Resume Companion has been helping people get back to work for over 3 years now, having created over 8 million resumes from entry-level accounting positions to executive level CEOs with it’s intuitive resume builder software. For these job seekers, creating a resume is a pretty straightforward and simple task, especially when software helps them professionally format their resumes and cover letters. But there is a group for whom creating a resume is not quite so easy, nor as straightforward of a process, until now that is.
Veterans of the United States Armed Forces have always faced the challenge of translating the plethora of skills attained while serving their country into layperson responsibilites. Because of how the military categorizes its occupations the process of translating MOC?s or Military Occupation Codes into useful civilian resume ready lingo can be quite the challenge. What is a 921 supposed to do to signal to Company A that he or she is a worthy applicant? What is a 921?
Resume Companion’s MOC Code translator allows military applicants to enter their MOC?s, such as 921, and receive a corresponding lay title for that numerical code. This generic lay title can then be matched to a series of corresponding career fields and job titles of similar function. The intent is to seamlessly and effortlessly allow military professionals to create civilian friendly resumes with the same ease that the rest of the public enjoy.
Joe Flanagan , a Senior Resume Consultant acknowledges that it can be a challenge helping servicemen and women translate their military duties into civilian occupations. ?I?m definitely becoming more familiar with military employment trends, as I see a dozen or so resumes a month full of acronyms and skills that need to be reworded for private sector job applications.? Joe also states that the number of military resumes he receives is on the increase, leading him to suspect growing unemployment amongst American veterans.
Joe?s suspicions are indeed confirmed by a U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics May report indicating unemployment for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans rising to 12.7% while the national average hovered at 8.2%. It?s only logical to conclude part of what is preventing veterans from finding employment is an inability to effectively communicate their roles to employers. , Joe states. ?These young men and women certainly have what it takes to get jobs, it?s just a matter of putting it into wording?.
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