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If you are interested please send your resume to Bianca Nafpliotis, Career Corps Volunteer Program Coordinator at bianca@corporateamericasupportsyou.org.
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Step 3: Make that Plan – What will you do to achieve your short-term and long-term missions?
A quick ETS will require a source of income for the short-term while you meet the civilian requirements for the job you want in the long term. This brings us to the moment when you will need to decide what kind of jobs to apply for in the short-term.
The easiest way to do this is to identify and obtain a position aligned with your MOS, or a job that allows you to use your transferable skills and earn the paycheck that will sustain you in the short term. (You may be one of the lucky ones who wants to and can do the same job you did in the military, which can make for a relatively seamless transition.)
Once you have made your short-term career path plan, then you can think about your long-term career goals. It will be far easier to set your long-term plans in motion while your essential needs are being met by your short-term job solution.
Step 4: Implement the Short-Term Plan (and don’t forget your long-term goals).
Once you’ve narrowed down your job description profile, target your job search tools and apply to opportunities aligned with your “right now” job. Then, focus on working through the steps you need to obtain your long-term goal.
Implementing this quick (and dirty) transition plan requires that you simultaneously focus on two realities: your short term needs and your long term goals. Take the initial steps to achieve both plans, prioritizing what needs to occur immediately while planning for the future.
Although you've committed to a short-term plan, remember Will Rogers advice: “The road to
success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” Make sure to check in on your long-term goals to ensure you're still moving forward instead of staying in park.
In the end, you’ve succeeded at harder missions.
Ideally, everyone would be able to ETS with a plan that's been years in the making to ensure an easy transition and a dream job. Despite this fact, you can ETS quickly and still be successful. The only thing stopping you is accepting the challenge for what it is, researching your goals and needs, and implementing the plan you’ve got. From that moment forward, remember Patton’s advice: “Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.”