Tips and suggestions for resume writing for Ex-military personnel.

1. THE ART OF WAR IN THE JOB MARKET
MILITARY-TO-CIVILIAN RESUME WRITING TACTICS

2.
translating your military
background in a resume can be …
tough

3. What you do is…

4. What you do is… COMPLEX

5. WHAT YOU DO IS… SPECIALISED

6. WHAT YOU DO IS …DIVERSE

7. IT CAN BE HARD TO EXPLAIN.
When you say infantry. They hear blah?
?

8. If you want the interview
Your resume has to be …

9. …RELEVANT
.

10. …COmpelling

11. …POWERFUL

12. But WHERE do you start?

13. Step 1
FIND OUT WHAT THEY Want!

14. Research! Read Job ads, google position
descriptions, talk to people in that field.
Uncover employers’ needs

15. Step 2
catch their attention

16. Forget the old fashioned objective.

17. lead with a strong opening profile TO
Hook them in on you

18. REPLACE this…

19. with this…

20. Step 3
focus on the relevant

21. Don’t just list your daily duties
Du%es
Led
Squad
Maneuvers
Weapons
Opera%on
Tac%cal
Training
Combat
du%es
Use
of
military
communica%ons
equipment

22. ….Think from their perspective.
What have you done that’s valuable to them?
My
du%es
included…
I
offer
experience
in…
Leading
Squad
Maneuvers
✔Team
Leadership
Weapons
Opera%on
✔Rapid
Decision-­‐making
Tac%cal
Training
✔Training
Combat
du%es
✔Opera%ons
Management
Use
of
military
communica%ons
✔Risk
Assessment
equipment
✔WH&S
Training
✔Cross-­‐cultural
Communica%ons

23. compliance reliability strategy
team work
communication
… sell your transferable skills and
planning
achievements in
logistics
performance
safety
civilian
delegation
technical skills
terms
leadership procedure
negotiation
productivity problem solving
efficiency risk management

24. Step 4
Bring out the big guns

25. Sell your achievements & successes

26. F THIS…
INSTEAD O
-­‐
Delivered
training
programs
and
ran
weekly
group
exercises
YOU…
THEM HOW
TELL
Redesigned
2
key
training
programs
with
fresh
content
and
new
virtual
simula%on
exercises
that
improved
comprehension
of
complex
concepts
and
liNed
average
pass
rates
more
than
20%.

27. Step 5
polish, proof, apply

28. Invest time IN GETTING IT RIGHT
NAIL THE CONTENT
Perfect the presentation
Be confident
it represents you well!

29. Need help?
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