I've been out since December 2000 and now work in Oil & Gas Industrial Gas Turbines. I found that nothing much in RAF Career counted to anything in Civvie street. Except for the very specialist things, I was a Sootie and carried out many Borescope inspections which at the time was a sparse skill outside. (Well it got me a job anyway).
The CV writing advice I received during the Resettlement Course I did stood me in good stead and a lady called Jean at Cottesmore gave me a template which I still use today and only last week was generating interest and phone calls.
The Career History Section of my CV has the last line of:
" Royal Air Force September 1978 to December 2000"
And people are more interested in the things in the paragraphs above that.
regards
HH93