About Tracey Drake Expertise If you need timely answers to any question relating to your career search, I can assist you. My areas of expertise include federal resume writing (including all federal resume formats, KSA, SES, ECQ, and Resumix format for Army, Air Force and Navy) as well as job preparation, interview questions, and issues that affect career change and military to civililan conversion resumes
Experience I have worked within the career services industry for many years. My company, DLCS, operates GradResumes.com, Career-Launch.com, and Federal-Resume-Writers.com, and to date we have assisted more than 10,000 job seekers with their resume and interview preparation needs.
Publications Invited expert at CollegeRecruiter.com (resume advice, college admission advice, and careers advice)
Certified platinum Expert Author at ezinearticles.com (Resume Writing and Career Advice)
Paid resident expert writer at Suite101.com on the topic of Hiring Opportunities in the Careers/Employment section.
Education/Credentials BA in English
MBA in Marketing
Question I separated from the miltary a 2 years ago. I landed a job with the Forestry Service. Unfortunately, pay makes it a dead end job. I have been applying for DOD/DLA jobs closer to home. My resume lands me the interviews and the interview goes well. It seems that I keep getting beat out by someone who already works there. Is there anything I can do different? I am doing everything right. Right down to the thank you letter.
Signed
Disappointed
Answer Can you send me a copy of your resume and thank you letter that you are using? Let's maybe see if critical keywords or transferable skills are not on there and therefore not getting into their searchable database. I would also be interested to know if you are customizing your resume to meet the job you are applying for and making sure that job titles and descriptions offer a focused and direct link to the job posting... this is crucial. Also, what are the general results of the interviews? How do you know they are going well, is my question. Are they giving you follow-up feedback. I would love to be able to help you but it would be helpful if I had some additional information as I mentioned above. Best wishes, Tracey Drake
