Resume of Government Job to Private Industry?

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There are a lot of transferable skills that you have learned in a government job that will be of help to you in a private sector job. I will use an example that might help you to be able to reconstruct your resume to be suitable for a private sector job.

1) Records Management

Often in Government settings they have you use very specific records management systems that help categorize information. Even with Correction Services like where you work, they have a detailed system that keeps all of the information of the people who are within the facility. Having said this, many companies in the private sector like you to be able to have experience with records management.

Records management in the private sector could still include both manual (paper filing), or electronic filing. I find that between the private and public sectors, that really the systems are quite similar, but the are called different things.

Most Government Systems will do the following:

1) Have a file name and number (easy for when looking up information or retrieving certain documents)

2) Group Classification number or name (to help organize the documents under particular groups)

3) Documents (things pertaining to that file i.e. contact information, reports etc)

4) Each person(s) will or topic(s) will have separate folders

5) After so many years, then information will be archived i.e. manual paper filing will be sent off site, while current stuff will be kept at the office

That being said, you can go through the current file classification system that you're using and pull out the particular skills i.e. archiving, experience using a large electronic database (PIRS, CPIC, etc)

Do this for each of the skills that you have learned. Also, there will be characteristics that you will have which will also be transferable for instance

1) Ability to deal with highly volatile situations in a calm and collected manner

2) Ability to maintain confidentiality by keeping information on a needs to know basis

3) Ability to deal with highly agitated people

4) Ability to multi-task and deal with shifting priorities along with meeting deadlines

I hope that this helps you.