Posted on Jul 30, 2018
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SGT Tony Clifford
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The real trick is writing the resume is to break down your military career into terms a civilian can digest. Give a job title you've held like squad leader. Include a brief summary of the job then state how many people you supervised, and the equipment you were responsible for in a dollar amount, and finally mention the mentorship you provided to subordinates and subordinate leaders. Typically as a squad leader you had anywhere from $1,000,000 to $6,000,000 worth of equipment for your squad. You were ultimately responsible for the equipment, so include it. Lastly, tailor your resume to the business or position your applying. If it's managerial, talk up your experience with leadership and accountability. If manufacturing, talk up your experience with maintenance and equipment safety. I say, build a template and adjust it from there.
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Awesome. Thank you.
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That is a great explanation of the most important aspects
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SGT Joseph Gunderson
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I don't know any sites but if you need some help with writing up a resume just let me know. Civilian resumes aren't too bad but federal format resumes can be quite annoying.
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Absolutely. Been keeping an eye for fed jobs as well, I will let you know if I need help thank you.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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I know several people who like this one. Remember if you are applying to a specific job, tailor your resume to the job specifications. Include those key words in your resume.
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Thank you very much.
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Transitioning and trying to get ahead of the curve. Do you have any recommendations for military-to-civilian resume building sites?
SGT Breck Wilson
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Go back to the what used to be called acap center they probably have the most incite directly related to this topic as that is their whole job description! Also if you have an AW2 rep they have many extra recourse that no-one else can offer you. Also the building to the left of the companies building for the wtu directly next to alpha companies AO those civilians in there had one lady that specifically works on Texas work force and she did an amazing job breaking down exactly how to translate military to civilian
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Yeah I’m trying to get ahead of it since my nearest ACAP location is at Knox which is a 9 hr drive (currently assigned in USAREC) so I need to wait so I can do CIF, ACAP and VA meetings all at once and not go back and forth. If I get hot in it now I won’t have to wait for the last min.
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SGT Breck Wilson
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Completely understand I thought it said you were transitioning from WTU in Fort Hood so was offering what I personally know from that base
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Check out hire heroes.
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Will do thank you.
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Edited 7 y ago
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PFC Vihaan Kapoor
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i have much better source of online resume building and they provide tech support also.
they the best resume templates for every professions and they provides these services at the lowest price guaranteed.
i only have their blog link so maybe this will help you out
https://www.hiration.com/blog/best-online-resume-builders/
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If you’re looking at federal jobs, make sure to use the USAJobs format.

As far as what to put in it, you’ll hear a million different things.

When applying for federal gigs, it’s all about hitting the KSA keywords (knowledge, skills and abilities), and the questionnaires.

Good luck.
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