Posted on May 13, 2015
How many Veterans have taken positions since leaving military that left them underemployed?
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I have taken several. 3rd tier management in retail (after promotion from sales). My current position is considered underemployment as it only required H.S. education & I have my Masters. I was a civilian police officer for 5 years (long, personal story as to why I left).
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There right now!! Unfortunately, and this also crosses over into your other discussion, there are no set career paths in a lot of companies. In the military its pretty straight forward, you start out as a PVT or 2LT and follow the path. The higher you want to go the harder you work and you get there. In the civilian world from my experiences you get duped over, have to change companies for that next higher position, keep getting set back in benefits and PTO when you join new companies. It's a struggle.
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Few private sector positions take full advantage of the leadership traits and special qualifications service members posses. Some are better than others. Supervisory and managerial jobs trend better than others, but not entirely. I know many E8s, E9s, O5s and O6s who were responsible for hundreds and thousands of Service Members, and large budgets, who now direct small teams and smaller budgets. A few transitioned to like positions, but mostly after a lot of job hopping.
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Lt Col Timothy Parker, DBA
I did on several occasions. I see the issue as being a failure of the private sector to recognize the skills and talents of the military. From my experience they just can't see how a junior enlisted/officer can lead a large group of people or have a high level of responsibility. On the most part, most civilians don't gain the leadership and discipline that most military folks do. The other big difference is the purpose they serve - the military serves a higher purpose whereas most (not all) civilians serve the needs of the corporation and Wall Street. They military also suffers from the "belongingness" bias - people tend to hire those most like themselves, making the military an outsider. Just my humble opinion.
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