Author: CareerRecon

Make Sure to Find a Commonality with Civilians

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Brothers and sisters in arms, Mike Sarrialle from CareerRecon back.

Hey, listen, I run into a lot of veterans out there and they always want to find the differentiations between them and the civilians that they’re interviewing with.

At the end of the day, guys, you need to remember we’re all Americans.  We went over there, so that 99% of the American populace didn’t have to. If everyone went over there, you wouldn’t be so special. Remember that when you come home, and you get out of the military, your job is to start building the same coalition’s you built in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, or other regions in the world. It’s almost like the last form of counterinsurgency, you will ever engage in.

Your job is to win hearts and minds in the interview with the civilian that’s interviewing you for that position. 

Your job is to win hearts and minds in the interview with the civilian, that’s interviewing you for that position.  Not draw differences. Find the commonalities that bring you together.  But once the veterans, start differentiating differentiating themselves from the civilians in a derogatory way or say that all the civilians don’t understand, “all those nasty civilians, they’re undisciplined,” I can tell you, you’re already heading down a bad, bad path.  Find the things that bring us together with our civilian counterparts.

And at the end of the day, when you leave the military, you may have the title veteran, but he’s an American civilian again, just like me.

Alright, guys. Hope that helps. Mike Sarrialle out.

 

 

 

Extreme Ownership in Adversity

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Brothers and Sisters in Arms,

Mike Sarrialle coming for CareerRecon back again. Hey I’ve got a recommended reading tip for you.

This is completely optional disclaimer – I don’t get any money or proceeds from this book whatsoever. It was written by two of my former seal teammates Jocko Willink and Leif Babin and that book is called “Extreme Ownership.” Now the beauty of this book is it actually helps you prepare for the interview, to tell a story.

The way they wrote the book was they tell a war story, a combat story. The underlying principle behind that story.  And then they translate it in your business setting, which is the exact thing that you’re going to have to do in the interview. 

You’re gonna get a question about how have you ever led a team in that adverse or ambiguous environment. And yes, you actually have.  You can talk about how you were a sergeant in the Marine Corps infantry, and you’re in charge of a 12 man squad and explain whatever you did as the leader of that organization. And that’s how you’re going to translate your value to the company.

Alright guys, again, thanks for following through return. We look forward to working with each of you take ownership over your transition and guys before you know it, you’ll find your next opportunity.