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By Patra Frame You have seen the articles about the questions you need to be ready to answer, the questions to ask, when to interview to be selected, and what to wear. But, if you are like many transitioning military, you are still worried about interviewing well. Get past your fears and nerves by thinking about an interview at its best. Then, it is a conversation between two or more people about a possible shared future. Each side has something the
other might value, and each has to decide if it is a good match. Getting Started for Successful InterviewsStart by practicing interviews with friends or mentors. Try some informational interviews in your desired career field -- there are many similarities with real interviews (but don't bring your resume!). Move into actual interviews at job fairs or with new connections and grow your comfort level. Job Interview SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)- Companies commonly interview anywhere from 3 to 10 people for a
single opening.
- You cannot expect each interview to result in a job offer.
- Not every hiring manager is trained in how to do an effective interview; some will be better than others.
- You may face one person -- or several -- in each interview.
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Editor’s Choice Like the Successful Job Interviews article above, the articles below
are focused on helping veterans and those transitioning members of the U.S. military succeed in their civilian job hunting: How Military in Transition Can Ace Their Job Interviews- Diane
Hudson Burns offers another perspective on how to succeed in job interviews, focused on the essential elements of a job interview, from the employers perspective with tips on translating “military speak” into language that civilians can understand.
- In this article, Patra Frame helps members of the infantry, whether Army or USMC, to find and consider civilian career options which leverage that experience.
- Patra Frame provides a framework for determining where you are going in your career, how to define your goals, and then move forward on achieving those goals.
- Diane Hudson Burns catalogs the various documents accumulated during military service so accomplishments can be collected for potential use in LinkedIn Profiles, resumes, and job applications.
- Starting 24 months before discharge, Diane Hudson Burns offers sets of tasks to be accomplished prior to actually
leaving the service, enabling the military job seeker to package their accomplishments and map a strategy to implement to find a civilian job.
- Patra Frame offers a detailed description of the elements of a current civilian resume, and what to include from military experience in the various sections of a current resume, from civilian-language job titles to awards.
- Diane Hudson Burns provides a sample message, the ending-my-military-career letter, which communicates with civilian family and friends the pending (or past) departure from the military. This message updates them as well as, hopefully, kicking off effective networking that will
result in a job offer
For many more helpful articles on this topic, check out Job-Hunt’s Guide to Job Search for Veterans and Transitioning Military. |
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