3 Ways the Pandemic Makes Things Better for Job Seekers
Sailors assigned to the command and control ship USS Mount Whitney salute while manning the rails as the ship gets underway from Gaeta, Italy. (U.S. Navy)
Question: I ve planned my retirement for a few months from now, but I am really considering holding off looking for work until next year. The pandemic seems to have made the job market worse for veterans. Do you agree?
Answer: Actually, I see three ways the Covid-19 pandemic has helped job seekers and made the career transition process better for transitioning service members:
1. You re required to be more focused.
(U.S. Army National Guard/Sgt. Sebastian Rothwyn)
I recently had the unique opportunity to sit down with Tricia McGrath-Hess, a lead recruiter at Google, to discuss military-to-civilian transition and the job search.
In this Talks at Google, we reviewed the key steps to discovering your job opportunities as you exit the military, positioning yourself for success in your career, and ways to get the attention of recruiters and hiring managers.
We discussed the research veteran job seekers should do prior to an interview, what recruiters like to hear and what frustrates them. Hands down, doing research before an interview is critical. When candidates are ill-informed, unprepared or overly casual, the recruiter can become frustrated or uninterested.
(U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Christian Conrad)
No matter how you feel about Elon Musk, there s no denying he s one of America s most visionary business leaders. He turned the electric car into a product consumers actually wanted to buy and, in the process, turned Tesla into one of the world s most valuable companies.
Musk may not like conventions, but some are universal. One is productivity.
In a 2018 email that leaked to the public, the Tesla CEO outlined six recommendations for his employees to make the best use of their time.
Members of the military will quickly realize their units take few, if any of his recommendations.