5 Strategies that Transitioning Military Can Use for the Federal Job Hunt - In Military

Since I recently retired from federal service, a lot of people ask me how to get a federal job. I have been both a federal job hunter and a federal hiring manager, so it encourages people to frequently ask me how to be more successful in their job hunting.
Before entering civil service, however, I retired from 21 years of active-duty military service. Like others, I used the skills I acquired from my military service to enhance my job performance. I worked at three different agencies/departments both in the U.S. and overseas, eventually became senior management and retired at that level.
Transitioning military service members are a good fit for federal civil service because, like me, they’ve picked up valuable job skills from their time in the military. They are trained to work as a team, solve problems and accomplish goals.