Posted on Apr 8, 2014

For all the retiries and future retiries, when did you start applying for jobs?

1SG Alan Bailey

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CW2 Jonathan Kantor

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I believe that you aren't supposed to apply for a job while you are still serving and you are supposed to use your terminal leave to find a job. I wouldn't do that though. I would look into employment at least 3-6 months before retiring. DAC jobs take months and months to secure. I don't see any harm in looking for work, but I don't think you can legally sign any papers until you are on terminal leave.

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1SG Alan Bailey

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Thanks Chief, I was tracking your commits but I also know that some start way out, I have had some retired MSG-CSM say they started 2 years out because of the long period between dropping applications and hearing back from the company can be long. Again Thanks.

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SFC William Swartz Jr

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You can apply for and accept a position if you are on your transitional leave/PTDY.

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LTC Yinon Weiss

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I have never seen any regulation on when one can and cannot start looking for a job. In fact, there are many junior enlisted who actually have two jobs even while still in the military (delivering pizza or working as a bouncer, etc.) and I have never seen any unit forbid this (correct me if you have any examples to the contrary).

The military wants you to find employment when you get out... an unemployed veteran is not helpful to the service member, to society, or to the military's image.

If somebody is retiring, they should probably start looking 9-12 months out. If it's somebody more junior looking for more entry level, they can probably start looking 3-4 months out from their last day in uniform. I've never seen any regulation on this; this is just what I've seen successful individuals do.

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LTC Chad Storlie

Posted >1 y ago

The challenge for veterans and for transitioning soldiers is that they apply for jobs too early in the transition process. The first thing in transition you need to decide where you want to live (Geography), the Industries that you want to work, and the Occupations within those industries. I call this the GIO framework and the goal is to develop 8-12 companies that fit this need. Then, when you have identified the companies, you need to do a robust networking campaign (I recommend letter writing and phone calls) to establish your presence and contacts within the company. Once you have a network, understand the company, and have internal supporters, then you apply. 8-12 months is required to really do this well.

Here are some resources that explain how to do this:

(1) http://www.combattocorporate.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Create-Options-for-Career-Transition-Planning.pdf

(2) http://www.military.com/Opinions/0,,Storlie_Index,00.html