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?

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:05:45 -0500

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?

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2024 8:52 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:52:04 -0500

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.

Response by A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney made Mar 5 at 2024 6:50 AM

A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 06:50:48 -0500

I'm Now A Retiree, But In My Youth, I Was A Mid-9th Grade DROP OUT ~
But A USAF And U.S.A.F.I. Self-Educated Person Later In My Career; And I Was Educated FAR Better Than Any Public Education Could Even Have Considered.
And I Could, And DID, Write Resumes, Which Could Put Walt Disney's Fiction Writers To Shame.
NOT Exactly Lies ~ But Just The Truth Stretched Beyond Recognition...Because I AM Well Educated.
Upon Applying For A Factory Job At F.M.C. In Michigan And Rejected For "Scoliosis" (Curvature Of The Spine), I Then Asked "Are There Any Office Jobs Open"? And There Were, In The Purchasing Department As An "Industrial Purchasing Agent", But It Required A College Degree....(WOOPIE).!!
So I figured "What The Hell, I May As Well Have One"~ ~ And Golly Gee ~ There Is Was; Right There Where I Came Up With It;, In My Mind & On Their Application For The Position...A Masters Degree In Business Administration, With A 3.6 GPA......
What I'm Attempting To Point Out, Is "Put On Your Application Want You Think They Want To Know"...
If You Can Handle The Position, Apply For The Best Job You Can & Use The Right Words To Tell The Truth, As You See It...And They Will Want To Hire You For That Position..... And Once The Job Is Yours Work Like All Hell To Keep It & Do Your Best To Be The Most Productive Employee In Your Department, "Just In Case" They Discover, You're A Lying S.O.B. ~ But Doing So Well They'll Keep You...
~~ I Just Never Got Caught ~~ But I Was Promoted To Purchasing Director, And Put In Charge Of The Purchasing Department In Indiana.. ~ Take YOURSELF As Far As You Can Go ~
~Don't Rely On Others. They Will Fail Where You May Have Succeeded~

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 5 at 2024 7:35 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 07:35:00 -0500

Whatever you do, don't lie as the poster says below. Everything in that post is exact opposite they tell you in TAP.

If you need help with a resume go to the career center where you are stationed. They have people who can and will help you.

This is basically what they go over when you do TAP classes: https://www.militaryonesource.mil/education-employment/for-service-members/how-to-write-a-resume/

Also go to Career One Stop. https://www.careeronestop.org/LocalHelp/AmericanJobCenters/american-job-centers.aspx

These American Job Centers will help even after getting out too.

I put a resume on Resume Nerd and it tells you what you need to do to improve it. Cost a little...but then I'm going to make an appointment at the career center to have someone there go over it. I can't remember what else will help. You can ask others who recently retired to see their resume or others going through it. But in the DOL classes and if you do employment track they cover resumes in TAP.

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Response by 1SG Russell S. made Mar 5 at 2024 8:12 AM

1SG Russell S. — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:12:05 -0500

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.

Response by Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth made Mar 5 at 2024 10:10 AM

Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:10:34 -0500

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.