Are you a military-experienced student and/or job seeker? Are you unsure about how civilian employers may perceive you as a prospective employee? Do you know how to make the most of your job search?
The Career Advising and Development Center, along with Bradley Morris Inc. presents a Military Transition 101 covering:
• When to begin preparing for your civilian job search.
• What skills to emphasize on your resume and in interviews.
• How to work with a military recruiting firm.
• The DOs that will help your chances of securing a civilian career.
• The DON’Ts that will move you to the bottom of the hiring manager’s list.
Our presenter is Jennifer Hadac of BMI
2. Goals for today’s webinar:
1. Who is Bradley-Morris (BMI)and what can we do to
assist you in your career search.
2. When to begin preparing for your civilian job search
and what you can do NOW to best prepare for your
transition.
3. How BMI recommends you structure your resume.
4. What you can do to increase your chances of
securing a civilian career.
4. Who is Bradley-Morris, Inc. (BMI)?
• Largest military-focused placement firm in the United
States
– Operating locations nationwide
– Areas of focus:
o Engineering
o Leadership and Operations Management
o Maintenance and Maintenance Management
o Logistics and Warehouse Management
o Sales and Sales Management
o Technician, Field Service and Skilled Tradesmen
o Acquisition and Contracting
o “Industry Experienced” Recruiting Services
5. Who is Bradley-Morris, Inc. (BMI)? (continued)
• Parent company to:
– CivilianJobs.com
o An online job board (215K veterans) for military-friendly
employers and military candidates
o A world-wide military base newspaper
(Military Transition News)
o Traditional military job fairs (26 job fairs in 2015)
6. Why Bradley-Morris? EXPERIENCE
• Largest and most experienced recruiting force in the
military recruiting industry
– 36 full time recruiters on staff
– 200+ years of combined experience in military job placement
– 75% of BMI staff former military
• Record of client satisfaction
– 22 years in business
– 96% customer service satisfaction rate
• No Exclusivity Requirement/Free Service
7. Why Bradley-Morris? Our Team
• Candidate Recruiters.
– If you are identified as a qualified candidate, you will be
assigned a specific Bradley-Morris recruiter that will be your
main POC as you progress through our program.
• Account Representatives.
– A team of specialized consultants that reach out to civilian
employers nationwide and are highly trained in educating
these employers in the value of hiring veterans and
transitioning service members.
• General Managers.
– Our leadership group that directs the efforts of both the CR’s
and AR’s and will help identify employment matches.
8. Why Bradley-Morris? PREPARATION
• Personalized
Marketability
Assessment
• Individualized
Transition Plan
• Professional Resume
Preparation
• Extensive Interview
and Transition
Preparation
– Career College for
Candidates
– Training Modules
– Personal Coaching from
Dedicated Recruiter
9. Why Bradley-Morris? ACCESS
• Over 4000 client companies
– Responsible for more than 20,000 face-to-face interviews per
year
• Nationwide Placement
10. Client Sampling (of over 4,000 clients)
Air Products
Alcoa
Amazon
Aramark
Baker Hughes
BHP Billiton
Boston Scientific
Bridgestone/Firestone
Cardinal Health
Caterpillar
Chesapeake Energy
Citigroup
Coca-Cola
ConocoPhillips
Constellation Energy
Corning
Covidien
Danaher
Dell
Dresser Rand
Dupont
Ecolab
Emerson
Entergy
National Oilwell Varco
Nestle
Nissan
Nucor Steel
Penske
PepsiCo
Pfizer
Proctor & Gamble
Raytheon
Republic Services
Safeway
Samsung
Schlumberger
Siemens
Sony
Stryker
Toshiba
TVA
United Technologies
Westinghouse
ExxonMobil
Flowserve
Frito-Lay
General Electric
Hines
Hitachi
Home Depot
Ingersoll-Rand
Jabil Circuit
Johnson Controls
Kimberly Clark
Koch Fertilizer
Kraft
Lutron Electronics
McKinsey & Co.
Merck
Michelin
Motorola
Nabisco
Nalco
11. Why Bradley-Morris? PROCESS
• ConferenceHire®
- Convenience: 80+ Hiring Events in up to 12 cities yearly
- Efficiency: Pre-screened, pre-qualified, face-to-face
- Value: No fee to attend
• TargetHire®
- Real time access to jobs all over the country
- Augmentation to ConferenceHire attendance
- Hiring Solution for geographically restricted candidates
15. When to begin preparing.
• Traditionally employers want to see your resume
/application 90 days from when you can start
employment.
• The ideal time to begin preparing for your transition
is 12 – 18 months before you are available to begin
employment in the civilian workforce.
– Gather documents.
– Set game plan.
o See Civilianjobs.com’s “70 Steps to Transition Success - The Civilian Job
News Job Search and Military Transition Checklist”
– Draft resume.
– Research.
– If you plan on working with BMI or another recruiter:
o Military Transition Timeline for Working with Recruiting Firms
16. What you can do NOW.
Everyone’s post military goals will be different but there
is one simple thing that all service members should
consider doing as they progress through their military
careers: SAVE. See the complete article “Prepare for the Future.”
• Save TIME
– Bank those leave dates!
• Save PAPERWORK
– Ensure your “I love me binder” is complete.
• Save MONEY
– Create a financial cushion so you are not forced into accepting a
position you are not 100% committed to.
• Save SKILLS
– Stay relevant. Take every opportunity to further yourself now so
that you are that much more marketable once you separate.
17. Drafting a Resume.
• Heading
– It must contain your name, mailing address, home phone
number, cell phone number (if applicable), your personal
email address
• Headline
– A headline is not required. However, if you decide to use a
headline on your resume, it should grab the reader’s attention
and should “sell” you
• Content
– Experience - List your military experience in reverse
chronological order (start with the job you have or had most
recently) rather than by function performed.
– Accomplishment - Under your responsibilities, put up to
three bulleted accomplishments and if listing rankings,
consider only listing those where you were ranked number one
or number two.
18. Drafting a Resume. (continued)
• Odds and Ends
– Your resume should be one to two pages, MAX.
– Use present tense for positions currently held and past tense
for older ones.
– Make sure that you are paying attention to the smallest details
as they often make the biggest difference.
– Spell out all acronyms the first time that they are used.
– Do not try to include every detail on your resume.
21. Increase your chances of securing a career.
• Be “The Early Bird”.
– Don’t wait until you’re 30 days away from separation before
starting the military to civilian transition process.
• Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.
– You want to give yourself as many options as possible.
• Get ready for inspection.
– Realize that the job search process opens you up to a new
type of scrutiny from your perspective employer.
• Civilianize.
– Civilianize your resume, experience and verbiage during your
interview.
• Explore ALL of your options.
– Keep an open mind.
22. • Don’t be modest.
– Don’t assume that the interviewer makes the connection
between your military experience and how that has prepared
you for the job in question.
• Don’t settle.
– Ensure the job you take is the job you WANT.
• Get off on the right foot!
– Once you’ve taken your new job in corporate America, make
sure you hit the ground running.
Increase your chances. (continued)
23. QUESTIONS??
GET STARTED TODAY!
Complete an application at:
www.bradley-morris.com/JHLI
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