What question do you want to ask, that will answer your concerns about transitioning from the military?

Great question the biggest challenge that I see from a lot of servicememebers is a sense of entitlement because they served and I think that has a lot to do with the military taking care of us from moving household goods, telling you what your pay is, how long you are going to be in a role but just like in the military you are responsible for your career no different in the civilian career.

The other thing is unrealistic expectation for example at Shell alot of roles are individual contributor roles sort of like a staff position and not necessarily a leadership role with a team. So for example the JAG, Chaplain does not have leadership responsibility but contribute to the overall success of an organization.

Also some servicemembers try to list everything that they have done in their career to match up with the job requirement. More is not better....so the best analogy is you can put your weapon on full auto empty the clip and not hit the target.......or rotate the selector lever from safe to semi and put 3 rounds on the target.....so tight, succinct shot group....so know what the employer problem is and then simply tell them based on your similar experience how you will solve the problem.......

Here is a servicemember strength and use it.....there will be a delta going into a new role but your whole military career has been like that because each assignment should be developing and broadening preparing for the next level of leadership

So be confident and know you have the skills to solve most problems.....uncover what the problem is so you can communicate how you will solve it

I can use analogies based on my experiences how I resolved set backs and challenges to paint a bigger picture for the employer to gain more interest in me. Hopefully I can market my unique skill sets and past accomplishments to present them what I can bring to the team in terms of work ethics, leadership, integrity and an opportunity to make the firm much better. My goal will be to see what I can do to improve production out put and how I can help the company profit competitively among strong competition.

I also have a concern if in a situation where an employee with seniority may see an outsider, in this case a veteran, be promoted quickly through the years or sooner and then be seen as a threat to eventually take the job of that person. Eventually all of us want move up the corporate ladder and take the place of the next higher up or at least I would like to think so. Some I can imagine see that veterans are a different beast and that we mean business and handle ourselves on a professional level not normally accustomed to civilians. Not all people in life tend to move with a sense of purpose or share the same values and work ethics as veterans have grown into over years of service. Veterans can resolve things differently and we have courses of action on possible ways to resolve issues that employers may not have thought of. My take on this is that I will work my way up to the same level in time and see if I can offer more than the person who holds the position I want to have. I'm all about being as competitive as I can be because otherwise, I will remain at the same position without tapping into my potential to make the team better.

Good points from our response too. Thanks for sharing.

It answers the question. I agree that a positive attitude goes a long way.

A positive attitude + action= Results

Daniel do you have a linkedin account?

CW3 Dylan E. Raymond, PHR - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-j-stone-mba-105521134/

Are you asking where do you start at before transition? not clear what you are asking will the Military assist now as they have in the Past? would you clarify?