Putting your skills on paper can be a lot tougher than it seems. Thinking of the ways to phrase it without sounding too technical, trying to keep the focus on a certain job criteria or simply trying to remember what you’ve done can get rough.
Some of the issues i faced were basically all of the above. Technically, the only stuff from my time in the military that needed to be in this was leadership/team work skills. If i was applying to be a bodyguard or any job that requires a weapon, however, this would easily look a heck of a lot different. Trying to focus in on the skill set i learned in the Army and phrasing it in a friendly resume was easily the toughest part of this assignment.
While i did receive negative feedback concerning the format i chose (a modified template), i personally try to avoid the bland paperwork look. I figure if i put myself on paper with the hopes of getting a job/internship that involves visual/coding stuff, it better visually stand out. I think the original template had much more flair, but i switched out and removed things that were too much.
While i do not have access to my original resume (lost somewhere in my pages of e-mail) it looked slightly different with it geared towards applying for the police department (for a prior class). If i had the original at hand, it literally looks like night and day for my skill set.
The best part of writing a resume? When you finish, save, and close the document.
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