1. Beyond the service: Tips for veterans transitioning into the workforce Mark Rosen Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives at Adecco Group North America

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3. About our presenter

• Mark Rosen

• Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Adecco Group North America

• Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Reserve

• Over 15 years in Active Army; Ranger, Master Parachutist, Infantryman

• Recently returned from Afghanistan advising and assisting on all aspects of counterinsurgency operations serving in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Headquarters

4. Translating your skills to civilian

• Find equivalent civilian occupations

• Explore education opportunities to extend your skills

• Learn from veterans with your specialty

• Apply for jobs that match your skills

• Identify civilian terminology for your resume

• Identify the hot career options for your specialty

5. Top jobs for veterans to pursue

• Security

• Federal government jobs or contract positions

• Engineering

• Supply chain/logistics

• Healthcare

• Information technology

6. Determining career paths and targeting your best civilian job options Translate military skills and experience to comparable civilian skills and experiences 1 Objectively assess your skill strengths and weaknesses, your potential, your passions, and long term career goals 2 Determine your medium and long term (5 and 10 year) career objectives based on the above assessment 3 Determine best, immediate job and industry options that set you on the path to realizing your medium-term career objective 4

7. Evaluate your goals

• Identify the scope of your job search

• Set location, skill level and salary parameters

• Determine your job-seeking strengths and weaknesses

8. Narrow your search to set workable goals

• Create a shortlist of attainable positions

• Identify attractive companies

• Utilize your network to discover potential contacts

• Break down the job search into manageable segments

9. Do your homework beforehand

• Start the job search process early

• Effort has an effect on outcome

• Research the company

• Meet with former and current employees

• Be ready to ask informed questions

• Update your references

10. Emphasize your skills and potential on your resume

• Translate your experiences to a language your potential employers speak

• Action-oriented resumes receive more attention

• Focus on relevant skills

• Focus on key words

• Know what to leave out

• Dont exaggerate

11. Pay close attention to your online profile

• Think like a recruiter

• Clean up all social media profiles

• Check your profile regularly

• Google yourself and comb through the results

12.

• Block out your time into increments based on task

• Strategy - unemployed vs. employed

• Determine a task schedule that suits your needs

• Maintain a database of professional contacts

Treat your job search like a job

13. Learn how to properly network

• Step outside the internet

• Reach out as far as you can imagine

• Practice your elevator pitch

• Strike a balance

• Dont forget the little things

14. Benefits of your security clearance

• Increased marketability with civilian employers that require cleared employees

• Many DoD contractors give hiring preference to ex-military personnel with current clearances

• Doubles your worth and ability to get jobs in certain sectors that non-cleared could not get

• Since employers do not have to pay your clearance application, the money saved often goes back into employees salary

• When leaving the military, you can re-activate your clearance for up to 24 months without having to start the process over again

15. Consider alternative solutions if you can t find your dream job right away

• Keep your options open

• Examine your skill set and strengths

• Internships

• Temporary and part-time jobs

• • Employers try before they buy

• • Build skills to become more marketable

• • Get to prove your value-added to your employer

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• Stay active

• Job search support groups

• Realize it may take longer than you expect

• Dont stop searching until youve accepted an offer

Fighting discouragement

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