Military-To-Civilian Career Transition 2nd Ed: The Essential Job Search Handbook for Service Members (Military-To-Civilian Career Transition Guide)

About the Author Janet Farley is a highly experienced outplacement career specialist in the job search assistance field. She has been a military transition counselor and a career manager with the Army Career and Alumni Program at various locations throughout the world.

"Not such a great guide" according to Neil Bacon. This is an OK overview for Soldiers who have not thought about retiring, but lacks the specifics that they really need. The most glaring error is not mentioning the most valuable item military members take with them and that's a security clearance. As I look for a job, the first question I am always asked is what clearance I hold. Upon telling them, they say they have a job for me, they just need to find which one. The number of jobs available requiring a clearance excee. Inside scoop Terri Barnes This book is well researched and written by an author with personal experience in her subject. This is invaluable, because Janet Farley speaks to her readers about the military-to-civilian transition as one who has been there. She has years of experience in the military community, both as a military family member and as a civilian employee in a military setting. A familiarity and affinity for military life comes across in the tone of her writing, which is encouraging as . David DeBolin said Informative!. Very informative book to help prepare for transition into the civilian world. It's worth a read even if you are just starting to think about getting out.

This book provides a framework for career transition for military service members and their families. While other books similar in scope address just one or two aspects of the job search process, this one addresses the actual entire transition process and includes the family perspective with it.

. Janet Farley is a highly experienced outplacement career specialist in the job search assistance field. She has been a military transition counselor and a career manager with the Army Career and Alumni Program at various locations throughout the world