Military and Veterans Transition: Win the fight for a job

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If you are from military to understand a veteran or the transition that they face a new -. But quite different - that the front Even if you succeed in finding civilian employment in the past, the labor market is very different.

Researcher jobs available today to win many competitors than in the past, but also new obstacles for this fight. Fortunately, no real "enemy" is trying to kill you. But many competitors and other problems it harder to reach your target face.

Demonstrate your skills and experience in information gathering, planning and organization and implementation plans to meet his new "mission". See your job search as a series of planned activities focused on a clear goal as he. In his military career

The current labor market "Sitrep"

The situation on the labor market is complex and constantly evolving. Constant changes are driven by a combination of improving the economy, the high volume of applicants for employment, and increased use of technology for the setting.

In addition, the civilian labor market contains much less welcome as veterans in the past. As the civilian world we were in Vietnam and earlier wars left with other veterans (often former recruits) who speak our language and understand our full value for civilian employers. Well, not so much ...

The situation is more complicated for all, that the process of traditional job search has to be the leader. First, the high level of unemployment has created a tsunami of job seekers who filled many employers. Second, recruiters usually after their time measurements place measured (and rewarded) - in other words, how fast filling jobs. Faster is better.

As a result, most employers now use technology to track the volume as soon as possible candidates for the two relatively new ways:

1. Most large employers use automated applicant tracking systems to manage resumes and applications.

2. To speed up the selection process, most employers, regardless of size, will use search engines to gather information about the candidates.

The emphasis on speed and new features of the technology have created new hurdles for job seekers. The method eliminates all the problems that can to bring a couple of minutes veterinarian has or is obviously not a good candidate for the position. There are many other candidates waiting.

Use your existing resources

The good news for the military transition of the civilian labor force in 2015 was that a lot of support available to you. The Ministry of Labour has the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) to give you a basic understanding of the process of job search, and each state has several centers in the free advice is available CareerOneStop.

Also, if you served on active duty for 90 days or more since 9/11, see the educational benefits of the GI Bill Post-9/11 .

Regardless of when you served, visit MilitaryFriendly.com to see the list of employers and military schools around. Understand that military contractor in the environment have to be considered standard procurement procedures. Receive preference but not a free ticket to the standard process to get around.

Citizens discussion

During the welcome you receive today is very sincere and is widespread, people are less gratitude about what you know and what you do in the past.

For example, in order to understand some of the terms and civilians often as military rank structure:

• What is more important - the most important general or lieutenant general?
• That seems bigger - the company or department?
• Strongest Class - gold or silver bars?
• That seems the highest rank - an officer or NCO?

If you do not know any better, you assume that a major general is more important than a lieutenant general. In the civilian world, the companies of the departments, and not vice versa, if a company is to be greater. Since gold is more valuable than money, you will probably also start from the fact that the gold bullion silver size, and as both are official, the "leader" probably not classify ladder, even if the range "small."

Quantifying benefits relating to civil written (use a dictionary to be sure) to articulate clearly and demonstrate their value - the number of people managed or monitored, the number of securities or managed pieces of equipment (the dollar ) Hours of flight, etc. It is more responsibility at a younger than anyone else in the civilian world age and quantify the experiences and successes very impressive.