Eric Clements ⋅ Chicago, IL AECOM ⋅ 17 years experience

Hello Larry,

My wife and I had our resumes professionally written a couple of years ago, I can send you a copy of mine to use as a template if you like. Email me at eric.clements@urs.com if interested.

Have a great day,

Eric Clements

Harry Rakfeldt ⋅ Belfair, WA AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants and related products ⋅ 38 years experience

Greetings LTC Croucher,

There is an excellent source of information and guidance and that is with MOAA - Military Officers Association of America. Take a look at: http://www.moaa.org/career/. Guidance, critiques, and more available.

Harry Rakfeldt
LT (O3E), USN-Retired
Cold War Era
1955-1976

Tony Hammon ⋅ Tempe, AZ U.S. Army, Lieutenant Colonel ⋅ 20 years served

I'll share my experience going through this transition during the last year. As far as a resume example, I'd be happy to share mine with you, which is based on examples from an executive search consultant I met.
As far as what to put on the resume, it really wasn't all that difficult. First, I visited onetonline.org, which has descriptions of common civilian jobs, and found descriptions for jobs similar to what I had done in the Army - things like CEO, Operations Manager, Management Analyst, etc. Then I wrote me resume in Army-speak. Finally, I translated the Army-speak into descriptions that sounded more like the civilian descriptions. Of course, I'm always refining, but that is the nature or resumes. If you'd like a copy of mine, it's no problem.

Russ Lince ⋅ Salem, OR Kyndryl ⋅ 26 years experience

LTC Croucher,

First thank you for your service. When it comes to transitioning to the civilian sector, the hardest thing to do is to remember that almost no one outside our military community understands all the acronyms we use for job descriptions, ranks, positions held, etc. So try to find the equivalent meaning in a normal vocabulary. If you are looking for management positions, try to convey the quantity of people you commanded, budgets oversaw, logistics involved, etc. Also, when sending resumes out, ensure that you are tailoring them to the jobs applying for. With 22 years of experience in the Army, there will always be some skill or job performed that can be highlighted. As I left the active Navy, they provided transition assistance courses, I highly recommend those. We encourage our soldiers, marines, airman, and sailors to attend these, and I sometimes think the Officer Corps overlooks these opportunities.

Good Luck!

Russ Lince
IBM IT Specialist
LT, US Navy Reserve