Posted on Dec 14, 2014
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This coming May I will be commissioning into the PA National Guard as a Field Artillery Officer. After graduating from University of Pittsburgh I will obviously have to start looking for a civilian job.

My question is, what skills will I acquire from BOLC that I will be able to transfer into my civilan career (aside from the obvious leadership experience). What job opportunities will open up because of my training within the Field Artillery branch.

Thank you for your help and input,

Cadet Zielinski

Education:
Major: Political Science (Focus in International Relations)
Minor: German
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LTC Andrew Loeb
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Connor,

Start by making sure you spell "Graduate" correctly in your opening sentence, I take a little offense as your PMS at PITT for that one. Second seek out the Career Services Division at the University of Pittsburgh for career help and avenues. The unit that you are assigned with your Letter of Acceptance could have some networking opportunities. Finally next week there is a session here on campus.
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See you in class next Monday.
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CW5 Desk Officer
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1LT (Join to see), here's a Googled answer to your question:

http://www.ehow.com/list_6851980_civilian-careers-ex_field-artillery-officer.html

Ideally you'll get someone who works or worked in the field to tell you about their experiences translating field artillery training and experience into a civilian job.
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Great post CW5 (Join to see) I would just add, don't limit yourself to just these fields, instead, look up the job descriptions from these professions and incorporate them into a current working resume.
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