Transition
Transition Simplified A Defence career offers many strengths, skills and achievements that are relevant and transferable to a civilian workplace. After your initial training, you will have accrued skills such as adaptability, attention to detail, cooperation, cultural sensitivity, professional ethics, reliability, situational awareness, stress management and teamwork (to name a few). After managing a team, you will have also accumulated skills such as coaching, facilitating group discussions, managing a team to meet deadlines, mentoring, personnel management, team building and supervisory/management skills, etc. However, while you’re still serving it is typical to think that your military role equates only to further military work. I know I certainly did after a 20 year Army career. So don’t beat yourself
up if you’re thinking like that. With a broader understanding and a little help, you will be able to see beyond ‘pigeon-holing’ yourself into only similar roles you had in your military career. So we encourage you to take the time to explore career options and seek guidance on aligning your transferable skills to other industries and jobs. When you do this, it opens up many more opportunities and greatly increases your ability to see beyond the uniform more clearly. Consider a new career direction well before you leave Defence. Remember that what you decide to do is not final or absolute. In today’s job market, the average time spent with any one employer is now approximately five years and the younger generations are changing jobs every two years. This means long-term careers are becoming less likely. Statistics show
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that young job seekers who leave school today will change careers (not just jobs) nine times before they retire. Therefore, whatever decision you make today, won’t necessarily lock you in until retirement. Your written application is typically the “first impression” employers see of you. First impressions have a massive impact on your success or failure during this process. A written application includes: CV/Resume | Cover Letter | Selection Criteria/Suitability Statement | LinkedIn profile | Social Media presence Your written application should include more than what’s on your Duty Statement and the list of things you have been responsible for. If this describes your written application – stop and get help now! It should include your demilitarised transferable
