What do you think the hottest careers are for transitioning veterans right now?

Programming and Coding; CYBER SECURITY, Data Analytics . The DOD has TONS OF positions for Software Engineers who program . Basic coding for cleared candidates is a real need in the DOD space.

I remember going through the transition workshops as I was approaching my ETS date. And speaking in broad terms, I think we can categorize the folks transitioning as either continuing on in their trained skill set, or those that plan to do school or something like going into business for themselves, and those that have no clue what they might do. A lot of the combat arms folks feel they are relegated to something like state troopers, police, security guards, and we even joked about landscaping due to all the area beautification duties they have because when they're not training to fight, or actually fighting, they didn't get much training in anything else for a "civilian" job.

I agree that the hot careers are in Cyber defense (penetration testers, etc), IT, intelligence, and logistics. For those that didn't work in these areas as their MOS, I know many who used their TA to take courses for it. Or plan to use their GI Bill for it after getting out. I think any job that can utilize a security clearance helps in the job market because you compete against a smaller field even if it is doing administrative work for example, that slot that needs clearance cannot be competed for by the majority of the population.

We learn a lot of leadership skills in the military that can be leveraged in many careers as well. Fields that need people now like teachers can benefit.

Anything that individually allows them to work to their greatest capacity, feel useful, and cover all the bills with hopefully a little Surplus left over.