Posted on February 8th, 2010 by JessicaRichardson
These were the top 100 terms (aka “keywords”) used by recruiters to find the candidates they were searching for on a leading, management-focused job board during a 6-month period in 2009. Incorporate as many as you can (honestly of course) into your military resume, or contact the military resume writing professionals at Military Resumes, to [...]
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Filed under: Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes, Uncategorized
Posted on January 25th, 2010 by JessicaRichardson
You may have heard that there are several resume styles from which to choose. Although technically this is true, there is one style that you should avoid at all costs, unless you want your military resume to end up in the circular file. So heed this warning before you put that pen to paper – [...]
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Filed under: In the News, Military Resumes
Posted on January 8th, 2010 by JessicaRichardson
In a recent article, entitled “What Not to Do: 7 Ways to Ruin Your Resume,” posted on CBS’s moneywatch.com, Hilary Chura discusses the 7 deadly sins of resume writing which, if committed, could send your military resume straight to the “circular file”. While I’ve discussed nearly all of these “sins” in the past, it never hurts [...]
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Filed under: Military Resumes
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 December 11th, 2009 by JessicaRichardson
A Military Resumes client (who happens to be a very savvy senior enlisted Intelligence Analyst), recently shared her frustration regarding the arbitrary barriers companies impose in their job openings. Nearly every military job seeker who has been around the block has encountered the “too-perfect-fit” job opening. This opening has so many specific requirements, only the [...]
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Filed under: Federal Resumes, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes
Posted on December 4th, 2009 by JessicaRichardson
Military resumes and keywords go together like a lock and key – one is pretty worthless without the other. Keywords are industry specific nouns and verbs (with an ever-increasing emphasis on nouns) often searched for by hiring managers and resume scanning software. I’ve addressed the importance of keywords to military resumes in the past, but [...]
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Filed under: Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes
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 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
