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No Civilian Employment Experience? –
Volunteer to Gain Skills
There are many volunteer organizations where you can gain knowledge
and experience to add to your résumé.
Some organizations which always are in need of volunteers:
Civilian Career Goals
By recognizing the fundamental
differences
and
similarities
of your former military career and your new civilian career, you can
clarify your future professional needs:
While in military service, you are presented with an assignment
which lasts for an explicit amount of time at a standard pay grade
consisting of a conventional salary with pay upgrades determined by
the assignment) and are provided with all of the clothing, equipment
and training necessary to carry out the set objective.
Essential difference:
Collaborative environment, member of a team, Field Service Record
created to detail military qualifications, training and experience,
sometimes but not always given opportunity to make choice in
assignment(s), generally not subjected to layoffs, downsizing and
changing industry environments,
always provided clothing equipment and training.
In civilian life, you must look for employment opportunities at
varying rates of pay and provide your own clothing.
Most positions will provide equipment and some training for
the position.
Essential Differences:
Have full opportunity to make a personal choice in employment and
position including starting your own business, must translate Field
Service Record qualifications, training and experience into a
civilian resume, multiple opportunities to exceed conventional
salary structure, must find a position on your own or through
assistance, must devote personal time and effort into the art of
finding a position through research and application process, subject
to layoffs, downsizing and changing industry environments once
employed and must supply, at the least, the cost of civilian work
clothing.
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Speak Spanish?
Be Sure to Add to Résumé If you are bilingual,
you have improved your probability of finding a new civilian
position significantly and should place that information in the
summary or skills portion of your
résumé. Bi-lingual applicants
are sought in many fields, notably medical and legal. Having the
ability to effectively communicate in both English and Spanish is a
true commodity for a job seeker. The catch is that often an
applicant can communicate more efficiently in one but not both.
If your primary language is Spanish and you speak it at home, then
attempt to use more English and encourage your
family to help you by using it also.
You would list your bilingual ability by stating: Bilingual
(Spanish-English). You can also look into English as a Second
language training schools or software. If your primary
language is English, you should look into taking classes to hone
your Spanish skills or into software such as
TELL ME MORE Spanish Language Software.
VetFran Franchise Initiative
Honorably
discharged veterans who are eager to open a franchise can find
financial benefits assistance provided through the Veterans
Transition Franchise Initiative, or VetFran, a program which is a
alliance between the International Franchise Association (IFA), the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Small Business
Administration (SBA) and The Veterans Corp. VetFran companies extend
assistance to discharged veterans including those who have been out
of the armed services for decades. A typical VetFran discount ranges
from 15% to 25% off franchising fee costs.
Participants in the program include: •UPS (UPS) and Mail Boxes Etc.
·
•Little
Caesar Enterprises,. •Armco Transmissions
Franchise Fee for
Veterans
Honorably discharged military retired or inactive veterans are being
given financial help through a discounted franchise fee of 10% by
Dallas, TX based 7-Eleven, Inc. to start a 7-Eleven franchise
according to Chief Executive Joe DePinto. DePinto spent five
years as an officer in the U.S. Army and recently starred in a
television commercial set to air later this summer.
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