Quote Originally Posted by MarkCO View Post
Resume's now are more of a sales pitch than they used to be, so yes, tailoring for each specific job does help. A cover letter tailored to a specific job with a general resume is also a good way to go. There are on-line websites that will help you format a cover letter and resume for specific industries, as they are different. If I want you to run a machine, I want specific experience and performance to be highlighted on a resume. OTOH, if it is sales, I want to see a people person with good communication skills. The resume gets you an interview, but the interviews are not really formalities anymore.

If you were a door kicker, your civilian resume may say something like: Skilled in solving dynamic problems both as an individual and in a team environment. Unless you are applying to be something with a direct military correlation, consider that an HR person is going to be overly PC. Best of luck.
That is the trouble I am runing into. I could talk about my military things that I have done, but having trouble relating them into civilian life.