Posted on February 19th, 2010 by JessicaRichardson
Articles about writing federal military resumes, federal hiring trends, and landing a federal job have proven to be the most popular among MilitarytoCivilian.com readers and military job seekers who read the leading military transition publication, CivilianJobNews. Because the federal government has thousands of openings, grants hiring preference to most veterans (for more on this see ”Federal [...]
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Filed under: Federal Job (Steps to get a), Federal Resumes, Military Career Transition, Military Job Seeker Advice, Uncategorized
Posted on January 6th, 2010 by JessicaRichardson
Like it or not, 2010 is here. Whether you’ve been pounding the job search pavement for months or your military retirement looms on the distant horizon, there is no better time to rethink, or start thinking about, your job search strategy and military resume. Make it your New Year’s resolution to establish an up-to-date job [...]
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Filed under: Military Career Transition, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes, Networking
Posted on December 24th, 2009 by JessicaRichardson
Afraid your military resume is heading straight for a spam folder? Here’s how to increase the odds of your military resume being read by a recruiter or hiring manager when sending it via email.
The first question about e-mailing your military resume is whether to send it as an attachment or just paste it into the [...]
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Filed under: Military Career Transition, Military Resumes
Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by JessicaRichardson
On November 9th, the White House announced the launch of a new initiative to transform the federal government into the top employer of America’s veterans. A press release from the Office of the Press Secretary cited “repaying our debt for [veterans'] courageous service and selfless sacrifice” and filling the ranks of the federal government with [...]
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Filed under: Federal Job (Steps to get a), Federal Resumes, In the News, Military Career Transition
Posted on November 6th, 2009 by JessicaRichardson
The following military job search advice comes to us courtesy of Lt. Col. Paul Capicik (USAF Ret), a 26 years Air Force veteran, former CIO, and military program manager for American Sentinel University. He is the author of a new article series geared toward service members interested in pursuing or advancing Information Technology (IT) careers.
In an article [...]
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Filed under: In the News, Military Career Transition, Military Resumes, Military to Civilian Career Coaching
Posted on November 5th, 2009 by JessicaRichardson
In this month’s issue of Spotlight, the official newsletter of the Professional Association of Resume Writers & Career Coaches, industry pioneer Jay Block revisits the very definition of a resume. This got me thinking… if a certified professional military resume writer could benefit from a refresher course on the basics, so could a military job [...]
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Filed under: Military Career Transition, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes
Posted on October 29th, 2009 by JessicaRichardson
Avoid the awkwardness of asking a network contact for a job by asking them for a reference instead. It’s tempting for military job seekers preparing for the military to civilian transition to employ a script similar to the following:
“Hello Joe. I am getting out of the military soon… Are you hiring?”
The only thing more awkward than [...]
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Filed under: Military Career Transition, Military Job Seeker Advice, Networking
Posted on October 9th, 2009 by JessicaRichardson
Dealing with criticism ranks pretty low on the “things I’d rather be doing” list of most military job seekers. However, at MilitaryResumes.com, we highly encourage our transitioning military clients to actively seek out criticism from trusted members of their inner circle. Criticism can be hard to swallow, but it can also be a vehicle for [...]
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Filed under: Federal Resumes, Military Career Transition, Military Resumes
Posted on October 1st, 2009 by JessicaRichardson
The nation’s largest employer, the federal government, is expected to hire approximately 273,000 new workers over the course of the next three years to satisfy the new Administration’s initiatives and replace its rapidly retiring baby-boomer workforce. With this in mind, and given the current state of the economy, it’s no wonder that many job [...]
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Filed under: Federal Job (Steps to get a), Federal Resumes, Military Career Transition, Military Job Seeker Advice
Posted on September 18th, 2009 by JessicaRichardson
According to an article posted on Government Computer News by Senior Technology Editor Joab Jackson, of the more than 270,000 new employees needed to replace a rapidly retiring federal workforce and meet the new administration’s goals over the next three years, more than 11,549 new hires will be IT professionals. The article, entitled “Help wanted: agencies need 11,000 [...]
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Filed under: Federal Resumes, In the News, Military Career Transition, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes
