Resume/Cover Letter help!?!?!?!?!

[BengalsFan]

Hey all

I'm starting to get some decent networking accomplished and have a couple of places who have asked me to get them a resume and cover letter. I am in the military and still have 3 years until my commitment is up, but I figure, might as well get the resume on file and keep updating. Problem is, I have never composed a Resume and/or Cover Letter. Anyone care to give advice, or better yet, an example?

Thanks in advance

 

[Art Vandalay]

Check out APC's sample linked below. While I think it needs just a little tweaking, it is a great start. Good luck to you, and our bengals. I've had season tickets since I was little.....maybe next year, but hey, at least Housh made the pro bowl.




http://airlinepilotcentral.com/opti...r,DESC/order,date/limit,10/limitstart,10.html

 

[maximizer]

just that if you are interested in Corporate, go low key. I have seen more than one Chief Pilot (and that is who generally ends up with your resume) get intimidated by someone that appears to have commanded the entire US military complex. Those resumes go directly to the circular file cabinet. If you get my drift. Keep it simple and direct. Personalized to a specific company is best. The shotgun effect rarely works.

 

[super88]

just that if you are interested in Corporate, go low key. I have seen more than one Chief Pilot (and that is who generally ends up with your resume) get intimidated by someone that appears to have commanded the entire US military complex. Those resumes go directly to the circular file cabinet. If you get my drift. Keep it simple and direct. Personalized to a specific company is best. The shotgun effect rarely works.

X2! I probably submitted a gazillion cover letters while trying to get out of the 135 cargo world with generally no response. Then one day I saw a posting for an outfit with a plane based at EGE (where I wanted to be) and I got so excited that I dropped the boiler plate crap and just wrote an honest, heart-felt letter about how excited I was and why I was the perfect candidate. It may have not been what Air Inc. would tell you to do, but it worked.