I'm about a month away from starting my Skillbridge and was trying to explore my options through Hiring our Heroes and ended up not getting any offers. I was competitive but ultimately didn't get selected and my geographic location seems to be limiting opportunities. I have an Intel and Cyber background but have mostly been doing programs and projects for the past 8 years. I was applying for roles doing insights, strategy, or consulting.

Any advice or resume reviews would be much appreciated.

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Send me your info marliea@rockitdata.com. I’m an Air Force vet and work for a tech company we are in the skillbridge program

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Send the resume over Tyler.m.Stewart@peraton.com

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It’s a really tough market right now in the tech world with recent layoffs. The labor market was flooded with qualified candidates and then bigger firms aren’t hiring backfills yet. Keep pushing and things will open up soon. As far as resumes go, I’ve been on hundreds of interviews for Amazon and maybe only looked at 10 resumes just to gain context but it didn’t sway me either way. Your network will get you in the door and then it’s up to you to close. Resumes are almost a formality for some companies these days

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Yeah, this was one of the toughest cohorts they have had according to the PMs. I just wish companies were more transparent but that's also not a realistic expectation. Thank you for the kind words and encouragement 🙏

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Start to type own firm lol...I dunno, tech is a dime a dozen these days and computer techs, software engineers are everywhere. What sets you apart from the next Joe is what you're looking at

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I have a BS, should have my PMP end of next month and targeting Feb for my cissp.

The best skillbridge program hands down is “Microsoft software and systems academy” MSSA.

Get a tech company on your resume, learn to code a little bit, potentially get an offer out of it. Hiring our heroes is overrated.

Their timelines didn't sync with my retirement dates sadly. I was able to get one of my Airmen into that though and it's worked out amazing for them.

DM me your email address. I’ll send you a couple job postings - tailor your resume to those positions, email me your resume, and we can go from there

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