Resume Guide and Samples
Document Setup | Functional Areas
Your resume is a brief snapshot of your professional career to date. The team at MilitaryJobZone has seen thousands of resumes and has put together this guide to help you create, revise, or update your resume.
You should update your resume at least every two years even if you are happily employed or in the military and not exiting active duty for some time. We recommend this practice because it forces you to document your accomplishments and quantify your results.
Keep in mind that most hiring managers spend less than two minutes reading a resume before conducting an interview. While your resume is a key tool in your career search, you should not spend hours on end preparing it. The tips and samples we provide should help you develop a concise, articulate document representative of your past performance and future potential.
Many of the items listed below may seem like common sense or as if we are telling you what NOT to do more so than what to do, this is because we have received feedback from hiring managers on what they look for and what they do not like to see in regards to resumes.
Samples
On the following pages we have provided sample resumes and a sample reference sheet for you to see how they are laid out and how the content is presented. Please keep in mind that they have been formatted to fit this page.
