{"id":2110,"date":"2014-02-15T10:52:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T18:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2014-02-15T23:39:05","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T07:39:05","slug":"veterans-taking-off-the-boots-to-put-on-a-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/veterans-taking-off-the-boots-to-put-on-a-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Are Taking Off Their Boots To Put On a Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"gonzalo.veterans\"<\/a>The biggest problem with Taking Off the Boots To Put On A Suit<\/i> is the transition from service member to civilian. Every service member knows that the mission to protect America comes first. This means your time while in service is consumed with tactical and strategic job requirements. Service members are compelled with a year to maneuver and formulate their transition out of the armed forces.<\/p>\n

The term for one’s framework and convenience is unfortunately based on what you are granted. This factor can cause spending months exploring a new career…or a week….before you receive your discharge papers called a DD-214.\u00a0\u00a0Once you have your DD-214, the new Veteran can finally take hold of opportunities that have been on hold and or begin the process with no authority holding them back.<\/p>\n

General Pace former Chief of Staff has stated, \u201cAfter we defeat the armed forces of Iraq \u2026we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country\u201d. \u00a0On my recent venture, I unsuccessfully negotiated an attempt of getting the General as our keynote speaker for our Town Hall Meeting in March. His words emphasize a dilemma that we, the members of the Armed Forces, are bestowed in providing stability to other nations. This stability includes funding and training for their economy and infrastructure. Yet the ones who provide that service upon their return find more difficulties reintegrating to the civilian world.<\/p>\n

Our goal is to give Veterans the knowledge needed to choose which method would be best to reintegrate into the civilian workforce as well as seek employment which is crucial in beginning a new life and career.<\/p>\n

There are many scenarios regarding how Veterans transition into the civilian workforce. \u00a0Next month, we will publish an article, <\/span>Transition From Military To Civilian, <\/i>that details\u00a0the favorable and dreadful segments of the process. The challenges Veterans face range from not knowing how to explain their resumes, to employers not knowing how to interpret them, and justifying why a Veteran is more competent than the average individual with their expertise. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the recent years, I have notice a trend where organizations and agencies adopt a Veteran initiative. The concept is simple, you take an employee, the resources you already supply and you slap on a Veteran representative title. Now you have a new initiative and now entitled to the funding it generates; we only hope that the person chosen as the representative is knowledgeable on Veterans. This is not to say that organizations and individual\u2019s hearts are not in the right place or that the work done is not beneficial but navigating through the system is at sometimes very difficult due to these issues. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n