Departing veterans, what is your current fear or concern in the civilian job market?

My biggest fear after getting out and subsequently going to college is correctly gauging where in my career path I should be.

Servicemembers need to be given the reality that unless they are going into a 1-1 position from the military to the civilian world, they are likely going to see a likely drop in the "employment chain".

Had I stayed in IT/SysAdmin, I could have likely applied for supervisory roles in the IT world, but knowing I wanted college and to go into engineering, I'm going to have to accept that I won't be in a senior or supervisory position.

Maybe I'm being a bit pessimistic, but things are not good right now.

As of today 09/15/2021, though, entry-level workers have more power than ever. Managers no longer have lines of people waiting to get hired for minimum wage jobs, so the bargaining chips are in our corner.

thanks for sharing

My experience getting out was a long time ago, but it didn't go well at all. I was an aviator with project management and contract management experience. I figured I would get a job with no problem. Not true. I had to go back to a university reeducate and retrain my self to get a job. It seems like the only service members who have a smooth transition are the ones who go from a MOS in the military to the same job in the civilian world, such as, aircraft mechanic to aircraft mechanic, nurse to nurse, logistics to logistics. Service members with combat arms MOSs don't transition smoothly to the civilian world. (Coordinating death and destruction on the battle field does not look good on a civilian resume.)