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Hiring Heros

SOLDIER ATTRIBUTES
Proven Leadership
Mission Focus
Team Player
Work Ethic
Training and Education
Immediate Contributor
Back Ground Checks and Security Clearances

Proven Leadership
Veterans were put into leadership roles at early stages of their time in the service.
The real world, front line and often battle proven leadership developed in the
military is well beyond that of a similar person in a civilian job.

Team Players
From the early stages initial training, all members of the military are used to
working in a team environment. Some teams are small, others very large, but all
members of the team know that their individual efforts are to support the team
in reaching the larger objective.

Work Ethic
The work ethic of veterans is unparalleled due to the need to depend on each other
for their lives. Every military person knows that their life and success depends on
their team mates. As a result, the work ethic of veterans is vastly stronger than the
normal civilian work ethic. People who have served in the military are used to
working long hours in non-traditional environments.

Construction
Foreign Area Specialists Welders HVAC
Journalists
Pilots
Food Service
Postal Operations
Public Relations
Contracting/Purchasing
Construction
Air Traffic Controllers
Plumbers
Satellite
The military has over 7,000 job positions across
more than 100+ functional areas and 81% of
these jobs have a direct civilian equivalent.
Nurses
Intelligence
Marine Specialties
Doctors
Lawyers
Engineers
Finance/Accounting
Police/Security
Material Handling
Telecommunications
Supply Chain/Logistics
Mechanics
Machinists
Medical
Specialties
Transportation
Human
Resources/Training/Recr
uiting
IT/Computer
Media/Graphic Arts

Just serving in the military, veterans gain skills
that are transferable:
‣ Project management
‣ Personnel management
‣ Training/instruction
‣ Counseling
‣ Operations
‣ Interpersonal communication
‣ Leadership
‣ Problem solving / decision making /trouble shooting
‣ Process improvement
‣ Requirements gathering

How to translate military rank and job codes:
I’m a 09W in an
aviation National
Guard unit. I just
finished my B.S. in
Aviation Maintenance
Management.
I’m a sergeant. I was a
68T. I ETSed two
months ago and am
looking for a job were I
can build on the skills I
learned in the Army.

Tools to help you translate
‣ O*Net Online can help you decipher these resumes and cross-reference your hiring needs with
military skills
‣ Can search by Military Occupational Code (i.e., 68T)
‣ Can also search by military job title (i.e., “Animal Care Specialist”)
‣ Can crosswalk military occupations to civilian equivalent
http://online.onetcenter.org/crosswalk/

Military Grades and Rank
‣ Grade structure is common across the services
‣ Rank equivalent to those grades may differ from service to service
‣ A Navy Captain is an O-6; however, a captain in the Army is an O-3
Service Rank Grade
Army Major O-4
Navy
Lieutenant
Commander
O-4
Air Force Major O-4
Marine Corps Major O-4

Military Grades and Rank
Letter will be O, W, or E Numbers will be 1 - 10
O = Officer
W = Warrant Officer
E = Enlisted
+
1 = most junior
10 = most senior
‣ The Navy is again the exception their enlisted rank is their skill identifier and then
their grade which is the opposite:
Example: CS1 – Culinary Specialist Petty Officer 1 st Class (E-6) – the highest enlisted
rank before Chief Petty Officer which is an E-7.

Military Grades and Rank
Category Grade Range General Characteristics
Has between 1 to 4 years experience (O-1 and O-2)
up to 9 years (O-3)
Junior Officer
O1 - O3
Leading organization of 40-120 employees
Mission-focused; provides prioritization and
direction to the senior-level enlisted members for
execution
Responsibility = to department head positions in
civilian organizations
Mid-Grade
Enlisted
E4 - E6
Has typically 3 to 15 years of experience
E-5 serves as first-line supervisor (3 to 6
employees); oversees and directs day-to-day tasks
of junior enlisted; E-6 typically supervises 1 or
more E-5’s
Responsible for individual training and the
development, maintenance, and utilization for
junior enlisted member’s potential

Determining Service
Why is a DD-214 important?
The Report of Separation contains information normally needed to verify
military service for benefits, retirement, employment, and membership in
veterans’ organizations. Information shown on the Report of Separation
may include the service member’s:
• Date and place of entry into active duty
• Home address at time of entry
• Date and place of release from active duty
• Last duty assignment and rank
• Military job specialty
• Military education
• Decorations, medals, badges, citations, and campaign awards
• Total creditable service
• Total prior active service
• Total prior inactive service
• Foreign service credited
• Separation information (type of separation, character of service,
authority and reason for separation, separation and reenlistment
eligibility codes)