Easiest starting question or filter is whether someone is a veteran or not. If not, they go to bottom of stack.
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Really nice. I wouldn't have you in my HR department. I grew up in a Navy household and opted not to follow that path. I have spent 25 years as a DoD contractor supporting the military including NATO TDY software deliveries in Belgium, Germany, Italy and Turkey. I've spent many hours testing software on 11 hour P3 flights. My ports of tactical software supported troops in Haiti and Europe. I go to a city in Nebraska fairly often to provide support as well. You need to re-think your narrow focus.
Someone I know once hired an applicant who had “Seabee” on his resume when he was otherwise less qualified than others because he knew the guy would tacked anything. He wasn’t disappointed.
So all non vets go to the bottom of the list? Sorry I have run across many vets who never made it to the list because they are worthless. Why should they go to the top over a better candidate?