Success After Service: How to Take Control of Your Job Search and Career After Military Duty

by Lida Citro n

Overview

WINNER: Independent Press Awards 2021 - Career

Figuring out your next move after transitioning out of the military should start before your last day. Prepare yourself emotionally and professionally to put those hard-earned skills in context of the civilian world.

The transition from military to civilian life is more than just a title change; it is a whole new life experience with the sense of excitement and possibility that accompany a transition. Whether you're preparing to retire or separate, Success After Service is written to help all veterans succeed in the civilian workplace.

Success After Service provides the tools, resources and strategies to help you adapt to the civilian workplace and evaluate post-military career options. Whether you become an entrepreneur, move into the corporate world or pursue higher education, you will learn how to develop a portfolio of career assets, including your résumé, elevator pitch, online profiles, interview acumen and professional network, empowering you to begin your new career with confidence and clarity. Success After Service is the perfect guide for transitioning military and veterans who seek a coherent set of strategies, resources and steps for building a meaningful, deliberate and rewarding post-military career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789665932
Publisher:	Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date:	10/27/2020
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.63(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Lida Citroën specializes in personal branding and reputation management online and in-person for a target audience, and is based in Englewood, CO. She volunteers to help transitioning military service members build their civilian careers by teaching personal branding and online reputation management in the TAP program at the United States Air Force Academy. She also consults with private Fortune 100 companies who are looking to hire and increase the number of veteran employees. She is the author of two veteran-focused books: Your Next Mission (2014) and Engaging with Veteran Talent (2017).

Table of Contents

** Chapter - 00: Introduction; ** Chapter - 01: Fundamentals of Career Readiness; ** Chapter - 02: What to Do Before You Separate/Retire; ** Chapter - 03: Evaluating the Path Forward – Employment, Education, or Entrepreneurship; ** Chapter - 04: Building Your Personal Brand; ** Chapter - 05: Career-Ready Tools to Gather – Resume and Cover Letter; ** Chapter - 06: Getting Yourself Out There – Crafting Your Narrative and Networking in Person; ** Chapter - 07: Getting Yourself Out There – Networking Online; ** Chapter - 08: Finding Mentors, Apprenticeships, and Internships; ** Chapter - 09: Researching, Applying, and Interviewing for a Job; ** Chapter - 10: Choosing and Beginning Your Career, Education, and Business Venture; ** Chapter - 11: Growing Your Career in the First Three Years; ** Chapter - 12: Growing Your Career and Knowing When to Move On

Editorial Reviews

"This is a must-read for any transitioning servicemember as well as for any ally of the veteran community that wants to understand the many challenges veterans face as they enter corporate America."

Rob Barea

"The most comprehensive and effective resource for those separating from the military and veterans diving into the civilian job market for the first time."

Sarah Blansett

"If you are wondering if you've thought everything through as you transition from military service to the civilian world, then start with this book and wonder no more."

Jared Lyon

"Lida has captured the civilian model of task and purpose in a quintessential toolkit that will resonate with all ranks as they navigate the rough seas of transition."

James Rodriguez

"Every transitioning service member should add these strategies to their toolkit. After getting off active duty, it took me eight years and four jobs before I was able to find a career path. This book would have helped me find my direction much earlier in my civilian career. Higher education is much more than earning a degree. For a veteran, it is an opportunity to practice skills needed to be a successful civilian. The strategies presented by Lida provide a practical pathway to examine and guide your personal transition. The change from military service to veteran can be difficult. Lida provides a practical pathway to examine and guide your transition in order to help you eliminate or more easily overcome challenges."

Mr. Jamie Richards

"Lida Citroën has done it again! Success After Service is a must-read for anyone transitioning from a military to a civilian career. Packed with expert advice, unbeatable tools, and exercises that will develop your "career search" muscles and enable you to flex those muscles in your new role. Lida provides everything you'll need to create and execute your personal plan for success."

Moraq Barrett

"Success After Service should be in the hands of every transitioning servicemember! Lida Citroën offers a comprehensive guide to military transition fundamentals and advanced strategies to live your best post-service life!"

Cory Boatwright

"Lida has provided an essential guidebook for those making the transition from the military. She has compiled an invaluable resource that poses all the right questions, provides valuable exercises, offers very practical advice and includes insights from those who successfully navigated their own transition. Success After Service should be the go-to guide for those taking off their military uniform and looking for their next mission post service. I have long believed that given the incomparable training and experience of those who have served our country, if we share with them the rules of the post-service game, they will undoubtedly out play the rest of us every time. Lida just gave them the rule book."

Maureen Casey

"Lida Citroën has quickly become the go-to authority for personal branding and career transition. Her book is a must-read for anyone transitioning from military to civilian life. She is incredibly skilled at taking a normally complex time of life and breaking it down into chunks that are navigable and easy to win."

Myron Pincomb

"Transitioning from the military into the civilian world is often challenging for our service members, but in times of economic uncertainty, the transition is considerably more difficult and requires a greater number of resources. Lida Citroën's book is more important today than ever before."

Sidney E. Goodfriend

"Lida Citroën has done it again! Success After Service is a must-read for anyone transitioning from a military to a civilian career. Packed with expert advice, unbeatable tools, and exercises that will develop your "career search" muscles and enable you to flex those muscles in your new role. Lida provides everything you'll need to create and execute your personal plan for success."

Morag Barrett

"Ask any veteran and they'll tell you that they wish they'd had a single transition resource which pulled together a clear and empowering step-by-step roadmap to a rewarding post-military life. Now there is! Success After Service is packed with cases studies, examples and stories from various veteran experiences, and offers practical, inspiring and realistic systems and tools the reader can use to build and grow a successful career after the military. As a veteran myself, I wish I had this resource available to me during my transition. It would have made my life a lot easier!"

Mike Figliuolo

"In Success After Service, Lida makes it her personal mission to ensure that transitioning military personnel are well equipped with the tools, resources and mindset required for the leap from military to civilian life. Even better, as you transition, this book provides guidance on the steps and considerations necessary to becoming a valuable resource whether you decide to become an entrepreneur, student or employee."

Ron Burke