Posted on Dec 9, 2015
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SGT Ben Keen
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There are several of them actually.

This one is from military.com and is pretty good. If this one doesn't work for you, please let me know and I'll send more over when I'm home later today.

http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/skills-translator/
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SPC Bill Livingston
SPC Bill Livingston
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I wish I'd have had access to stuff like this when I got out, but that was pre-Internet, lol.
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SPC Dennis Yaste
SPC Dennis Yaste
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SGT Ben Keen - The website isn't up. I'd like to have a look at that PDF.
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SGT Ben Keen
SGT Ben Keen
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SPC Dennis Yaste - send me a direct message with your email address I'll kick it over in the morning.
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PFC Sam Chan
PFC Sam Chan
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Yes works great! Thanks!
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CPT Air Defense Artillery Officer
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What a lot of service members fail to recognize in the transition is that their resume needs to be corporate friendly. So. When you are writing your resume and using these job translators, take the information and go a step further. Write your military experience so it looks like corporate experience. Because that is what your competing against. Kids that never served but have 4-6 years in corporate America ahead of you. And recruiters and hiring managers can't understand how a fire team leader or squad leader or comms specialist applies to the job they have posted. It's a bit painful, but it's important.
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SGM Retired
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Thanks for beating me to that answer, Sir. I do not undervalue the work that enlisted servicemen do, especially since I was one. But I can't count the number of, for example, 25Bs (Computer Administrator) who think that they can get a 6-figure salary as a System Administrator on the outside. Unlikely, although it is possible, providing you can demonstrate that you know more than how to change Windows passwords, are willing to deploy, have a college degree, have an ACTIVE security clearance, or something else that the hiring manager needs.

What good MOS-translations sites do mostly is help you convert military terminology into civilian, so you have a chance to convince a hiring manager you are worth spending an interview on. Remember, on average hiring managers get 150 resume's for every open position. Just putting "Squad Leader" on your resume' isn't going to get you an interview.
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Is there a website that you can just type in your MOS and it brings up related civilian jobs?
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SFC Marty Jones
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VECI its a part of E-Benefits. When you type in your MOS and a Zip or Location it will give you jobs listed in those areas.
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SGT Kristin Wiley
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I'm just here to tell you that I like the penguin picture :)
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SGT Avionics and Survivability Repairer
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Well when I was writing the post it said I should put a picture on there to have a better chance of people seeing my post and I was using my work laptop so that's all I had haha and honestly I just like penguins.
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SGT Kristin Wiley
SGT Kristin Wiley
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They're my penguins! You can't have them! Lol
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SSG Healthcare Specialist (Combat Medic)
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Visit your Soldier for life or old ACAP they have a few sites.
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CW4 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations Technician
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Good question. I'll be watching to see if someone answers.
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PO2 Michael Henry
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Google it and have a bucket ready to catch the results...
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