James Watson ⋅ San Diego , CA General Atomics ⋅ 30 years experience

Hi Ronald-

I am retired after a 40 year career in industry where I hired over 100 people. Now I am helping veterans like yourself by helping with their resumes. If you would e-mail me your resume (drjamesfwatson@gmail.com) I would be happy to comment on it.
Jim Watson

Kelly Williams ⋅ Newark , DE Stars to Stripes Military Transition Assistance ⋅ 10 years experience

Ronald,

My company provides free resume critiques to all military service members. You can submit your resume to us via email or by using our secure online submission form:

Email: Info@ExpertResumeSolutions.com
Form: http://tinyurl.com/ERS-Resume

Please allow 3-5 business days for completion.

We use two different formats for corporate and federal applications. I can send you examples of each to get you started.
Connect with me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kellywilliamsmaresca/

Thank you for your service.

Warmest Regards,

Kelly Williams
Career Strategist & President
Security Cleared Careers
Expert Resume Solutions
Business: (732) 686-6455
Email: info@expertresumesolutions.com
www.ExpertResumeSolutions.com
Job Board: wwww.SecurityClearedCareers.com

DJ Rettman ⋅ Shoreham , NY Honeywell ⋅ 20 years experience

Send me your resume. I will square you away on this one.

Cris D ⋅ Akkay Consulting ⋅ 20 years experience

Hi Ronald,
I can take a look at it too, still remember how difficult it was for me to do the transition.
Please send me a job you are interested in and your CV at CDoroghi@hotmal.com, will try to do a 24H turnaround,
Thanks,
Cris

Jim LeVan ⋅ Port Monmouth , NJ Rubrik ⋅ 15 years experience

shoot me your resume - happy to take a look at it - my wife is a recruiter as well, and is quite knowledgable about resume formatting/content - jwlevan@gmail.com

David Jackson ⋅ Midland , MI U.S. Army, Specialist ⋅ 3 years served

Ronald,
Without looking at your resume I would guess that you have stated all your years in the military (military experience is good) but at the same time you're showing yourself to be an older worker (meaning more expensive to hire). Employers want inexpensive employees yet skilled. Payroll is their biggest expense and if you show to much through your use of dates then you're showing yourself to be expensive to hire. Your resume only has one function and that is to get you an interview and if you reveal the fact that you're an older worker (no matter what shape you might be in or what you think you can do) lots of experience means that the employer will have to pay extra for all of that and because in their eyes you could be expensive to hire, they aren't giving you the opportunity to interview. An unwritten rule with resume writing is don't go back anymore than 10 years. If you have experience outside of that boundary, set up another category on your resume entitled "Additional Skill and Experience" Then you can list all those things that you want on your resume without dates that could be hurting you due to your age. Know that in an interview, the interviewer can legally only ask you what branch you were in and what your MOS was. There are some additional tips for writing a resume that will get you those interviews, but seemingly to many for this space so if you would like some additional help, please feel free to contact me. If you decide to have someone assist you with writing your resume, make sure that you recruit the help of a veteran because we understand and can help you to highlight your military experience which employers are looking for. (Personnel Management Specialist - Army, former TAP instructor, and worked in Veteran Services for the government assisting veterans with employment issues, so I'm here to help!!!!)

Krystal Yates ⋅ Lewisville , TX EBR Consulting, LLC ⋅ 19 years experience

Hi Ronald, email me your resume. Also tell me what ideal position you are looking for and we will go from there. krystal@elitebusinessresources.com or you can send it through the site.