Career transition resumes can be some of the most difficult to write. The key to an effective military to civilian resume is to demonstrate how your military skills, qualifications, experiences, and competencies will be of value in a civilian career. Therefore it is vital to use civilian terms and not military lingo that hiring managers won’t understand.
Use key transferable skills from your military background that are highly sought after in the corporate world as the building blocks for your new military conversion resume. Some good examples are personnel development and leadership, contract negotiations and administration, budgeting and cost control, organizational leadership, logistics management, supply chain management, intelligence and security, quality improvement, etc.
Once you have identified your key transferable skills it is time to hone in on what you accomplished during your military career. These accomplishments should be ways that you reduced costs, increased productivity, improved quality, and more. Accomplishments are buying motivators for hiring managers. They will capture a prospective employer’s interest and open the door to job interviews and opportunities.