The Government Rolodex Monetization Playbook
Your real asset isn’t your GS grade — it’s the 500+ contacts in your Outlook who still have budgets.
Step 1: 48-hour LinkedIn blitz
Change your headline to: “Recently Surplus | 20-Year FEMA/DoD/[Agency] Veteran | Helping Companies Win Federal Contracts | Open to Consulting Gigs.”
Post your RIF announcement — watch the inbound messages explode.
Step 2: Offer “Fractional Federal Sherpa” services Charge former colleagues (now at contractors) $250–$500/hr to:
Decode RFPs they don’t understand
Write proposals (you’ve reviewed 1,000 of them)
Prep for oral presentations
Introduce them to your old branch chiefs
Step 3: Register on hourly consulting platforms
Catalant (ex-Gov employees average $180/hr)
GLG (they love former regulators)
Talmix, BTG, etc.
Real case: A laid-off FDA reviewer I know cleared $47k in his first 60 days just doing 4-hour GLG expert calls at $500–$1,000 each.
The Government Rolodex Monetization Playbook
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