How to Create a Resume for a Veteran

1How to Create a Resume for a Veteran Can a military resume really get you far in the civilian world? Even if your military resume is pretty impressive with credits to your name to deal with blowing up bridges from a mile up in the sky, how do you translate that into something that a new boss will require - in a more prosaic real world? Depending on the kind of responsibilities a veteran was actually trusted with, it really is possible to create a resume all fired up with the right achievements.The most important thing you can do when you create a resume for a veteran is, you can take the military vernacular away, and replace it with simple English that a civilian boss might appreciate. Actually, there is a website, an online resource that helps you see how a military title for a certain responsibility can translate into civilian language. It is Online.Onetcenter.org. Go here and type in a military occupational code to see what the job responsibilities were a military person was entrusted with, and what they would be called in the civilian world. For instance, if you type in 15-1021.00, you right away find that the civilian equivalent for that indecipherable job title would be something along the lines of an analyst programmer, a computer programmer or a software developer. They list all the skills, the areas of talent and the qualities that a military person in that position might make use of, and help you find a civilian position around those skills. Search Monster.com with those skills, and you should come out on top.If there is one area where military veterans can excel, it's in leading others. What they are not so good at is really selling themselves on their skills (which can be pretty impressive). What a vet can do in these circumstances is, to write a cover letter and create a resume that brings attention to specific skills and achievements, and that reminds a potential employer all the positive reviews they received in the military. And then quantify everything with statistics and concrete examples. Another thing that should really go into that resume is all the training for specific skills that the veteran has taken advantage of over the course of his stint in the military. The typical military vet has the benefit of hundreds of hours of courses, certifications and training. While in the military those things might be pretty regular routine, out in the civilian world, they are something really special.A veteran can really be successful in the civilian world if they would only try to translate everything in the right way for a civilian job.