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If you are thinking about getting out of the military start
preparing at least 6 months or more in advance. It is a tough
transition for some back to civilian life. No one is going to show
you the ropes out here like they did in the service.
Get your finances straight- You probably are not going to
make the same amount of money that you are use too. Being married in
the service gives you housing or housing allowance. Kiss that good
bye. Plan now to pay down credit cards and debt, get your car paid
off, pretty much lower your bills while you have a good paycheck.
Ask other veterans what they did pre and post discharge that
made life easy or really hard. Mine was OK at first and took a
dramatic downfall. Just started recovering now from my discharge in
2007
There is a good chance that you are going to find work that
you can do, but are not qualified to do. So get an education while
you are active or as soon as you get out with your G.I. Bill. Pretty
much having a degree now is the norm to get an entry level position.
Employers don't care about anything to get the job done
mentality. They want specifics on what you are going to do, and what
you are qualified to do. They don't want the Marine, Soldier or
Sailor that you know you are. They want the civilian with those
experiences because they are loyal and show up everyday.
Use social media as a tool to network for employment, you can
still be yourself on there just remember that employers look to see
who you really are before and after your interview. Get a Linkedin
account, you can get a premium account for free for 1 year through
Ll Job Seeker Subscription- a subgroup of Veteran Mentor Network.
This will connect you with more veterans, classes on job seeking and
other forums pertaining to employment for veterans.
Finally just have a plan, without one it is very possible
that you will struggle out there.
Good luck.
I would start with an aptitude test to determine where my interests lay and what it says you have an aptitude for. Below is a link to a free one I had my high schooler take, it will also give you some Dept of Labor statistics about expected growth in the recommended careers. It is general knowledge that the cyber career field is rapidly growing. This includes jobs in telecommunications giants like Verizon, AT&T, etc. Everything from installing to managing wired and wireless systems. I recently saw a program for transitioning military to provide training and placement in this field called wireless4warriors.com. I don't know how good the program is, but there are other simliar programs on-post for transition assistance that ACAP and others sponsor.
All the other postings are correct in many of their assertions also. Definitely try to get your finances straight where you owe as little as possible as SGT O'Donnell stated. The headhunters are also a great resource as stated by MAJ Chang.
Take advantage of the G.I. Bill. I ETS'd in the late 80's and used mine to get a Batchelors. I have 12 months of 9/11 G.I. Bill and I am looking at getting certifications using it. The two highest paying certs are the Project Management Professional (PMP) and the Computer Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). You generally make $100K+ with one let alone both of these. They can be taken without experience, just hard studying, but in order to be fully credentialed, you will need to get job experience.
Spend some time researching resume writing (the ACAP one is not great and oriented more for USAJOBS.COM as I understand it). One great resource I would recommend would be a free membership to TheLadders.com. They are designed for people hunting $100K+ jobs, but they have great insights in a down-to-earth manner into resume writing, setting goals for job searches, interviews, dressing and they even have a Miltary-to-Civilian transition guide.
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