Posted on Mar 4, 2024
When making a resume on USAjobs, how many years of duty places do you provide if you been in the military for longer than 10 years?
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When making a resume on USAjobs do you also only write down the last ten years of duty places if you been in the military for longer than 10?
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Rule 1: civilian resumes and USAjobs/.gov resumes are 2 different animals and are not interchangeable.
Use the resume builder on USA Jobs and include details that relate to your proposed job and it can be very detailed and lengthy.
Civilian resumes longer than 1-2 pages are trashed as nobody wants to read them.
Both MUST contain key words of the job you are seeking or you’re not even in the game. Look up word scanners. If you are not using the prospective employer language you are not in the game.
Rule 2: a resume is NOT what you want to say, it is what the reader wants to read…ie…military terms can be included in .gov resumes….in civilian ones drop them..nobody cares or knows what you are talking about; IE make it relevant to the reader..not you.
I’ve done DOL/TAP/SFL-TAP for 8 years now.
Use the resume builder on USA Jobs and include details that relate to your proposed job and it can be very detailed and lengthy.
Civilian resumes longer than 1-2 pages are trashed as nobody wants to read them.
Both MUST contain key words of the job you are seeking or you’re not even in the game. Look up word scanners. If you are not using the prospective employer language you are not in the game.
Rule 2: a resume is NOT what you want to say, it is what the reader wants to read…ie…military terms can be included in .gov resumes….in civilian ones drop them..nobody cares or knows what you are talking about; IE make it relevant to the reader..not you.
I’ve done DOL/TAP/SFL-TAP for 8 years now.
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SMSgt Henry Kiester
Absolutely correct - Civilian resumes should be short and to the point. When there is a large number of applicants, employers have a limited amount of time to review. AND do not use military terms / jargon, let a civilian friend (who never served) proof read for you. Just my two cents...
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MSG Thomas Currie
One of the biggest problems with USAjobs is that it expects you to create and store ONE resume that will then be use for every job you apply for using the site. This is a disaster for many long-term military veterans and is especially problematic if you want to apply for several different jobs at the same time.
While the various civilian personnel offices will all swear that they never just scan resumes for key words, that is exactly what all of them do and in most cases the personnel specialist who is doing the scanning won't even know what some of those key words mean.
While the various civilian personnel offices will all swear that they never just scan resumes for key words, that is exactly what all of them do and in most cases the personnel specialist who is doing the scanning won't even know what some of those key words mean.
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As many as you want. The guidance used to be put in as many things as you could and have huge descriptions for each job so every key word was in there. This is no longer the case. Now they are saying a resume should be no longer than 5 pages, it should be tailored to the specific job and the quality of your bullets is much more important.
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Thank you Sir. Everyone is different on how they want it. Wasn’t sure if they wanted 22 years worth of stuff.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
Not true in the civilian world. The studies show that HR might give your resume' 60 seconds before going on to the next one if nothing grabs them, so keep it to a couple of pages with a cover letter. The cover letter should tell them what you can do and what you are looking for from them. Then my Resume' is just long enough to list job skills and certifications, a job history to fill all the holes. I don't think any of them care about much more than that stuff.
I've used that approach for the last decade or so for both contract work and non-contract jobs. I've managed to walk out the door on one job and into the next.
I've used that approach for the last decade or so for both contract work and non-contract jobs. I've managed to walk out the door on one job and into the next.
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Need to build a civilian resume and upload it. However keep it generic for the main one. When you see a job on USAJOBS, tweek your resume to the specific job using key words from the job announcement KSA. It is computer generated sacn at first before it goes to anyone. Whenyou get tothe questions at the end, you are the expert on everything...if not you will be kicked out as not qualified..unfortuante to play that game but that is how it goes.
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