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While you have specific skills connected to your military career, we want to make sure you don't overlook these key military skills:

Your soft skills. Soft skills are often the skills you simply take for granted. You assume everyone has these skills so it's easy to overlook them. Think of skills such as critical thinking, analysis, decision-making, public speaking, writing, honesty, patience, and being personable. These and many more soft skills can go a long way in helping you secure a civilian job. When writing your resume, cover letter, and preparing for job interviews, take stock of your soft skills.

Your communication skills. Maybe your military job required you to distill complicated information quickly and easily. Or you were expected to create lengthy reports detailing equipment requirements and resources. Or perhaps your military career had you traveling the world talking with other military and civilian leaders. In other words, you have finally honed and professional communication skills that are a huge asset to any corporate employer. As well, don't overlook your ability to comfortably communicate with people of different ranks and skill sets - this is a highly transferable skill when navigating the office, board room, or company Christmas party.



Your ability to be flexible. If there's one thing you've learned, it's that you've got to be ready for anything. This emphasis on being flexible has taught you how to think quickly, to respond and react, and to overcome barriers. Think of how in a civilian environment you can use this core skill to thrive when deadlines are tightened, someone calls in sick, or when you're asked to go above-and-beyond your normal professional role.Your leadership and teamwork skills. You cannot learn leadership and teamwork skills in the classroom. These critical skills only come with on-the-job experience. When preparing for your job interview, think of times when you've had to be a leader and instances where teamwork helped you accomplish a task.

Your organization and management skills. It's impossible to thrive in any career without some degree of organizational skills. Think about your early days in the military and how you learned to stay on schedule and to thrive in a new environment. Now think about later on in your military career where you were involved with budgeting, managing other people, or acting as a leader. You know how to organize and manage not only yourself, but others.

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Your technical skills. Depending on the nature of your military career, you might have very advanced technical skills. The good news is that technical aptitude and skills are in very high demand in corporate America. When researching career opportunities think about your range of technical skills and how these can transfer to the civilian workforce - construction management, software development, electrical planning, medical expertise, etc.


Are you a homeless veteran, or do you know a homeless veteran who needs to get back lon track! CertificationPoint provides help for homeless veterans to re-integrate into the workforce successfully!

Following review, and successful registration, veteran-based data gathering will take place. Early in the processes following inital intake veterans will be interviewed and be asked to complete assessments. These assessments are meant to gain insights on potential roles. Within the interview process we will gain insight on the veteran's needs and work related desires in order to map out a plan of success. Veterans will be able to obtain initial exposure in their chosen are via work experience builders with prospective companies. Between the veteran and businesses will sit a mentor to assist in guiding the project along. Initially veternas will work on two smaller projects to determine appropriate job roles for the an initial 'paid' project. Once roles are determined, the project will flow into a managed project-based workflow.

The Project Management workflow captures all correspondence and knowledge gained with respect to the normal project management phases. Within this workflow veteran hours worked will be captured. Once project is completed peer-to-peer, veteran-to-business, business-to-student feedback is provided. Veterans earn pay based on their job role in these intial one-off assignments. A collaborative discussion will be initiated and recorded for each session to capture student growth and progression. Once a project is completed student can work on additional one-off projects which interest them with other groups to continue honing thier skills. Number of hours are based on project type, job role, and hours worked (Meet 1-2 days a week). Veterans are afforded the ability to close knowledge gaps with respect to college learning while adding specific experience to their resume prior to full-time employment integration.




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Why Should You Choose 'CP'? (#12) Great Story -> I have a friend on social media that posted his son's landmarks in his journey to a great job post graduation. What was his son's path? great high school grades -> unique career-related opportunities in high school -> scholarship to college -> volunteering -> great grades in college -> career related internships -> certification exams -> college graduation w/honors -> Fortune 500 company job offer. Do you know what wasn't provided?...the research done at each checkpoint to obtain those opportunities, what hurdles were endure to obtain the oportunities gained, and the help received from mentors along the way. CertificationPoint helps streamline this kind of journey and also provides great situational awareness for you at each phase. Helping you navigate the career readiness landscape successfully is the reason for CertificationPoint!




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A: Management and leadership training
Professional certifications
Technical skills training
Teamwork and interpersonal skills training
Employer-subsidized degrees


A: Career development is the progression of short-term steps taken to achieve long-term professional goals. It involves the building of role-specific skill sets, and can include taking night classes, networking, seeking out a mentor and taking on new responsibilities in your current job.

A: organization development, employee development, management development, and career development.

A: Career development is the lifelong process of learning new skills, finding purpose in your work, and advancing along your career path. Career development is different from the development of specific skills, though it often includes this.

A: 1) Time management.
2) Organization.
3) Interpersonal communication
4) Customer service
5) Cooperation
6) Conflict resolution
7) Listening
8) Written communication


A: There are four essential things every professional should look for, in any industry, to find a dream job of their own: the people, the purpose, the product, and the potential..

A: Professional development goals are objectives you can set for yourself to help further your career. These might include taking steps to learn relevant skills, expand your professional network, or find more satisfaction at work.

A: Shift into a new career path
Experience career stability
Advance to a leadership position
Work towards personal development
Earn a certification
Earn a new degree
Earn a promotion


A: Flexibility
Communication skills
Conflict Resolution
Tactfulness
Work ethic
Leadership Skills
Organizational Skills
Creativity Skills
Stress Management


A: The key to career development is building your skills and setting goals for improvement. In general, you should focus on three types of skill areas: functional, self-management and special knowledge skills. In this post, we'll explore why these skills are so important and reveal how they can benefit your career.