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9 Pitfalls to Avoid In Your Military Transition

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9 Pitfalls to Avoid In Your Military Transition

Presented by: Sultan Camp, GSEHD MA ’13 November 24, 2014 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST

9 Pitfalls to avoid in Your

MilitarY transition

• 1. You Can’t (or Won’t) Accept That You’re Starting Over

2. You Believe You’re Unique (Just Like Every Other Transitioning

Person That Day)

3. Your Resume Is Longer Than the CEO of Our Company’s (or Shorter Than a Recent College Graduate’s)

Your resume should be a windshield document. That is, it should reflect the positions you’re going towards.

It shouldn’t be a rearview mirror which simply lists all of the duties you performed. It should contain keywords, which websites such as wordle and tagcrowd can help you identify

Find about 15 to 20 job announcements that match up with your ideal target job title. The actual length of your resume? It depends on your audience. Seek out current or former employees at the companies you’ve identified in your target list and ask them what their company’s preference is.

4. You Didn’t Proofread Your Resume

5. You Don’t Have a LinkedIn Profile (Or, Even Worse, It’s Not Complete)

Most Employers Still Use Job Boards/Career Websites

Job Boards Cost Money

• We know that companies are cutting costs daily

6. You Think Social Media Is For Kids or Sharing War Stories

Do You Still Use This?

7. You Didn’t Prepare For The Interview

8. You Wrote a Thank You Note (But Only to Say Thank You)

9. You Don’t Know What You Want to Do

Email: scamp@orioninternational.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sultancamp

Twitter:@careersultan Facebook: Sultan Camp (page)

Direct line: (757)490-3290 ext. 515