What job opportunities are best for an Infantryman/11B/grunt after being discharged?

United States Postal Service but you have 90 days after separation to apply to take the exam. Don't miss it. Its a great living!

11B with GT of 130+

Fighting ISIS....

Law enforcement

I would look into law enforcement, firefighter, paramedic, EMT, and security.

Any job where working with others, building consensus, and leading from the front is a must. No matter what college you go to; there isn't a class that really gets you the experience of leading, inspiring, and looking out for young men and women in some of the most dynamic environments the world can put them in. You'll want to key in your abilities to plan, prepare, execute, analyze, adapt, create new opportunities, develop teams, building a highly motivated technically skilled workforce while ensuring adaptability to rapidly changing business conditions. That's just something combat arms troops forget about (gotta put it into civilian speak). Hope that helps. Good luck.

I was 11b40 in one year of combat in Vietnam. I spent 25 years working for my County Government as a project manager. My leadership learned in the service, along with organizination, being a self starter, ability to work with architects or engineers and contractors especially if there were challenges to be worked through. Keeping a calm manner, taking charge when needed, earned me the respect of all I worked with. There are project manager or project administrators courses in many colleges. I started out keeping my outs shut and my ears open. When I did not know something, I never let anyone know. I would just say I'll consider both sides and have an answer the next day. After meetings, etc. I would go on the computer and research the area of concern. This way I could discuss with my boss, and form a plan that would work for all parties. Good luck. vietvet222!

I've done well for myself after being 11B, and that's in large part to the education that I got, but I also paid attention during ACAP, and figured out just how to write my resume and let potential employers (and potential clients when I ran an investigations firm) what skillset that I had. It's more than just a title that matters - it's about what you did. For example, "Kicked in doors, shot people in the head" is not a very good bullet point on a resume. "Operated as a member of a team resulting in a successful mission for our company" sounds much better. If you got a chance to be in S3, "Assisted in Operational Planning for over eight hundred personnel." Remember, saying, "Platoon, squad, batallion" means very little to civilians; they have no idea what numbers go along with that heirarchy. Also, as a SSG I imagine you were a squad leader at some point - "Supervised eight soldiers as their second line supervisor" and elaborate on that as well in other bullet points - "Conducted monthly and quarterly personnel review" "Conducted training and testing to ensure personnel readiness"

Again, your MOS has little to do with the jobs you can get - it's about attitude, it's about professionalism, it's about how you sell yourself to employers.

Have you thought about law enforcement or physical security?

There are very few jobs an 11B can directly transfer to. Being an 11B is so far from any civilian job set that it makes you damn near unmarketable. However, the people who hire 11Bs do so because of the inherent qualifications that a successful 11B acquires in addition to their MOS tasks (leadership, time management, etc). The same goes with Special Forces 18Bs (Weapons Sergeants). Nobody cares you were an 18B and can fire any weapon known to man, what they want are your other skills. Being an 18B or 11B when paired with civilian certifications (like program manager) and/or a degree and suddenly you stand head and shoulders above your competition.