Resume Tips
Follow these helpful resume tips to maximize your military service and accomplishments.
- Keep your resume to no more than two pages.
- Review it before you send it to check for typographical and grammatical errors.
- Always accompany your resume with a cover letter.
- Tailor your resume for both the position you are applying for as well as the employer.
- Clearly identify your skills.
- Make your resume look sharp and dynamic - visit well-known internet career sites for formatting and style suggestions.
- Show how your skills benefit the employer.
- Make sure that your information, especially dates, are consistent.
- Spell out acronyms.
- Take advantage of the classes offered by your school, community or duty station that teach you how to format a resume.
- Show your resume to friends and family and ask them to point out terms that they may not understand or phrases that are confusing or need improvement.
