Posted on Feb 9, 2014
How long did it take you to find a new career when you transitioned out of the Military
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I was lucky, I found a new career as a Director of Human Resources for a non-profit in July of 2012 and my retirement was 1 August 2012. I worked with this great organization for 18 months and then decided to go back to college full time. I just could not pass up our awesome education benefits. I am using the old GI Bill, Illinois Veterans Grant, and Pell Grants. What about you? How long did it take you to find a new career when you transitioned out?
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Edited 11 y ago
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Veterans Administration is always hiring veterans. Go to their web site. Look for jobs that your qualified in. VA. also has Vocational Rehab. for disabled vets. It is Chapter 31.
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SFC Luther Parker
ACAP helped me start lookin a year out.
Signed out terminal, started job next day.
:-) , but RIF'd after 5 months for another 6months.
Signed out terminal, started job next day.
:-) , but RIF'd after 5 months for another 6months.
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SrA David Steyer
Unless you are a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or shrink... and there are a LOT of retirees here so you think they'd need more non-medical people too.
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6 months prior to retirement. I was fortunate that the company was willing to wait on my departure from the Marine Corps.
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SFC Charles W. Robinson
This is a great feeling isn't it. To be able to walk right into a new career. My last duty station was Hawaii. I started putting out resumes before I retired, but nobody responded until I actually moved back home.
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2 months after retiring from 21 years of service and 2 months after getting laid off from a High Tech Firm along with all the other folks over 40.
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PO2 Angela Easterling-Maust
Sadly, I am still on my way to my new career, in school. I will officially be 10 years post-EAOS, which will change soon to medically retired. With PTSD and epilepsy (service-connected) I've had a rather long, circuitous route. I'm also having to take the scenic route through school, but finally getting the afore mentioned issues under control has made things much easier. I was bouncing around from job to job over the past 10 years. It's been difficult, but I have hope that I am on the right path and will get there in due time.
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