Daphne Boston ⋅ Charlotte, NC ⋅ 20 years experience

Hi Justin,

The Job Scan tool helps you tailor your resume specifically to job descriptions and eliminate excess or irrelevant information from it. https://www.jobscan.co/

Natalie Johnson ⋅ New York, NY ACP ⋅ 2 years experience

Hi Jason, great question! For trimming down your resume to the necessary information, I like to recommend Declutter Your Resume from Monster (https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/Declutter-Your-Resume-in-5-Steps).

For more general resume advice, broken down by the amount of time it takes you to complete the task, 45 Quick Changes That Help Get Your Resume Noticed from The Muse (https://www.themuse.com/advice/45-quick-changes-that-help-your-resume-get-noticed) is a great resource. Good luck!

Joe Engle ⋅ Indianapolis, IN Electrical/Software Eng. + MBA ⋅ 30 years experience

Hello Justin. I would be honored to look at your resume. There are good people here with plenty of good ideas willing to help. Please message it to me.

Thanks for your service.

Anthony Viveros ⋅ Bayonne, NJ UBS ⋅ 5 years experience

Feel free to reach out directly and I can take a look at your resume

Anthony Viveros ⋅ Bayonne, NJ UBS ⋅ 5 years experience

Feel free to reach out directly and I can take a look at your resume

Matthew Meyerowitz ⋅ Old Bethpage, NY Morgan Stanley ⋅ 6 years experience

Hi Justin,

Thank you for your service! If you need an additional pair of eyes to look over your resume I am happy to do so.

Best,

Matt

Lex Levin ⋅ Northborough, MA Lex Levin, LLC ⋅ 13 years experience

Justin,

Happy to review your resume. I'm a full-time professional resume writer and a former Fed specializing for the last 11 years in working with Active Duty and Reserve Service Members, Veterans, and Military Spouses transitioning to Federal or private sector work.

You can best get in touch with me through my website contact page: https://lexlevinllc.com/contact/. Just answer a few questions, upload your current resume, and I'll review and advise.

Lex

Kevin Hicks ⋅ Freehold, NY U.S. Army ⋅ 29 years experience

Thanks for your service! For your general resume, you'd probably want to list all Air Force experiences and training / certifications.

When you send your resume to a specific potential employer, tailor your resume to that job description. For example, if you're applying for a stand alone IT specialist position at a small company where you'll work more or less on your own, list how your jobs in the USAF required using certain software programs up front. Add information further down regarding leadership and logistics.

If you're applying for a management position where you'd lead a team, you'd want to show your leadership experiences and training up top, and mention IT and logistics further down.

Try to use the exact words from the job description, too: Many companies use software that scans the resume before a human sees it: if the job description says "experience with Microsoft Excel" and your resume states "Familiar with most software," a Human Resource manager might never read your resume.

Good luck!