Retiring from the military?

Yes I also write for military personnel returning to civilian life. Reply to an email inquiry from the USS Anzio in the Persian Gulf:

Dear Darron:

Thank you for serving our nation during these troubled times. I have attached a picture of your fleet. Also attached is my special information form for military personnel. Please share it with your military comrades. You can scan that form when it is completed and then email it to me. But of greater importance, I need you to snail-mail me all of your job descriptions, performance evaluations, award certificates, letters of commendation and citation, training certificates, academic transcripts, along with a money order for my retainer fee. Or at least snail-mail what you have and then send the remainder when you return stateside later. But let's get started now. There is no charge for the consultation. Once I have reviewed the above-mentioned papers, I will follow up by interviewing you by email.

My fee structure works like this: using MS Word, for document creation, design and composition: $55 for the first page, $25 for a second page, etc. $5 for a separate page of professional references. $7.50 for each cover letter and interview followup letter, if you use the fax forms that are provided on my website under "documents." My time in writing the résumé is $65/hour; usually a one-page resume is about an hour of my time. If you have been in the service for a long time, I will have more job descriptions and evaluations to read, so I will factor that in. But I will quote you a firm fee BEFORE we get started, due up front of course. But there is never a charge for final editing and corrections. Your documents can be emailed to you for archiving on your computer or disk, but I will also keep everything on my disk. Future updates or alternate versions would be $5.00 per paragraph plus my time.

All of these, as well as other interesting and helpful answers to questions and Frequently Asked Questions, are to be found on my bulletin board or blog at

http://www.ews.blogspot.com/

And of course my website itself is at

http://writearesume.biz/

And please take your time and click on the various buttons and links on my site to thoroughly acquaint yourself with my credentials and expertise. I have written interview-winning résumés and supporting documents for thousands and thousands of military personnel from E-1 to Generals and Admirals. I have over 10 clients right now working as civilian contractors for Halliburton in Iraq. Like you, 75% of my clients are referred to me. I have clients in 50 states and 20 foreign countries.

You will note that our founder Dr. Harold Gray pursued a successful second career designing and launching training centers nationwide for the United States Air Force for many years after I purchased this business from him. He referred hundreds of military men and women to my services.

Please note the blog posting about tax deductibility. Your resume and other job search investments may be tax deductible. Please snail -mail me a money order made out to P. Michael Young for $100 as a retainer when you snail-mail your military papers. I realize that you probably don't get daily postal access while at sea, but let's get this started as soon as possible.

And, yes, please share my websites with your buddies and colleagues.

Thank you for your inquiry and interest. And for your service to our nation. Best of luck in your career transition.

P. Michæl Young
Mike

Dear Mike Young,

My name is Darron Bennett, currently stationed on USS ANZIO with Chris Horton. I understand that you wrote a resume for his wife, Stacy. I, as well as others, are interested in you writing resumes for us. I will pass on your email address to others interested, but I was wondering what all do I need to do in order for you to write a resume for me? Also what are your standard rates for writing resumes? And seeing how I do not have access to all of my records and certificates at this time, is it possible for me to mail them to you after my return to the states, which should be in late May? I really appreciate taking the time out to talk to me. Thanks for you time, Darron V. Bennett