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“Transition isn't an event. Transitioning out of the military is not a day or a week of ceremonies and dinners and cocktail parties. It's a process. And for some people, that process takes years. For some it is a couple of months, but …
“I think that if you have a military background, you can go do anything. It doesn't matter where you currently are at. The next step is all that matters. You have to just continue going there. And don't ever be afraid. Don't ever let somethi…
“You could have a bad day or you could have a bad week. You could have a bad month….But you know what, eventually you understand why you're going through it. And you just have to do it…there's always gonna be light at the end o…
“Don't be scared. Because you never know what could happen. You know, life can hit you hard, but there's always a way out.” Jen-Liz Maldonado is an Air Force Veteran who had planned to serve for 20 years in the military, but had to …
“If it's just five minutes a day, I'm gonna do something creative. I have to do this. It’s just the way I'm built. And I feel that it just creates a great balance in my head and great life balance.” Air Force Veteran, Cody Van…
“The diversity of individuals that I met in the military is something that I will be forever grateful for. I met people from all walks of life…Everyone was there for a different reason. But it didn't matter, like what your background …
“But there are a lot of positions that we've got, whether they be in operations or project management. Where you can take a lot of what you've done in the military, and bring it right to the table…Uber recognizes that value.” …
“Everyone can learn these skills, there's not a lot of competition in front of you. This is a very, very fertile ground. So if people want to get out of the military, they've been around RPAs, they've been around flying a drone in…a b…
“And you're not always going to know what it is that you're going to be doing in, you know, one month from now, two months from now, because you don't know what's going to happen. Investing in yourself is very, very important. And one of the…
“We have a requirement in this company right now. And I think our placement rate is 80%. So we work really hard for that transition. We don't want to just give training…My job is not to get the best job, it's to get the veteran starte…
“I would encourage anyone listening, if you're transitioning or going to transition out at some point, you have to build a background that potential employers can mine for information of what you've done, that they can understand. And if you…
“Transitioning process is like drinking out of a fire hose. You don't fill up a bucket with a fire hose. You need to have droplets of information, to fill it up. And I feel like it was one of those things that I am definitely an advocate for…
“That's the cool thing about NPower, right. They help you get a job on top of giving you this free certification. They teach you how to write a resume, they teach you how to dress for a resume, they give you your interview skills, they give …
“And so that's the biggest hurdle, being proactive. The military is not going to be there, when you get out…Your last day, when you sign out, like that's it. They don't care about you anymore. You're just going to head out the base, o…
“But you know, at that time, I was a very broken damaged kid, right. So it was understanding what I am and how I can improve it…I didn't want to live my life, blaming others for my misfortunes.” Although Naval Officer, Jai Sa…
“And for anybody who's ever deployed overseas, whether or not you're boots on ground or you're on a vessel, you're doing some pretty awesome stuff. So I just kind of thought to myself, ‘Man, this is probably my last time where I'm goin…