How to Find a Job After Leaving the Army
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After you’ve served in the Army, the challenge that awaits you is finding a civilian job. Luckily, the Army has many resources to help you on the way to a post-military career. Whether you want to pursue a higher education degree or go into a trade profession, the Army has ways for you to launch into a lucrative civilian career.
Using Resources In The Army: ACAP And PaYSArmy posts all have an Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP) center with career counselors who can help revise resumes and create networking opportunities with potential employers. The program also explains the prerequisites, credentials and certificates needed for certain jobs, as well as provides online resources like interview techniques and better ways to job search.
The Partnership for Youth Success program (PaYS) is an enlistment option that arranges careers for soldiers after the Army. PaYS lets military personnel take certification tests while in the service and gives precedence for interviews with jobs at certain corporations nationwide, including Fortune 500 companies such as Anheuser-Busch, Best Buy, Century 21, Southwest Airlines, Shell, Walgreens and more.
Get Certified For Jobs By The ArmyThere are plenty of Army jobs with civilian equivalents, particularly technical support in mechanics, medical or engineering fields. While you are in the service, the Army will reimburse tests so you can earn certification for professional and trade jobs that will later give you the boost you need when searching for a civilian career.
The Army American Council on Education Registry and Transcript System (AARTS) is a record of all your Army enlisted training and experience, whereas your DD214 and DD2586 are records that confirm awards and ranking. Both of these documents are extremely important and should be included in your resume to prove your outstanding service to employers. You can order official transcripts or print out unofficial ones online.
If you have medical training, you can use your experience toward credits for a nursing certificate without having to enroll in college courses. The Excelsior College Exam (ECE) program lets soldiers earn credit through testing, facilitating your career with little or no cost.
Furthering Your Education With The ArmyStart planning for a civilian career after the military while you are still enlisted. The Army allows up to 100 promotion points for civilian education and helps pay tuition through the Tuition Assistance (TA) program, so everyone can afford to go to college afterwards.
Choose from community college, education centers and military posts, universities and online education, as well as trade and vocational schools. Online education is especially useful, since you can earn college credit from any location in the world. Visit a military post to learn more information and get a head start on your post-military career.
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