Veterans on the Job Hunt

A caller inquired about online resume-building resources for people moving from military service to the civilian sector.

My initial advice was to weed out the "junk sites" with Google by limiting the domains and starting with .gov, .edu, and .org.

Google's Advanced search page has this option, under Need more tools?, or you can type "site:.edu" in the Basic search box after your search terms.

Yeah, it's Google 101. But it makes a huge difference.

So I tried "military transition resume" and variations. Here's just a sample of what I came up with, listed in order of relevance:

U.S. Department of Labor

Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS)

VETS: Create an Effective Resume (pdf)

Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Manual (pdf)

TurboTap

HireVetsFirst

HireVetsFirst Military Skills Translator

HireVetsFirst Resume Writer

Military.com

Resume Center

CareerOneStop

Military Transition

Purdue University

Online Writing Lab (OWL) Resume Workshop

University of Minnesota

Resume Tutor

The Ohio State University

Resume Tips for Military Experience (pdf)

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Describing Military Experience on a Civilian Resume

Regis University

Military to Civilian Career Transition

University of Illinois Career Center

Questions About Your Resume (pdf)

Action Words (pdf)

State of Massachusetts

The Resume Guide

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