Identifying Skills for Civilian Careers

As veterans, many of us struggle with translating our military skills into civilian roles. Have you tried any specific tools or resources to help identify your transferable skills? I recently came across a career assessment that helped me see how my leadership experience aligns with project management roles. Would love to hear what’s worked for you.

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Totally get that struggle. I’ve found that creating a personal skills inventory helped me map my military experience to job descriptions more clearly, especially around how my own leadership aligns with project management roles. Did you find any specific assessments particularly useful?

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But i’ve been using the My Skills My Future tool lately, and it really helped me connect my military experience with civilian job titles. It’s a bit tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it, you can see those overlaps in skills more clearly. Have you tried any similar assessments like that?

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