Resume
3 Tips on How to Use (and Not Use) AI When Writing Your Resume
BLUF – The Military Officers Association of America recommends using AI to refine rather than write résumés, strengthen accomplishment statements using the STAR method, and tailor applications to specific job descriptions while retaining personal authenticity and human review. For Navy Medicine personnel transitioning to civilian healthcare careers, these techniques can help translate military leadership, clinical experience and operational accomplishments into measurable achievements that resonate with civilian employers.
Military Documents You Can Use to Build Your CV/Resume or AQDs
I did my Transition Assistance Program (TAP) in Guam. During TAP I was asked to download 3 documents that had lists of my military experiences and training. These might be useful if you have not updated your CV/resume in a while (or ever) and needed to run a list of things you’ve done while on active-duty. They might also be useful if you are running the list of Additional Qualification Designators (AQDs). Here are those 3 documents:
The Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET)
The VMET is a document I was unfamiliar with. It translates military experiences you’ve had into civilian equivalents. It is probably not that useful to most of us unless you did not keep your CV/resume up-to-date and need to use the VMET to build your CV. Here is what mine looked like when I downloaded it:
You obtain your VMET on milConnect by clicking on “Correspondence/Documentation” and DoD Transition Assistance Program:
You then click on the far right “VMET” tab:
The Joint Services Transcript (JST)
Another document that you can use to build our your CV/resume is the Joint Services Transcript. It can be obtained here. This is what it looks like:
Electronic Training Jacket
The 3rd document is your Electronic Training Jacket (ETJ). You can get it here.
I can’t post my ETJ because it is labeled FOUO and contains privacy data, but it included the following sections:
- Administrative Data
- NOBC Data – Navy Officer Billet Codes (NOBCs) for billets I occupied and how long I was in them.
- Education Data – Service schools plus any college degrees/courses you have.
- Language Skills – I have none!
- AQD Data – A list of all of my AQDs and subspecialty codes.
- Qualification/Certification Data – I didn’t have anything here.
- Awards Data – A list of all my military awards.
- Training Data – A list of all of my on-line training (373 in total, which is depressing).
- Career History – A list of all of my UICs I’ve belonged to with the arrival and detach dates.