Chill Out Jack, You’re A Civilian Now!
by Jay Markunas, Co-Host of The Job Search Boot Camp Show
On The Job Search Boot Camp Show we completed 22 shows this year. That makes a total of 42 episodes of our show with almost 17,000 downloads! This year we’ve discussed some great topics with tips and advice from experts on resumes, franchising, branding, motivation, technology and much more. We had some outstanding interviews with guests like Kathy Lansford-Powell who has been running the largest job club in central Texas for over 20 years, and another interview on business ownership with someone who was laid off from his career after 17 years of service and was in the beginning stages of business ownership. Those shows are archived as podcasts on iTunes. If you aren’t an iTunes user, you can browse the shows at http://www.JobSearchBootCamp.net.
This last show of 2010 featured Rhonda Moncibais of Synergy First & Associates. Rhonda is a visionary with her focus on helping men & women leaving the military to transition successfully into the civilian workplace. The military is structured and direct. Merging into a high-tech company which has a relaxed culture can be intimidating for the military man or woman, or the direct style many bring out of the military may intimidate their fellow workers. Many of those leaving the military move into supplier companies - those companies that supply the military or government. It is a bridge-culture. The company isn’t military, but it acts in accordance with the military. This may be a great place to transition out of the military, but merging into the mainstream or a matrix structured environment (instead of linear) may be a bit more challenging.
The military man or woman needs to consider a few things, according to Rhonda, when they move out of their deployment assignments.
- Do your research. Looks at articles on how to transition on the internet or publications - Harvard Business Review covers this topic for November.
- Consider how adaptable are you? Are you flexible? Are you adaptable? How willing are you to accept how others do it?
- Avoid too much of the “that’s the way we did it military” language.
Communication and adaptability are very important in the transition to the civilian workforce, but to get in the door at a civilian company military men & women need to “civilianize” their resume. Remove the military jargon, and replace it with the civilian closest equivalent. What are those transferable skills, and how do you get those on paper?
Our military is the greatest and strongest in the world. They serve with their lives, and they learn amazing skills and leadership abilities. The military is one of the greatest service a man or woman can give our country. When their service is completed, their results-oriented skills and get-it-done focus can be an asset to any company.
Happy Holidays to our men & women and their families who are currently serving or have served in the past!
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