Brigade Combat Team Employment Pre-requisites

Here members of the 1st Brigade Combat Team will find all pre-requisites that need to be completed.

Department of Employment and Economic Development Prerequisites

Skills Identification

- Review Transferring Military Skills (page 13 in CJS Workbook)

- Review CJS Skills (pages 38-43 in CJS Guide) and complete

Skills Identification #2 (pages 14-15 of CJS Workbook)

- Bring completed materials to scheduled workshop

Writing an Accomplishment Statement

Converting skills to accomplishment statements is critical in demonstrating how you contributed to the success of your employer, platoon, company and squad.

- Review the Accomplishment Statements for resume handouts

- Read through Better Bullets for Resumes and Value Based Statements

- Review Action Words (pages 74-75 in CJS Guide) and complete Writing an Accomplishment Statement (pages 16-17 in CJS Workbook)

- Complete and bring at least two accomplishment statements to the workshop

The Cover Letter

The cover letter is part of the employment process.

- Review Cover Letter Formats  and complete a draft for review at scheduled workshops (pages 92-99 in CJS Guide)

Post Your Resume

Upload resumes to MinnesotaWorks.Net, a service provided by DEED that matches resumes to job openings, sends email notifications of new jobs and allows employers to contact job-seekers directly.

- Review Resume Examples

- Upload resume at MinnesotaWorks.Net

Review Resume Examples

Take a look at good resumes, and compare them to the bad resume.

- Jane Doe's Good Resume

- John Doe's Good Resume

- Jane Doe's Second Good Resume

- John Doe's Second Good Resume

- John Doe's Bad Resume