Posted on Dec 2, 2013
Have you ever had experience with military job placement firms?
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In the past, I have dealt with military job placement firms (e.g., Bradley-Morris, Lucas Group, Orion, etc.) when I had transitioned into the civilian world. I had some good experience and some not-so-good experience. What was your experience with them? Was it good? Was it not-so-good? Have you ever obtained a job through them. Let me know.
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Most of them have been bad, they mainly want to send you to jobs that are concentrated on either sales or telemarketing, not for me on either account.
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I've also seen it where the some of the jobs that were being offered during the Hiring Conferences required lots of travel away from home, something that most service members have already experienced.
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I actually work for a 'placement firm' right now and to be honest it's more about the person that you deal with at each organization more than the company itself. Truth be told, we have some folks recruiting for us who do a phenomenal job and others who do quite the opposite. My focus is in the IT, Cyber and Intelligence sectors supporting various Federal Government Agencies and Integrators.
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I have contacted the firms you have mentioned. Other firms either didn't get back or were looking for specific MOS for their priorities.
Most of the jobs were telemarketing or sales heavy, and the few jobs that were not, were jobs where you were driving around from location to location for 70+ hrs a week. The interview panels these groups set up send you into companies that you don't meet any expectations for, and most seem to only want engineer Officers or Senior NCO's.
Deciding finally that these transitioning firms were a waste of time, I moved into the civilian sector agencies. Same story. Very heavy on sales, odd jobs (two week periods covering for people on vacation) or working in industry related such as packaging and cleaners, regardless of experience.
Best is to just keep applying to everything on Indeed.
Most of the jobs were telemarketing or sales heavy, and the few jobs that were not, were jobs where you were driving around from location to location for 70+ hrs a week. The interview panels these groups set up send you into companies that you don't meet any expectations for, and most seem to only want engineer Officers or Senior NCO's.
Deciding finally that these transitioning firms were a waste of time, I moved into the civilian sector agencies. Same story. Very heavy on sales, odd jobs (two week periods covering for people on vacation) or working in industry related such as packaging and cleaners, regardless of experience.
Best is to just keep applying to everything on Indeed.
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