume examples included.
You are ready for this if: You are applying to a federal position for the first time and have not yet built a compliant, grade-targeted application package.
Prerequisite: None. Start here if you are new to federal hiring.
What comes next: GS Grade Mapping Course if you need a deeper grade claim framework. Experience Decoder Course if your background spans multiple series.
Get the Federal Entry Navigation Course — $97These products address specific, high-stakes decisions. Each one has a prerequisite or a specific entry condition. Do not purchase until you meet it.
Builds the Multi-Series Narrative Framework — a complete, documented, grade-calibrated narrative system reusable across multiple announcements and multiple target series. Five modules, worked example woven throughout.
You are ready for this if: You have completed the GS Grade Mapping Course and your experience record spans multiple roles or series that do not map cleanly to a single announcement.
Prerequisite: GS Grade Mapping Course (T1). Do not purchase this course first.
What comes next: Nothing further. Terminal within the Career Entry chain.
Get the Experience Decoder Course — $197Calculates the full financial picture of a federal offer across locality pay, step negotiation, career ladder projection, and FERS pension. Ships as a branded Excel workbook and a PDF user guide.
You are ready for this if: You have a federal offer in hand, have completed the Offer Evaluation Checklist, and the checklist surfaced gaps you need to model in dollar terms.
Prerequisite: Complete the free Offer Evaluation Checklist first.
What comes next: Nothing further. Terminal within the Offer Evaluation chain.
Get the Offer Evaluation Model — $97