I am currently looking to transfer from government to private industry. However, I am having no luck at all with my resume. I have applied with several consulting firms, yet I don't get any results. No interviews at all. Can anyone look at my resume to see what might be wrong? I am currently reviewing it, and I plan to make some changes to it. However, your input and advice would hopefully guide me in the right direction.

Career Objective
A (will fill in with a specific) position which will allow me to advance the goals of the company utilizing my present experience and advancing me to a higher level.

Professional Experience
Public Affairs Specialist, November 2005 – Present
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public Affairs Office, New Orleans, LA

- Administer the management and execution of a weekly stakeholder newsletter, District Hot Topics, approved by the Commander as a tool to provide the most recent and pertinent updates on hurricane recovery projects.
- Supervise and produce the quarterly district newsletter, Riverside, with quality and timely content and magazine-style design.
- Develop, edit and distribute the internal online newsletter, MVN NewsLinks, to promote and communicate project and district-related events to district employees.
- Establish relationships with regional and headquarters public affairs, media, stakeholders and the public to effectively support situational awareness and coordinated operations.
- Coordinate media opportunities with international, national and local media from radio, print, web and TV outlets.
- Coordinate various district ceremonies including the annual team achievement ceremony.
- Research and gather data analysis for strategy communication plans.

Outreach Program Specialist, March 2005 – November 2005
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Program, Project and Planning Division, Louisiana Coastal Area, New Orleans, LA

- Assisted with the marketing and public participating on the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Study Plan as a member of the Federal and State Outreach Plan.
- Supervised the redesign, layout, content and marketing of the LCA website, www.lca.gov.
- Coordinated media and conference speaking engagements.
- Collaborated with project managers to develop and edit presentations for local, state and national conferences and meetings including a vital August 2005 Congressional LCA Hearing between Congressmen David Vitter (R., La.) and Mary Landrieu (D., La.) with General Don T. Riley, Director of Corps Civil Works Projects.
- Assisted in the development, preparation, editing and distribution of fact sheets, brochures, newsletters, news releases, exhibits, operation plans, videos, graphics and posters.
- Participated in the early development of Corps Connect, a internal and external project database.
- Served as support writer for all materials.

Mentor/Training Program Specialist, September 2001 – March 2005
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Resource Management, New Orleans, LA

- Managed multiple training programs including the Proponent-Sponsored Engineer Corps Training (PROSPECT) Program, the largest training vendor for the New Orleans District.
- Successfully implemented CorpsPath, one of the largest mandatory training courses, with a lower budget than anticipated, to all 1300 employees.
- Member of the Mississippi River Valley Training and Development committee to review, address, implement, and enforce changes to training policies.
- Collaborated with management and district training committee to implement and train employees on a district-wide training database.
- Assisted with the development of fiscal year training budgets, mission essential tasks and overview presentation for the district.
- Reduced training cost delinquencies to a minimum by implementing new procedures and better communication.
- Developed standard of procedures for numerous automated and e-training databases and programs.
- Coordinated several on-site courses to the district and reduced training costs.
- Maintained and coordinated employee-related programs such as mediation, facilitation and mentoring programs.

Writer, August 2000 – September 2001
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public Affairs Office, New Orleans, LA

- Developed and edited featured stories and layout for the district’s monthly newsletter, The Riverside.
- Assisted with publicity efforts to obtain news media coverage of newsworthy events.
- Maintained web pages and news article database.
- Managed the district’s Public Affairs Information line.
- Provided public relations assistance to public officials and customers.
- Promoted literature for various employee-related issues.
- Coordinated district ceremonies and public fairs.

Education
- B.A., Communications/Journalism and Marketing minor, Loyola University New Orleans 2001.
- University of New Orleans, August 1995 – May 1998.

Activities/ Memberships
- Member of Society of Professional Journalists.
- Staff writer for Loyola’s weekly student newspaper, The Maroon, 1999 – 2001.
- Developed and created personal entertainment magazine, Image, 1994 – 1997.
- Member of Loyola’s Broadcast Journalism/Production Class, 1999 – 2001.
- Member of Loyola’s Music Business Program Seminar, Spring 2001.

Skills
- Proficient in Spanish.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Team player, pro-active and self-motivated.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge in Internet applications using Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe Photoshop.
- Experienced with design applications Abobe InDesign, Photoshop and Quark Express.
- Extensive experience in both Windows and Apple operating platforms.