Eric Jelle ⋅ Burleson , TX U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman ⋅ 8 years served

I seek a great paying company that wouldn't just hire, but would correctly instruct, and retain me long term with the following qualifications.

2013 Bachelors Degree, General Technical Management, DeVry University, Magna cum Laude graduate with 3.74 GPA and $35K in student loan debt.

1997 Associate Degree, Criminal Justice, Air University/Community College of the Air Force, Eagle Grant recipient

I have worked as a laborer/driver for NARA in Fort Worth since May 2011 and only last December received a first promotion earning only $32,194 of the $48,000 DeVry claimed my specific degree was worth WITHOUT any experience whatsoever. I have read numerous federal vacancy announcements that state that a graduate with Superior Academic Achievement (3.0 GPA or higher or alternate honor society membership requirements) is automatically qualified for consideration to apply for GS-7/$41,827 positions. Most of those come out with wording to disqualify such as TIG Time in Grade requirement: MUST have at least 1 year experience at the GS-05 level which won't pertain to me until Dec 2016.

The problem with that is that I also have an additional five years of unparalleled records management and operations experience from not one, but two separate private sector corporations - larger one acquisitioned the smaller after a breach of contract lawsuit stressed the smaller CEO to the point of a hasty unnecessary sale. I served as a van driver covering three divisions of operations - a demanding regimen that not even drivers in the larger city of Denver were entrusted with (Paper, Shred, and Data all at once). I returned after a year of Wartime Army Casualty Lead work to take over as the Managing Supervisor of Branch Operations with three direct reports who I alone instructed on every facet of each of their jobs and cross trained each to be able to also cover one another's areas of responsibility for unexpected or sudden sickness or other urgent matters.

The Air Force proved I was up to every challenge dealt from taking out the trash to securing nuclear weapons in -75 degree temperatures for up to 12 hours. The Security Police career field proved I was a very effective Law Enforcement Patrolman and later Security Forces Response Force Leader and even a Control Center Controller. I also protected key resources in 140 degree temperatures for up to 12 hours in Kuwait. I have been a EMT Basic Certified Bike Patrolman who concurrently trained with the EST/SWAT team. I directly supervised up to three subordinate trainees for three years.
I thrived during my year at Osan in S. Korea learning the people, the language, the food, the culture, and some history. I sacrificed the last days of my WWII vet father's life to deploy to Turkey for 25 days for the Kosovo Campaign which we weren't even considered eligible for a medal for and still managed a TDA/mini TDY to Bandirma leading three other troops who were all still in upgrade training.

I've been out for 15 years, transitioned without any time due to multiple family deaths in rapid succession during my final year which gobbled up all my leave, ended up working in the Death Services and the Records Management fields, neither of which seem to pay what my recent Bachelors Merits According to University polling of recent grads hired.
I am considering if any admin position in local law enforcement would pay well enough because leaving Federal work immediately drives student loan payments From $60 to nearly $400/month and after 10 years Federal Service, all unpaid student loan debt can be forgiven. If it weren't for that major financial motivator, I would be working two jobs minimum elsewhere.