Wednesday, February 17, 2016

How Can I Leverage My Military Experience in My Federal Resume?

The federal government loves military retirees!  Why?  Because they always get the job done, effectively and efficiently; they are strategic in their thinking; and they understand and respect authority. Couple these leadership skills with technical competencies, and now you’re cooking with fire!  Incorporate transferable skills from your military career to best market yourself on your Federal resume.  Transferable skills are the skills and abilities you have acquired during any activity in your life – your military career, jobs, classes, projects, volunteer work, parenting, hobbies, sports – virtually anything – that are applicable to what you want to do in your next job.  For example, the military has probably prepared you well to:
  • manage highly sensitive situations that require great skill, experience, and judgment to balance the interests of multiple stakeholders;
  • manage and coordinate change;
  • manage large, highly complex information systems and resources that may exceed the scope of most private sector systems;
  • perform work requirements consistently at a high level of proficiency;
  • use well-developed strategic and higher order critical thinking skills for task assignments and problem solving;
  • communicate effectively at executive levels and across a diverse workforce;
  • build collaborative working relationships; and participate in strategic preparation and planning.

For more information on developing your federal job search strategy to attract the attention of the HR hiring team, visit us on the web at www.FederalJobResults.com.

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