From Air Force blue to corporate gray: a career transition guide for Air Force personnel

669 Pages·1996·2.47 MB·English

by  Carl S. Savino

From Air Force Blue to Corporate Gray
Military career transition books by Carl S. Savino and Ronald L.
Krannich:
From Air Force Blue to Corporate Gray: A Career Transition Guide
for Air Force Personnel
From Army Green to Corporate Gray: A Career Transition Guide for
Army Personnel
From Navy Blue to Corporate Gray: A Career Transition Guide For
Navy,
Marine Corps, and Coast Guide Personnel
Resumes and Cover Letters for Transitioning Military Personnel
From Air Force Blue to Corporate Gray : A
title: Career Transition Guide for Air Force
Personnel
author: Savino, Carl S.; Krannich, Ronald L.
publisher: Impact Publications
isbn10 | asin: 1570230390
print isbn13: 9781570230394
ebook isbn13: 9780585223544
language: English
Career changes--United States, Retired
military personnel--Employment--United
subject
States, Veterans--Employment--United
States, Job hunting--United States.
publication date: 1996
lcc: HF5384.S278 1996eb
ddc: 650.14
Career changes--United States, Retired
military personnel--Employment--United
subject:
States, Veterans--Employment--United
States, Job hunting--United States.
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From Air Force Blue to Corporate Gray
A Career Transition Guide for Air Force Personnel
Carl S. Savino, Major, USAR
Ronald L. Krannich, Ph.D.
IMPACT PUBLICATIONS
Manassas Park, VA
FROM AIR FORCE BLUE TO CORPORATE GRAY
A Career Transition Guide for Air Force Personnel
Copyright © 1996 by Ronald L. Krannich and Carl S. Savino
Cover design by Suzanne Noli
Cover photography © Hans Halberstadt/Arms Communications and Mike
Malyszko/FPG International
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may
be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission of the
publisher: IMPACT PUBLICATIONS, 9104-N Manassas Drive, Manassas Park, VA
22111-5211, Tel. [phone].
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Savino, Carl S.
From Air Force blue to corporate gray : a career transition guide for Air
Force personnel / Carl S. Savino, Ronald L. Krannich
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57023-039-0 (alk. paper)
1. Career changesUnited States. 2. Retired military personnel
EmploymentUnited States. 3. VeteransEmploymentUnited States. 4. Job HuntingUnited
States. I. Krannich, Ronald L. II. Title.
HF5384.S278 1996
650.1dc20 95-47270
CIP
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
Chapter 1 1
Welcome to the Rest of Your Life
Question Your Future 2
Life Goes On and On and On 3
Chances and Choices 4
Welcome to the New Job Market 4
Getting Started Right 5
Don't Forget Your Spouse 5
Planning and the Art of Flying Into Your Future 6
Chapter 2 8
Myths, Realities, and Your Job Search
Job Market Myths and Realities 9
Additional Realities 30
Chapter 3 32
Get Organized for New Successes
Planning Your Successful Transition 33
Understand the Career Development Process 34
Organize and Sequence Your Job Search 37
Test Your Job Search Competencies 38
Seek Assistance When Necessary 40
Options 40
Alternative Services 41
Choose the Best 46
When in Doubt, Take Action 47
Page iv
Use Time Wisely 47
Your Time Management Inventory 48
Plan to Take Action. . . And Get Lucky 51
Develop a Timeline 51
Strategies for Success 54
Take Risks and Handle Rejections 57
Join or Form a Support Group 58
Chapter 4 60
Obtain Transition Assistance
Forms and Employment Restrictions 61
Department of Defense Transition Assistance Program 62
Air Force Transition Assistance Program 68
Air Force Transition Sites 70
Other Services and Programs 72
Military Associations 73
Sources 77
Chapter 5 78
Identify Your Skills and Abilities
Military to Civilian Skills 79
Types of Skills 79
Your Strengths 81
Ask the Right Questions 81
Functional/Transferable Skills 82
Types of Transferable Skills 83
Identify Your Skills 84
Checklist Method 85
Skills Map 85
Autobiography of Accomplishments 86
Computerized Assessment Systems 86
Chapter 6 88
Specify Your Interests and Values
Vocational Interests 89
Work Values 92
Computerized Assessment Programs 97
Your Future as Objectives 97
Chapter 7 98
Know Your Motivated Abilities and Skills
What's Your MAS? 98
The Skills Map 99
Autobiography of Accomplishments 100
Motivated Skills Exercise 100
Other Alternatives 106
Benefit from Redundancy 107
Bridging Your Past and Future 107