Chief Petty Officer (E-7), Navy
Career Transition
From
Chief Petty Officer (E-7)
Navy
To
Skilled Trades
Sorry for the delay. Playing catch-up. Being retired isn't as retired as I thought it would be... BMR was one of my best transitional investments as I was on the tail end of retiring. I was probably sending out 2-3 resumes a week, looking at different contracting gigs for a while, and needing to tweak a thing here or there, but BMR saved me an immense amount of time. Then, life took a bit of a turn with the administration shift, and all of the contracting and GS gigs I had lined up were paused (but we had a feeling this might be the case late last year, so I wasn't too surprised). This is where BMR came in and saved the day again. I ended up shooting off resumes to jobs that were COMPLETELY out of the niche job sphere that I came from in the Navy. A couple of jobs I inquired about turned out to be flops, but one led to a phone call with a buddy who put me in touch with a guy he knew was hiring for a Sales account manager role. So I shot off a general resume that I had on hand (high five BMR). I had a quick intro interview, which led to me needing to quickly turn in a role-based resume that would get fired over to the HR department with the online job application (boom another high five for BMR seeing as it turned an hours-long ordeal into literally minutes). I went from a phone call to a quick informational interview to firing off an application with a new resume to an email response for lining up an official interview with HR within 24 hours. Went through the subsequent few interviews, did well, and ended up with a job offer! Branch: Navy Rank: Chief Petty Officer Rate: Explosive Ordnance Disposal New Life Gig: Sales Account Manager Pay: $115k -Permanent Remote! Thanks for all you do man, and best of wishes to your continued success in business and helping other vets out!
Nickolas served as a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician. When retirement came, he started sending out two to three resumes a week, targeting contracting positions in his field.
Then the administration shift happened. Every contracting and GS position he had lined up was paused. Nickolas had to pivot.
This is where Best Military Resume saved the day again. He started firing off resumes to jobs completely outside his Navy specialty. One connection led to a phone call, which led to an informational interview, which led to needing a role-specific resume immediately. BMR turned an hours-long ordeal into literally minutes.
Within 24 hours, Nickolas went from a phone call to an official interview with HR. He went through several rounds, performed well, and received a job offer.
Navy EOD technician turned Sales Account Manager. $115,000. Permanent remote.
Nickolas called BMR one of his best transitional investments. His story proves the platform works in the best of times and the worst of times. When the plan falls apart and you need to pivot to something completely different, Best Military Resume is the tool that makes that pivot possible.
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