For veterans at every stage: separating, retiring, Guard and Reserve, or already in civilian work
The veteran resume help that puts your real service on the page.
Your resume says "LS2" or "supervised junior sailors." Your work was the people you led, the equipment you signed for, a maintenance program you ran, training you delivered, and a clearance you held. We work backwards through your real service together, show you what you left off, and you confirm what's yours, so the finished resume is complete, honest, and reads cleanly to the software that screens it.
A resume build is $29, paid once. It never auto-renews, and there is nothing to cancel.
- We make nothing up.
- We ask. You decide.
- You pay once.
Who this is for
Four moves, one problem: the resume undersells the service
Separating or retiring from active duty
Your TAP (Transition Assistance Program) draft is a correct starting point. The last mile is yours: the collateral duties, the property you signed for, the people you trained, the schools you finished. We work backwards through each one with you and put it on the page at civilian scope. A SkillBridge program (industry training, an apprenticeship, or an internship in your last 180 days of service) gets its own dated line with the employer and what you did there. You confirm the wording, line by line.
A veteran moving up in civilian work
Your service is now the bottom half of the page and the civilian job is the top. Both need to be at true size: the civilian role with its systems and numbers, the service years as scope and results rather than a duty list. We find what you left off in both halves and you confirm each line.
Guard or Reserve: two careers on one page
Drill weekends, annual training, and activations alongside a civilian job. We lay both out honestly: the civilian role as the main line, the Guard or Reserve role as its own entry with rank, unit type, and what you led, and each mobilization as a dated line, so no reader mistakes one career for a gap in the other.
Leaving federal work for private industry
A GS grade, a series number, agency language, and a resume that runs five pages. The government-to-private guide shows the conversion; we do that work with you, turning grade and series into scope and agency wording into business wording, and you have the final say on every line.
What civilian recruiters actually screen for
The words civilian screening software looks for, and the details a hiring manager reads a minute later
Your MOS, rate, or AFSC as a civilian title
Screening software searches for civilian job titles and skills, not a rating or a four-character code. We map your specialty to the nearest honest civilian function and never claim a title you did not hold. The full method is in our military-to-civilian resume guide; on your resume, the AR Pass ($99) does it with you.
Security clearance, written as held
Level, status, and date, near the top, and nothing from the classified side. We ask what your record shows and write only that; we never write "clearable" or a lapsed clearance as active. The exact line, and what active, current, and eligible each mean, is in our security clearance guide.
Certifications earned through military training
Many military schools map to civilian credentials, and the services' COOL programs (Credentialing Opportunities On-Line: Army COOL, Navy COOL, Marine Corps COOL, and Air Force COOL) show which ones fit your specialty. A civilian credential you earned goes on the page by its civilian name and date. If you drove for the military, the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) military skills test waiver can let your state waive the CDL driving skills test; the CDL goes on your resume once the state issues it, not before. Training you completed without the civilian credential is listed as training.
Leadership, stated as head count and dollar value
"Squad leader" says less than "9-person team, $1.8M in equipment signed for, 14 vehicles maintained to 95% readiness." Head count, dollar value, inspection results, and the training you ran are the lines a civilian manager reads and instantly understands. Numbers you actually knew go in; a number nobody could check stays off the page.
Awards, written plainly
Name the award in full, then the reason, then the year. A civilian manager cannot rank one medal against another, but can read "for clearing a [N]-item parts backlog in [N] months." The reason is what transfers; the award is the proof it happened.
Federal applications: the USAJOBS two-page rule
If you are also applying through USAJOBS, note that federal resumes are limited to two pages (an OPM rule since September 2025) and ask for details a private-sector resume leaves off. Veterans' preference is a government-hiring rule: federal law sets it for federal jobs, and many states set their own for state and local government jobs. It has no place on a private-sector resume, so we never write it there. The government-to-private guide covers the rest.
What the rebuild looks like
Same true service — a resume that finally says what it was
This is a sample service member, not a real person. Every number here is one we would ask you for. If you do not confirm it, the line does not go in.
Before
"LS2, guided-missile destroyer. Responsible for supply and inventory. Supervised junior sailors. Handled hazmat."
After — built only from what the veteran gave us or confirmed
"Supply and inventory lead (Navy Logistics Specialist, E-5), guided-missile destroyer: 4,200 line items and $3.1M in parts across 6 storerooms. 99% inventory accuracy across 4 audits. Supervised and trained 7 sailors. Hazardous materials handling, Navy course completed 2023. Secret clearance, DoD: eligibility current, last held access 03/2026."
Nothing was added that wasn't already true. In a real build, the line-item count, the dollar value, the audit results, the sailors trained, and the clearance date all come from you. They were true all along; they just were not written down at their real size, or in words a civilian reader knows.
Pricing
Each purchase is one payment, and nothing renews, so there is nothing to cancel.
Single Resume Build
$29one resume, one payment
You can use your build any time within 12 months of buying it. If you want more builds, you can upgrade to the AR Pass for $55 within 30 days of buying your single build.
Start here if you are not aiming at one specific posting yet. Your resume is made complete and honest: your clearance exactly as your record shows it, your responsibilities at their real size, and your certifications as you earned them, with everything you have earned finally on paper.
- We work from up to three of your old resumes plus your LinkedIn export, and you confirm what is yours.
- Nothing goes on your resume that you didn't give us or confirm.
- Reads cleanly for civilian screening software, and for the manager after it
AR Pass
$99up to 10 targeted builds in 90 days
Any builds you don't use end when the 90 days end. If you use all 10 while your pass is active, you can add 10 more for $49.
Have a specific job posting open in another tab? The AR Pass aims your resume at that job, with builds left for the next ones.
- We translate your experience into the language that job posting uses.
- We show you, side by side, what the posting asks for, what your resume covers, and what it does not.
- We put together 25 interview questions for that exact role, each tied to a line in the posting or a line on your resume.
If a line is wrong, we redo it from your note. You pay once, with no revision rounds to argue over. Paid a resume service already and got a template back? See Fix a resume you paid for.
If we genuinely find nothing to add to your resume, we rework it with you. The plain-language details are in our Terms.
Guides for veterans
Free reading while you decide
- TranslationHow to put your MOS, rank, and duties into civilian language without inflating anything
- ClearanceHow to write your clearance line, active versus eligible, without revealing anything classified
- Federal to privateHow to turn grade and series into scope, and agency language into business language
- CertificationsWhere certifications go, how to write the line, and how to handle in-progress and expired ones honestly
- SkillsThe hands-on skills routine made invisible, and how to find them again
- Career changeHow to map transferable skills to a new field, truthfully
Let's see what your service has been leaving off
Upload your resume for a free check, with no sign-up. When you're ready, create an account and choose your build, and we'll dig in together — assignment by assignment, credential by credential, and you have the final say.
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Common questions
Do I list my security clearance?
Yes, when it is true and the jobs you want care about it. The line is level, status, and date, and nothing from the classified side: no program names, no project details. We ask what your record shows and write only that. We never write a lapsed clearance as active and never write 'clearable', because only the government decides that. The exact line, and the difference between active, current, and eligible, is in our security clearance guide.
How far back do I go?
Your most recent assignments in detail, the earlier ones as one line each with rank, role, and dates. A twenty-year career does not need every duty station spelled out, and a civilian reader will not follow it if it is. Each assignment stated at its true size (people led, equipment signed for, what you ran) fits in two pages, which is normal once you have more than one substantive role. Nothing you want kept gets dropped. You decide, line by line.
Do you translate my MOS, rate, or AFSC?
Yes, with the AR Pass, and we do it with you: we map your specialty to the nearest honest civilian function, toward the posting you have open, and show you each line before it lands. A Single Resume Build ($29) makes your resume complete and honest as it stands; the civilian-language translation is the job of the AR Pass ($99). We never claim a civilian job title, license, or certification you have not actually earned; training you completed is listed as training.
Can I use this for USAJOBS?
Use it for the private-sector side of your search. A federal resume is a different document: USAJOBS accepts only two pages as of the September 2025 OPM change, and federal applications ask for details a private-sector resume leaves off. Our resume is aimed at civilian employers and the screening software they run. If you are running both tracks, keep the federal version in the format USAJOBS asks for and send ours to industry.
Why the AR Pass instead of a single build?
A Single Resume Build ($29) makes your resume complete and honest, and you can use it any time within 12 months of buying it. The AR Pass ($99) aims each build at one specific posting: the language translated to what that posting uses, plus 25 interview questions for that role, with up to 10 targeted builds in 90 days. If you have a specific civilian posting open in another tab, the AR Pass is the one.
Can I buy from any state?
Almost. Right now we can't sell our paid resume service to residents of New Jersey or Illinois. Those two states have laws written for job-placement agencies that can also reach paid resume help, and we're staying on the safe side until that's settled. The free format check and the demo work everywhere in the United States, and if you're in one of those states we'll tell you the day this changes.