Essential Nontechnical Skills Service Members Gain During On-the-Job Experience

Abstract

During your military career, you and other veterans and service members gained something many civilians lackextensive experience with not only technical skills but also essential nontechnical skills that employers value and seek out, such as leadership, decision making, persistence, and communication. But communicating these nontechnical skills to potential employers can be challenging because the terminology used in military and civilian workplaces can be so different. This guide identifies many essential nontechnical skills that enlisted members from the Army and Marine Corps combat arms occupations1 attain from their on-the-job experience. Regardless of your military occupation, this knowledge will help you review job postings, enhance your rsum, and put your best foot forward in interviews.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1133791

Entities

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basic Training
  • Cognition
  • Corporations
  • Employment
  • Instructors
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Thinking
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Occupational Health and Safety.