This is a major life transition for you, one which is made all the more difficult due to the many possible options and approaches (many of which the perspective employers do not have a business interest in you exploring). In most cases, you will be presenting your military experience to those with industry background and vocabularies, so how and when you present yourself can make a big difference in the outcome. Holding the clearances and having the relevant job experience is often enough to land a job, but the difference between a job and a very successful career transition should not be left to chance. Due diligence is called for, yet most will make this transition only once in a lifetime. This site can help bridge that gap.

Company-Agnostic information. This site was developed from your perspective, not the perspective of employers. Why does this matter? There are many reasons, but let’s take just one. Timing of job interviews. You can reasonably assume that employers that decide to extend job offers will limit your period of acceptance to a few weeks at most. It is not in their interest to have you shop your offer around town for a higher bidder, and in most cases they have pressing needs to fill the position anyway. You, on the other hand, are trying to find the best possible career move this will generally boil down to a selection among the best available alternatives. Unless you time the interviews with care, you run the risk of buyer’s remorse. There are many cases of military to contractor transitions where the first offer was accepted, or where a delayed offer was received too late. A poorly structured or timed job search can result in lost opportunity for you. This will take more work, but the rewards can be well worth it.

Benefit Negotiations and Decisions – things the employers may not tell you. Once you have accepted a job and are working is no time to discover your colleagues got a far better deal. Buyers remorse can also occur in this way. Salaries and benefits are the less transparent part of corporate life for good reason. How to pierce that veil to the benefit of both you and the employer.