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Many cleared professionals overlook LinkedIn as a career development and business networking tool, only using the site when they need a job. This presents a challenge when you ultimately do need a network for your job search. Rather than being able to tap a very well-established network, you have to ramp up quickly.

Networking is a key trait of successful professionals. But many think that networking is only for sales people. Networking is crucial to any professional’s personal and career growth. We’re not talking about comparing the number of your “Connections,” but true networking where you have established connections and a relationship with other people.

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May is National Military Appreciation Month. Each day this month we highlight articles to aid transitioning military in their job search and stories to honor our nation’s veterans. Andrew Morton is an Army Lieutenant Colonel retiring August 1, 2012. He is currently set to transition to a prominent full-service PR firm in the Washington metro area.

The top 5 things I knew, things I thought I knew but did not, and things I had no clue about.

1.  Be proactive, but not too proactive. Don’t assume you can interview for a job four months before you are able to potentially start a job. The civilian sector and government sector…

May is National Military Appreciation Month. Each day this month we bring you articles to aid transitioning military in their job search and stories to honor our nation’s veterans.

Every group has its own lingo. Remember when you joined the service and hardly understood what everyone was talking about? Now you need to ‘learn the lingo’ for your target jobs!

An easy first step is to pick out a couple of the words that describe what you want to do in your next job. Examples: data modeler or intelligence analyst or physical security. Use a few words or combine two sets. Then plug the words into a job board, such as ClearedJobs.Net, or…

Figuring out how to manage your LinkedIn connections can be a challenge. To help, LinkedIn has developed ‘Tags’. Tags are simple keywords that you create to organize your connections for quick filtering. It’s the same concept as circles on Google+.

How tags are helpful:

Context

When you view a contact, tags appear in the right-hand column. If you don’t recognize the name, the tag may jog your memory

Grouping

Use tags to filter your connections so you can quickly review only contacts within a certain group, such as Recruiters or Co-workers.

Messaging

You can send a message to a group of individuals – for example sales prospects – without trying…

Don’t assume there are no relevant civilian jobs for your military experience. You just may need to do some homework to figure out where the skills you developed in the military are most transferable in the civilian world.

In this video Patra provides guidance on how you can get started.

Resources:

Military job translators

O*Net Online
Career One Stop Military to Civilian Occupation Translator

Career exploration

Career One Stop Keys to Career Success

My Next Move for Veterans

New tools

Google for Veterans

LinkedIn for Veterans

Career guide to industries

Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Guide to Industries