Military experience has provided Veterans with training and work experience valued by many employers. The following is a list of some of the opportunities and strengths that many Veterans have acquired:

Client and Service-Oriented:
Many military personnel are in the service industry. Their jobs are to facilitate, explain and expedite their patrons and client’s needs, wants and actions, such as administrative, medical, dental, postal, financial and recreational.

Educated:
All military soldiers have at least a G.E.D. and the majority of them have high school diplomas. Many have attended college to further their education.

Work Habits:
People in the military stay and finish their projects and are known and are recognized for completing their missions in a timely fashion and in an effective, efficient manner. These work habits are a definite result of social maturity, integrity, determination and self-confidence that they have learned, earned and experienced in their military service. Their military background has instilled pride, enthusiasm and perseverance for their work. This constitutes their eligibility and recognition for promotion.

Flexibility and Adaptability:
All individuals in the service have learned to be flexible and adaptable to meet the constantly changing needs of any situation. Last minute changes are not uncommon in any military or civilian working environment.

Standards of Quality and Commitment to Excellence:
Service personnel are continually striving to attain and surpass their standards of quality for themselves and their units. These standards of quality are meeting their unit's mission, training standards, physical requirements and educational goals. There is a commitment to excellence in all of these fields.

Leadership Training:
The military trains people to accept and discharge responsibility for other people, for activities, for resources, and for one's own behavior. This training includes setting an example, giving carefully considered directions, inspiring leadership capabilities in others, and continually motivating other personnel in the group.

Ability to Work as a Team Member and as a Team Leader:
Essential to the military experience is the ability to work as a member of a team. Almost all military activity is performed with the assistance, coordination and awareness of other persons or other units. Many military personnel serve as team leaders where they have analyzed situations and options, made appropriate decisions, given directions, followed through with a viable plan, and accepted responsibility for the outcome.

Ability to Get Along with and Work with All Types of People:
Military service attracts all types of Americans regardless of race, gender, economic status, age, religion, attitude, intelligence, or physical conditions. In the Service, military personnel have worked for and with people of all types of backgrounds, attitudes and characteristics. This experience has prepared service members and their families to work with all types of people on a continuing basis.

Ability to Work Under Pressure and to Meet Deadlines:
One definite characteristic of the military service is that service members must perform. They must do their job, do it right the first time and do it in a timely manner. They are continuously setting priorities, meeting schedules and accomplishing their missions.

Security Clearances:
Many military personnel have achieved some level of security clearance. For many employers, an existing clearance will simplify the process of requiring a new continuing civilian clearance.

Systematic Planning and Organization:
Most military operations require thorough planning and workload management. Carefully considered objectives, strengths and limitations of other people, resources, time schedules, supplies, logistics, and various other factors are always considered. The ability to participate, direct or establish systematic planning is highly valued.