Military folks come across as too formal. Too rigid. They don’t fit in. In many ways, coming from the military into the civilian world is like being an immigrant. It’s a different culture. You were used to the military culture and now you’re entering the civilian culture.
A lot of people are saying, "Ohh, my brother works in this company, he knows the guy who's going to get me a job "That's not a plan. That's not a real job. That's a pig in a poke.
You know, I mentioned that most guys don't get a job offer for a few months, then they get discouraged. They mope around and say, "nobody understands the military." Or they blame their resume. Well, the resume isn't why you didn't get the job. The reason you didn't get the job is you showed up to the interview, and you were stiff as a board, you called everybody "ma'am" and "sir" and made everybody nervous. You weren't relaxed and confident. It's not because the resume was in the wrong format.
I’m not saying you don’t need to have your resume together. You do! But that’s not the reason you didn’t get the job.