I used to work for a company that contracted out programmers to a defense contractor (Northrup Grumman). It honestly never even occurred to me to redact out the stuff I worked on when I put it in my resume. Nobody said anything about that when I left the company, even though I’d gotten a security clearance to work at NG in the first place. I wonder if your “redacted” person just did it themselves to create a sense of mystery.
The way you get around it is discussing what is possible in person. You write a few bullets about your skills but not tied to the contracting. Don’t be specific, it’s not needed.
I don’t even put my military stuff on resumes anymore.
Be on site military contractor
Told I’ll be making infinitemoney.jpg
Actually make slightlymorethangs.jpg but with no pension
Tfw ptsd from analyzing combat footage
Tfw actively and daily shunned as “not one of us, just a dirty filthy contractor”
Tfw you can’t get another engineering job because your entire portfolio is classified
Tfw when there is no mental health support or support groups available for aforementioned “just a dirty filthy contractor” reasons
Decide to go back to college instead of killing self
Check brand new school email
“Hi, my name is Sgt Fuckface! Here at the national guard we’re looking for promising young graduates like you”
I once got a “redacted” resume from someone who used to work in defense. Basically they just had a bunch of line items like
It got the point across about their skills and honestly they got an interview from it
I used to work for a company that contracted out programmers to a defense contractor (Northrup Grumman). It honestly never even occurred to me to redact out the stuff I worked on when I put it in my resume. Nobody said anything about that when I left the company, even though I’d gotten a security clearance to work at NG in the first place. I wonder if your “redacted” person just did it themselves to create a sense of mystery.
The way you get around it is discussing what is possible in person. You write a few bullets about your skills but not tied to the contracting. Don’t be specific, it’s not needed.
I don’t even put my military stuff on resumes anymore.