Translate Your Military Experience

Translate Your Military Experience

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

I have a lot of veterans that reach out to me on LinkedIn, rather through other channels, and they’re extremely frustrated with the interview process as it’s going. If you want to narrow it down, they’re frustrated with the other person sitting on the other side of the interview table, who knows nothing about the military. Guess what, you’re gonna run into that. In fact, there’s a 99% probability that the person interviewing you never served in the military, and if they do have any perceptions about the military. Guess where they come from? Hollywood movies. Let’s be honest the movies don’t really paint veterans in a great light.

…Remember…that hiring manager wants to say yes…They want you to be the person, and you just have to convince them to make that final decision to say yes.

Ultimately, you need to step into this interview with a positive mindset that your job is to translate your experience without going too military. Your experience and how it brings value in how what you learned in the military and those principles can equate to success for that company.

It’s your job, not theirs. Once you make that mental paradigm shift, there’s a likelihood that that outcome, that interview will go a lot better.

One last thing, remember the person on the other side of the table, that hiring manager, wants to say yes. That person doesn’t want to have to interview 20 people to find the right person for that role. They want you to be the person, and you just have to convince them to make that final decision to say yes.

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