Actually, he's half right. It is important to use past tense as well as present tense in your KSA's. Not to brag, but take it from someone who scored very highly on them. They'll want to know when and how you used your knowledge, skills, and abilities, not just what they are. You wil score higher if you do that. Again, even if you mentioned them in an earlier part of the application, where you're listing your work experience, say it again in the KSA's section! If possible, mention how many times you did a specific task. For example: If you list editing skills, mention, if you can be specific, not only the skill itself, in clear present tense active verbs, but how many reports/articles/whatever it was you edited. Any time you can document your skills with when you used them and for what, you're ahead of the game. So, past tense is also what they're looking for. Three to five pages of KSA's is something to shoot for, eleven pages is normally too long for those rating them.

Anyway, I got your PM, Alice, and yes, I'd be happy to look over your application.



Chanteyranger