Fellow prior enlisted officers: When creating a CV for future assignments, how much info did you include from your enlisted service?

I hate to be brutal, but no one cares (anymore) about your medals. Like, probably not even the Medal of Honor. They just want to know, “How are you going to fit in my company?” If the resume bullet doesn’t answer that—omit it. I’ve seen the wackiest horsecrap on military resumes. Swim Qual? In an office environment? Not relevant. Letter of Commendation? For an especially good base clean-up project? No one cares. Online annual courses taken? SERIOUSLY?!? My favorite: quoting (inflated) evaluation bullets in your resume. Wow.

A lot of a resume is designed to highlight either consistent work history, and/or gaps in work. Very technically, you could sum it all up with “U.S. Army 2010 - 2020” and be done with it. If there’s something SPECIFIC you’d like to highlight, sum it up in one sentence. If you had a job (“Food Service, 2 years”) which has nothing to do with helping your administrative office job, you could omit it. Ask yourself, “Will this information compel them to call me for an interview?” If no, omit it. A high rifle score? “No court-martials”? Omit. “Named ______ Of The Year”? Maybe. Depends what it is.

IF YOU HAVE ANY VOLUNTEER SERVICE—INCLUDE IT. It really tells them who you are, and might set you apart.

Obviously, any qualifications you have which would help the future employer—include. It’s just an online course? Include it anyway. It’s not like you’re lying about it.

You’d be better off having a half-resume that’s full of RELEVANT stuff, than making them weed through a full one-page resume that’s clearly padded full of meaningless crap and makes them say, “All that? To tell me you’re not qualified?”

Fill some of the space with job references. That’s possibly your saving grace. Skip the cumbersome military titles; use things like “manager” and “supervisor” rather than “assistant deputy automated platoon vice-commander.” Because no one knows what that means.

And because you’re specifically in the Army, for the love of god, please don’t use, not even once, a single MOS code!! None of the rest of us have any clue what a 78 Delta is.

Good luck to you!

CVs are the document you list more detail. The advice you’re getting on resumes is accurate. If you are doing a CV your adult life is relevant. So are awards, certs, licenses and decorations

Maybe not to be quite as brutal as the Maj below...but he is mostly correct. Having been in the civilian workforce now for about 16 years and having been one to have to review resumes and make hiring decisions, I will tell you that I would look for what is relevant to the job you are applying for. Your marksmanship medals/ribbons really don't matter if you are applying for a job that doesn't include shooting.

So a CV is different from a resume. a resume should be about 1 page and make someone beg you to complete the details.
A CV is literally a living document where you list everything... I have seen many that are 14 pages long because of medical training, peer reviewed publications, grant monies gained and continuing education classes.
Drop me an email on Outlook and I'll send you mine as a reference.

I think most of the people here missed that this is for a Military Position.

If you send me an Email in global I will send you examples I have used in the past that you can tailor for yourself.
Miller, Jason Steven

I did not include prior enlisted service on my resume. Most employers are concerned with past 10 years of work experience, specifically post-college. Furthermore, age discrimination can exist in civilian hiring and enlisted time mention can indicate being older than necessary.

Not prior enlisted, but found the topic interesting. When you say CV for your next assignment, are you talking about the new AIM 2.0 resume? If so, then most of the respondents aren't tracking this new facet of officer assignments. I recently extended my cycle, so delayed this process for myself. But if this is what you're referring to, remember it's on the backside of your ORB. You wouldn't need to restate that info. I would suggest sitting down with the person at your current unit who would review such things. They may be able to provide valuable insight. I think all of us are scratching our heads a little on this.

Very little-most was focused on last 5-10 years for resume. Most of my HR CO ya ya said it was less than pertinent for civilian hiring so years in service and anecdotal experiences were more discussion that in Resume. I do have a Military resume that has everything on it. It’s 12 pages and a beast. I use it more to cut and past into specified products or to reference when speaking dates times job specifics accolades etc. the only place it all went into was USA Jobs...

I would include any key leadership roles and major accomplishments, as well as any skills that are relevant to the assignment. I definitely wouldn't be looking to unnecessarily add bulk to the resume. You might also want to include a copy of your ORB. That will list all of your other awards, badges, ASIs, assignments, etc., but will do so in a standardized and acceptable manner.

One of the biggest errors many military are making on their resume acronyms and things most civilian employers have no idea what they mean.

You MUST translate your military experience to civilian terms, remove non important things such as awards (not important), and would HIGHLY recommend consulting with a resume writer if you cannot translate military experience to civilian language. If you feel those acronyms are important to the position you are looking for spell it out with a language according to their ideal candidate job description.