VA for Vets: Intermediate Care Technician (ICT)

For those hoping to land a dream job here in the civilian sector....you won't find one . Please stay in the military, do not get out. There was a gentleman on this forum asking advice to whether or not he should get out. Heres my response:


Please stay in. I have two worthless degrees that cant feed my family. One is in biology and the other is in Clinial Laboratory Science. Working for a medical laboratory is like working in a sweat shop. You think the military is obtrusive? Try dealing with a bunch of ladies running around whose sole purpose in life is to leave you jobless so they can retain their job. Try to live a life where you're basically broke all the time. Try to live a life where they tell you overtime is forbidden. You work 1 hour overtime and everyone looks at you like you just committed an adulterous act yet we're understaffed. I was in the military 8 years and I regret every second of my life to have gotten out. There's nothing out here that the civilian sector can offer you. There are 400 applicants to every one job created. The competition is fierce, there are people out there ready to slit your throat for that open position. Please do not get out. No one cares about you out here. No one will look out for you. There are no advancement opportunities. Forget about getting a single penny in the form of a raise. What would you do if the military asked you to donate $100 dollars for membership every year? American society of clinical pathology asks $100 every year for membership!!! I'm ASCP certified and believe I don't see the benefit. I was asked to donate to my fellow alumni for the alumni association at school. How can I donate??? I don't even have a job!!!! School ruins your life. School puts an enormous pressure on you. I was an A student for what??? Employers don't want me. They would rather pay someone who is straight out of the streets than to pay a professional like myself. It's sad. Please do not get out. I implore you, I beseech you to not make the mistake of your life. Do not believe the bogus ads put out by schools. They're a business. They don't care about whether you have a job or not after you graduate. The department of education will sell your student loans to loan sharks like FedLoan Servicing whose goal in life is to multiply their gains and profits. Your service in the military means nothing out here. Filipinos are taking over medical laboratories. They are being favored over qualified applicants here in the US. Med labs will take a filipino over an American any day!!! They would much rather use a traveling service than to offer a full time position. They would much rather spend thousands upon thousands to give these filipinos work visas than to offer a military veteran a job. Get your money in the form of a pension from the military so managers and supervisors out here won't see you as a parasite. They think they're doing you a favor by having you employed. Hospitals cry to the government there is no money to employ more people. Lie!!!!! Ask a civilian friend if they will let you look at their hospital bill. People are being ripped off on their bill. Exorbitant profits are going to the hospital yet no one says anything since they're a nonprofit organization--My ass!!! Anyways, don't get out!!!!