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SECTIONS 3.1-3.2

• Objectives
• Set personal goals
• Get organized

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Types of Goals

• Short-range
• Intermediate-range
• Long-range

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Employment Goals

• Employment goals need to be
• SMART
• Specific
• Measurable
• Adaptable
• Realistic
• Trackable

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SECTIONS 3.3-3.7

• Objectives
• Plan an effective job search
• Understand how to conduct company research
• Learn about job assistance resources
• Understand how to begin using the internet as
  part of the job search process
• Analyze job announcements and ads for critical
  information

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Looking for Work
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Networking
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Job Search Assistance

• 1. Internet
• 2. State Workforce Agency (Employment Office)
• 3. Local Veterans Employment Representatives
  (LVER)
• 4. Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment

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Job Search Assistance

• 5. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT),
  U.S. Department of Labor
• 6. Private Employment Services
• 7. College/School Placement Agencies
• 8. Military and Professional Associations and
  Organizations

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Job Search Assistance

• 9. Telephone Directory Yellow Pages, Industry
  Directory
• 10. Industrial and Craft Unions
• 11. Job Fairs
• 12. Transition Offices
• 13. Chambers of Commerce

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One-Stop Career Centers

• Every state has centers that provide services at
  no cost to veterans and job seekers.
• Available services vary by location.
• Every center has a veterans representative to
  serve veterans.

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Veterans Representatives - DVOP

• Disabled Veteran Outreach Program
• Provides intensive services to meet the
  employment needs of disabled veterans and other
  eligible veterans, with the maximum emphasis
  directed toward serving those who are
  economically or educationally disadvantaged,
  including homeless veterans with barriers to
  employment

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Veterans Representative - LVER

• Local Veterans Employment Representative
• Conduct outreach to employers and engage in
  advocacy efforts with hiring executives to
  increase employment opportunities for veterans,
  encourage the hiring of disabled veterans, and
  generally assist veterans to gain and retain
  employment

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One-Stop Centers Can Provide

• Job Search Assistance
• Employment Referrals
• Skills Assessments
• Computer / Internet Access
• Unemployment Assistance
• Labor Market Information
• Vocational Guidance
• Education Training Assistance

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One-Stop Centers (cont.)

• Credentialing Apprenticeships
• State and National Job Banks
• Child Care Resources
• Transportation Assistance may be available
• Workforce Investment Act
• Veterans Priority

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Finding a One-Stop Close to You
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SECTIONS 3.8-3.9

• Objectives
• Understand how to complete application forms
• Understand how to find opportunities for Federal
  Civil Service Employment
• Understand how to initiate the Federal
  application process

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SECTION 3.10
Create an Effective Resume
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SECTION 3.10

• Objectives
• Review key elements in the resume writing process
  
• Write career objectives and descriptive
  accomplishment statements
• Construct a draft resume

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Your Resume

• Opens The Door
• In the job search, paper is the great equalizer.
  
• Most employers want to see you on paper before
  meeting you in person.

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Marketing Your Resume

• Basic Job Search Principle
• Market Yourself!

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Purpose of a Resume

• Marketing Tool sells YOU!
• Summarizes how your skills and abilities can
  contribute to their company.
• Helps get you a Job Interview
• Employer screening tool

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The Importance of Career Decision Making in the
Resume-Writing Process

• To write the most effective resume, you need to
  know what career field you want. Research
• The career field you would like to pursue
• Where the jobs are and who is hiring
• What qualifications and credentials you need to
  attain
• How to best market your qualifications

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Resume Formats

• Chronological
• Functional
• Combination
• Targeted

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Resume Formats

• Chronological
• Focuses on your work history with most recent
  position first
• Easy for employers to follow your career history
• Shows career progression and growth

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Resume Formats

• Functional Resume
• Focuses on your skills and experience. Skills are
  grouped into functional areas
• Used most often when changing careers or if there
  are employment gaps

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Resume Formats

• Combination Resume
• Combination of the Chronological Functional
  resumes
• Highlights skills and provides the chronological
  work history that some employers prefer

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Resume Formats

• Targeted Resume
• - Customized to a specific job
• -Written specifically to the employers needs

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Resume Formats

• Others
• Federal Resumes
• Curriculum Vitae
• Hybrids of Several Styles

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Resumes

• Which Resume is Best?
• The one that best positions
• your experience for
• the open position!

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Resume Types

• Paper (Traditional) Resume
• Scannable
• Electronic

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Paper (Traditional) Resumes Presentation Tips
Guidelines

• Professional look and feel, good visual appeal,
  white space for readability
• Page Length 1 to 2 pages
• Font Tahoma, Arial, Times New Roman, or Verdana
• Font Size 10 to 12 points
• Font Styles bold, italics, capitalization to
  highlight key areas
• Paper Color white, light gray or ivory
• Proofread and Spell Check
• Place your name and page on all subsequent
  pages of your resume

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Presentation Tips and Guidelines

• Writing Style Always Write in First Person No
  I Led a 75-member training team that
  delivered 100 of all scheduled training
  seminars worldwide.
• Not
• Sergeant Jones led a 75-member training team
  that delivered 100 of all scheduled training
  seminars worldwide.

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Resume Types

• Scannable
• To be sent either electronically or in paper
  format
• Enables employers in large companies to quickly
  scan your resume

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Scannable Resumes Presentation Tips and
Guidelines

• Plain resume scanned by company for key words
  and qualifications
• DO NOT use highlights such as bold, italics,
  underlining, graphics, etc.
• Use fonts such as Arial or Times New Roman
• Minimum 11 point font size
• No columns or tables
• Spell out symbols like and
• Place your name and page on all subsequent
  pages of your resume

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Electronic Resumes Presentation Tips and
Guidelines

• Resumes Sent as an E-Mail Attachment
• Use Printed or Traditional Resume Format
• Professional look and feel, visually appealing
• Microsoft Word most common save as Rich Text
  Format (RTF) unless posting suggests otherwise
• Resumes Pasted in the Body of An Email
• Copy and paste resume into email
• Always check formatting before you send!

Review it before you send it!
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Sections of a Resume

• Contact Information
• Objective Statement
• Summary of Qualifications
• Experience
• Employment History
• Education/Training

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Sections of a ResumeContact Information

• Janis Jenkins
• 123 Pearl Street
• Rockville, Maryland 12345
• Home [phone]
• Cell [phone]
• Janis-Jenkins_at_email.com

JANIS JENKINS 123 Pearl Street Rockville, MD
12345 [phone] (H) [phone] (C)
Janis-Jenkins_at_email.com

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Sections of a ResumeCareer Objective Statement

• Targeted Objective (preferred)
• Lists specific job and company you are applying
  for
• General Objective (optional)
• When you do not know company or specific job
  applying for
• Posting on a career website
• Attending Job Fair and handing out resumes

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Writing Career Objectives

• Concise, short and to the point
• Target your career objective whenever possible.
  Dont make the employer guess
• Be specific dont write
• Seeking a challenging position with a large
  company that will provide an opportunity for
  growth and advancement.
• What can you do for the employer?

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Exercise 1

• Write Career Objective Statements

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Sections of a ResumeSummary of Qualifications

• Highlights your key skill areas draws attention
  to specific skills that support your job goal
• Paragraph or bulleted list
• Should include your Security Clearance if you
  have one
• Time to brag about your best qualities your
  greatest hits

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Assessing Skills for the Summary of
Qualifications

• Highlight key words or skills listed in the job
  posting
• Review your skills statements (from page 22 in
  the TAP Manual)
• Select the skill statements that match the key
  words in the job posting
• Research the company or industry you may
  identify additional skills

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Exercise 2

• Write a Summary of Qualifications

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Sections of a ResumeExperience

• Lists your results and/or achievements that
  relate to the position desired
• Not a job description!
• Answers the question, What is this individual
  going to do for me?
• Use numbers, percentages, statistics, examples to
  illustrate achievements

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Translating Military Experience to Civilian Terms

• One of your biggest challenges
• Employers may overlook a military member because
  their resume is
• Filled with military job titles and military
  skills not understood
• Written using military jargon, acronyms and
  awards
• Not targeted to job
• It doesnt matter how qualified you are if the
  employer cant understand your resume

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Military Experience Civilian Terms
Go here to convert your military skills into
civilian terms
Website Address http//online.onetcenter.org
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Additional Websites

• Army COOL and Navy COOL
• https//www.cool.army.mil
• https//www.cool.navy.mil
• VMET
• https//www.dmdc.osd.mil/vmet 
• Americas CareerInfoNet
• www.acinet.org/moc
• Jobsaurus
• www.taonline.com/jobsaurus
• Military.com Translate Your Skills
• www.military.com
• gtCareergtSkills Translator
• Mil-Skills Translator
• www.taonline.com/mosdot

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Skills and Experience

• Military Platoon Leader, Leading Petty Officer,
  Section Leader, etc.
• Front Line Supervisor
• In the business world
• Supervised evaluated up to 75 employees
• Conducted high quality training for groups up to
  25
• Improved staff productivity efficiency by 30
• Planned and executed logistical support for team
  with outstanding results
• Enforced 100 of company policies and procedures
• Submitted comprehensive and timely reports to
  supervisor
• Worked under pressure, multi-tasked, and met
  tight deadlines

Quantify and Qualify with s, s, and s
wherever possible!
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Writing Accomplishment Statements

• Allows employers to visualize your contribution
• Statements should contain
• -- Value added results
• -- Action you took to achieve results

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Identify Your Skills and Accomplishments

• Use the Transferable Skills Inventory
• Select the skills that relate to the job you want
• Sell your resume by highlighting your major
  accomplishments and achievements
• Employers want to know
• What skills can you offer me?

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Writing Accomplishment Statements

• Use civilian terms
• Start with an action verb
• Dont use Responsible for
• Write in past tense for previous jobs
• Present tense for current job
• Quantify results when possible
• Use numbers
• Percentages
• Statistics
• Examples

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Examples





Quantify
Scope
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Examples
GOOD Basic skill / task description Provided
medical logistics support. BETTER More
details Ordered and inventoried over 1.2M in
medical equipment and supplies. Managed staff,
equipment, and supplies for a 100 bed medical
treatment facility. BEST Accomplishment /
outstanding result Saved 30,000 annually by
re-designing a supply ordering system that
reduced order backlog. Reduced supply delivery
time 25 by creating a fast track ordering
system for routine office supplies.

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Examples

• Inventory Control Managed companys 500-item,
  10M stock inventory warehouse with 100
  accountability.
• Logistics Processed over 700 annual shipments
  of personal property and household goods valued
  in excess of 30M.
• Security Supervised the security of 100M of
  highly sensitive equipment with zero loss.
• Management Developed and managed an annual
  budget of 50M meeting departments profit
  goals.

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Exercise 3

• Write Some Accomplishment Statements

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Sections of a ResumeEmployment History

• Chronological Resume
• - Dates, position, location experience
• Functional Resume
• - Does not include an employment history
• Combination Resume
• Dates, position location
• Targeted Resume

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Sections of a Resume Education/Training

• Include all degrees awarded
• Highlight special honors such as graduated Cum
  Laude, with Honors, GPA, etc.
• Include certifications, licenses and course work
  relevant to job applying for
• List only military schools that support your job
  goal!

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Exercise 4

• Develop the Education and Training Section of the
  Resume

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What NOT To Include On A Resume

• These items are not recommended
• on a resume
• Marital Status - Hobbies
• Age - Height Weight
• Race - Salary
• Photograph - References
• Religious or Political Affiliations
• Names, Ages and Number of Children

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Exercise 5

• Now lets tie all of the elements together and
  start drafting your resume!

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Resume Reviewand Quality Assurance

• Carefully review your resume
• Poorly written resumes and typographical errors
  result in being screened out
• Suggested Reviewers
• Transition/ACAP Office Staff
• Veterans Representatives at your Local
  One-Stop Career Center
• HR Professional
• Co-workers/Colleagues
• Professional in the Career Field

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How Resumes Are Submitted

• Printed or Traditional Paper Resume
• Scannable Resume
• Electronic Resume

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Ways to Market Your Resume

• Networking - 1 Method!
• Personal Referrals
• Targeted Job Search Campaigns
• Professional Associations
• Job Fairs
• Newspaper or Print Ads
• Posting your Resume Online
• Responding to Online Job Postings
• Corporate Websites
• In Person Cold Calls

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In Summary

• Resumes
• Speak for you when youre not there
• Serve as a marketing tool
• Must highlight your ability to do the job
• Should result in you getting an interview

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Congratulations!

• You are now well on your way to completing your
  resume
• Remember that your resume is a
• work-in-progress
• Use this draft resume as a guide to develop and
  fine tune your final product
• Use the resources at your TAP/ACAP Offices. They
  are there to assist you.
  Make an appointment today!

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