Looking for work

Hey, everyone! It has been some time since I've posted on the forum. I tend to lurk in the background more but I'm hoping to change that! Either way, it's good to be here and back! I enjoy this place immensely!


Anyways, after 7 years of military service, I'm leaving the Air Force. I'm leaving for an array of many reasons, but it was a great experience, (I'm still open to going reserves). I completed my bachelor's degree while enlisted and acquired a BA in Marketing. Currently, I'm on terminal leave and will be receiving my DD214 in February.


The long story short is, well, I'm not having much luck. I'm not sure if it's my experience, bad resume, or just no one wants to hire someone with little experience outside the corporate world (I've applied to 75 open positions in marketing so far). So, I figured I'd come here and see if I can do some networking and maybe earn a job.


I've been doing some networking on LinkedIn and other sites, but maybe this can be a better spot? Heck even if I can’t find a job, maybe we could make this a sticky or something and help each other find jobs, or even if you're looking to find a better job and advance each other's careers? Maybe make it a place where we can help your business you work for find a quality candidate?! At the very least this could be a thread that helps us all network and connect on a professional level.


I have my resume ready and questions ready to be answered. Maybe at the very least people can post help wanted and we can all DM each other or we just connect professionally.


Thank you in advance, and if this helps anyone else other than me that would be amazing too!

-Ty T

 

Are you looking at entry level jobs?? I would think you should be due to a perceived (from your post at least) lack of experience. NO OFFENSE meant by this either.

My son has worked as a mechanical engineer full time for almost 2 years and is looking elsewhere for a new job. Has a second phone interview tomorrow and already told the first interviewer he was willing to take a 10% pay cut from his current job's pay !?!!?!!?!?

Willing to do whatever to get a job he prefers. I think it is more of an entry level job, too.

Good luck!!!

 

Following up with phone calls after you send a resume?

 

Are you targeting your resume to each position, or just firing off the same generic version to all of the different places?
Did you have someone review your resume to make sure it looks good? Is it too many pages, filled with military acronyms and jargon?

 

^This. I’ve done a lot of hiring in the last 18 years and can spot a generic resume a mile away.

Read their job posting. Read it again. Pull from it all of the specific education, experience and aptitude they want and express how you can and will do the job for them. Be clear and concise. If the job’s a good one, the reviewer will have lots of resumes to read. Make it easy for them.

Remember: a good, tailored resume gets you noticed for an interview. A good interview gets you the job.

 

Thank you! Yes and no. I've been looking at entry-level and a step above. I thought maybe my military experience would fill in some gaps for some jobs but I may be wrong about that!

 

No, because most of them are major fortune 500 companies and I figured my resume just got filtered through by keywords and if I didn't meet the criteria they probably didn't even look at it.

 

It was definitely filled with Air Force acronyms before I had some people look over it. My resume isn't changing based on the job, but I am however changing my cover letter each time.

 

Thank you for the advice. I have been tailoring my cover letter for jobs but how do I know what and where to make changes based on the job? I'm willing to post my resume on here btw so I can get better advice yall just let me know!

 

Or maybe point me to the right youtube page or website that will help me build a better resume?

 

What did you do for the military and what do you want to do? As someone who did DOD work, it is hard to have a resume ready for the private sector.

 

Yeah, I'm starting to see the difficulty! I was a B1 Bomber crew chief. I don't want to do aircraft maintenance work anymore so I got my BA in Marketing. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to do something in sports marketing or real estate. I interned at Jones Lang LaSalle in their marketing department for 90 days. I've been applying to all sorts of open positions on teamworkonline.com for sports marketing and areas of that caliber.

 

Thank you for the advice. I am willing to move. I'm currently in Abilene, TX where I was stationed but I wouldn't mind going to the DFW area or Austin at all. Would prefer to be closer to some mountains but I'll go where I can!
I'm looking much deeper into real estate now.

 

Post a job listing you are or have been interested in.

 

have you had people proof read your resume? does it pass to 5 second test well organized etc

 

its worth considering , tons of people with marketing degrees (pretty generic degree) that cant do a lick of work with their hands. you have the hand skills that will start you out with higher pay and provide a comfortable career (because alot of people dont want to do the work) i know its not what you want to hear but im going to tell you go where others cant and the money will follow.

 

You might try getting away from the 'fortune 500' companies and start looking at smaller, more localized companies. Get your feet wet and gain practical experience there for a few years then look to 'move on up to the east side' (per George Jefferson on the old Jeffersons TV show). Everyone wants to work in sports!!! Same with physical therapists/trainers - dream jobs!!!

I will use my son again:

First internship while still @ YSU was for an HVAC company - not his "dream job"
That experience did help him get his second internship during senior year - which led to him getting hired full time (same company, different location) after graduation. Company was called Arconic during school then changed to Howmet Aerospace. He is now looking at Diebold, more of a nationwide company (I think) but still a local plant. His dream employer......General Dynamics. He realized he really didn't have the work experience to keep applying for their positions at this point in time. Down the road, maybe.