The Untold Story of Military Transition. Are you on Linkedin and Networking?

CSM Michael Lynch — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:19:12 -0400

If you don't do anything else to start your transition, you need to do this and do it as early ads you can. He gives great advice in this post.

I'll validate by telling you for a fact, the company I currently work for found me on LinkedIn and I have had another major company send me a notice on a position.

I'll also tell you one more thing if you don't get your network going it will be harder to transition. I hope this helps many of you. Yes I accept LinkedIn invitations also.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/untold-story-military-transition-chima-nwala-mba?trk=pulse_spock-articles&trk=hp-feed-article-title-share

Response by SFC David McMahon made Sep 28 at 2015 1:22 PM

SFC David McMahon — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 13:22:08 -0400

I accept invites as well (and was offered a position as well although it did not meet my intentions after separation.

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=225237654

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 28 at 2015 2:00 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:00:16 -0400

I agree CSM Michael Lynch. LinkedIn is a great website for transitioning service members that will be joining the civilian work force. Once you join LinkedIn, join the LinkedIn group, "Veteran Mentor Network." The goal of this group is to assist active duty personnel and veterans. The website has good discussions, and you can post a discussion asking the groups help finding a job, improving your profile, resume, etc. I also will accept LinkedIn invitations.

Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 28 at 2015 2:16 PM

CW4 Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:16:44 -0400

CSM Michael Lynch, Thanks for sharing, this is a great post. LinkedIn provides many benefits for networking and receiving mentorship prior to transitioning the civilian sector. Although I don’t plan on retiring in the very near future, I have established my profile and I keep it updated and check in daily for messages and various informational links. I have been offered multiple jobs in maintenance, logistics and transportation management just solely based off of my profile. I really enjoy the network and will continue to use it.

Response by SGT Adrian Thompson made Oct 23 at 2015 12:53 PM

SGT Adrian Thompson — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:53:45 -0400

Every recruiter I have dealt with in my industry uses LinkedIn to select/weed out candidates. Having a solid profile is a must in 2015. In my case, I applied around, I noticed recruiters viewing my page, I got emails, I interviewed, etc.

Response by 1SG Michael Blount made Oct 24 at 2015 11:15 PM

1SG Michael Blount — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 23:15:43 -0400

CSM Michael Lynch - Linked in is one of the most powerful transition tools ever invented. There's a site called BeFoundJobs-dot-com that's both free and will show you some of the filtering and search tools embedded in Linked In. That site will also teach you how to synch your Twitter and Linked In accounts. I get emails from them all the time

Response by SSG Alan Wardell made Oct 26 at 2015 10:51 AM

SSG Alan Wardell — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 10:51:23 -0400

it allmost makes you wish that rallypoint would mirror it. if there was a web based app so that you could use and find people in networks as easily as linked in has it