How to find a job? - After Active Duty

instant_oatmeal · 05-04-2009, 05:29 PM

How/where did your so find a job after leaving their branch? Some of dh's friends said they were recruited by companies but how does that work? Does the career counselor have listings of some job openings?

Jennygirl · 05-04-2009, 06:07 PM

What does he want to do when he is done? Maybe he can gravatate towards that area? My DH started at the ship yard but truly wasnt happy there so he now works with troubled youth through the national guard.

eelo · 05-04-2009, 08:18 PM

In a good economy they'd come looking for him, but in tis economy, he really needs to be ahead of the curve and start working with companies, sendign out resumes, getting his name on the street. A few good places to get started:

www.usajobs.gov
www.clearancejobs.com
the Northrup-Grumman site
the SAIC site
the Siemens site
the Lockheed site
the AMSEC site
any other military contractor site
local government sites in your area

Navgirl · 05-20-2009, 01:15 AM

I know this is a couple weeks later but he could also find out through any civilian contractors that may work on the base, his command, etc. Dh has a few years till retirement but he already has a few companies after him. MITRE, Ratheon, Spawar have all wooed my husband because he has worked with the contractors with these companies on base. He is not interested in any of them. I told him he should give MITRE some consideration if they still are interested in him later.
There are also General Dynamics, Booz Allen Hamilton, Perot Systems. Some, if not all, give some preference for veterans, especially retirees and certainly prefer possession of a top secret security clearance depending on the jobs.

Rach · 06-03-2009, 02:47 PM

My DH contacted companies who find jobs for you. They work only with those coming right out of the military.

I can ask him later what companies he suggests, if you want. Your husband doesn't pay, it's the company who pays for him.

After meeting w/ the recruiters, he went on several job conferences where there were tons of companies there for each part of the US (west, mid, north, south, etc) and they did interviews there.

I would just have him do a search for agencies who find jobs for veterans or something along those lines.

05-04-2009, 05:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
instant_oatmeal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,600 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 60% Longevity: 61%	How to find a job? How/where did your so find a job after leaving their branch? Some of dh's friends said they were recruited by companies but how does that work? Does the career counselor have listings of some job openings? __________________

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Jennygirl MilitarySOS Jewel Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 27,305 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 67%	What does he want to do when he is done? Maybe he can gravatate towards that area? My DH started at the ship yard but truly wasnt happy there so he now works with troubled youth through the national guard. __________________ Are you scrappy enough for me

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eelo "Delightfully off course." Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Va Beach Posts: 25,109 Blog Entries: 1 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 98% Longevity: 27%	In a good economy they'd come looking for him, but in tis economy, he really needs to be ahead of the curve and start working with companies, sendign out resumes, getting his name on the street. A few good places to get started: www.usajobs.gov www.clearancejobs.com the Northrup-Grumman site the SAIC site the Siemens site the Lockheed site the AMSEC site any other military contractor site local government sites in your area __________________ I proudly make use of the IGNORE feature. If I don't answer your posts, it might just be that you're irrelevant. If you think your fingers are pink.... just wait till you see your poop tomorrow! (jennypage 9/27) Originally Posted by NikkNakk 11/18/09: wow...i cant believe she did that on her thingy

05-20-2009, 01:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
Navgirl Aviation Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Korea Posts: 6,197 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 59% Longevity: 33%	I know this is a couple weeks later but he could also find out through any civilian contractors that may work on the base, his command, etc. Dh has a few years till retirement but he already has a few companies after him. MITRE, Ratheon, Spawar have all wooed my husband because he has worked with the contractors with these companies on base. He is not interested in any of them. I told him he should give MITRE some consideration if they still are interested in him later. There are also General Dynamics, Booz Allen Hamilton, Perot Systems. Some, if not all, give some preference for veterans, especially retirees and certainly prefer possession of a top secret security clearance depending on the jobs. __________________ Last edited by Navgirl; 05-20-2009 at 04:09 AM.

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06-03-2009, 02:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
Rach Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 23,941 Classifieds: (5) Activity: 17% Longevity: 91%	My DH contacted companies who find jobs for you. They work only with those coming right out of the military. I can ask him later what companies he suggests, if you want. Your husband doesn't pay, it's the company who pays for him. After meeting w/ the recruiters, he went on several job conferences where there were tons of companies there for each part of the US (west, mid, north, south, etc) and they did interviews there. I would just have him do a search for agencies who find jobs for veterans or something along those lines.