Navigating a Big Transition: Military Service Members' Earning and Employment After Active-Duty Service

Abstract

As military service members transition from active-duty status to civilian life, they pursue education and employment in the civilian sector. The transition presents challenges, including finding job openings, translating skills from service into civilian work, and adjusting to a new labor force environment. Any difficulty in finding employment will have important consequences for the individuals as well as the military. At the individual level, spells of unemployment or underemployment hurt financial resources and job trajectories for the future. At the institutional level, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the military services must bear the costs of Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX). In addition, perceptions of difficulty in making this transition might affect future recruits' interest in serving.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1152802

Entities

People

  • Charles A. Goldman
  • Drew M. Anderson
  • Jeremy Boback
  • Robert Bozick

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Color Coding
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligence Analysts
  • Job Training
  • Labor Markets
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Education
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

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