Retiring from Army/New Career

[BDBGoalie]

After years of serving in the Army, I have some issues that are causing me to be medically retired. I served as a Psychological Operations Specialist and a Satellite Communications Operator/Maintainer, and although both had some great times and experiences, I'm excited for a new path. On the plus side, I'll be back in Columbus permanently on 20 Mar 2013. The down side is that I now need to find a new career.

I'm planning on heading back to OSU to finish the last year of my International Relations degree in the fall, and heading back into the job market with civilian experience, military experience, and a bachelor's degree.

Since I can't start my classes until fall semester, I'm planning on finding a job to fill the gap. My ideal job would involve working with customers and have a hands on technical component to it. The best match would also be willing to maintain me as a part time employee during the school period, but I realize that is a long shot.

I have experience in customer service, mechanical diagnosis and repair, leadership and management, market research and product design, IT diagnosis and repair, and communication equipment diagnosis and repair (Focus on satellite systems).

If anyone knows of anything that would fit into those categories I'd appreciate hearing about it.

Thanks in advance.

[gen3flygirl]

How much are you looking to get paid?

[BDBGoalie]

How much are you looking to get paid?

I'm open to offers. With my skill set I'd enjoy being able to at least maintain a pay level that is similar to my military pay, but I realize that a pay cut my be required to get back into another industry.

[ohdaho]

Bradley Morris is a recruiting company focused on separating military with a focus on non-defense companies. www.bradley-morris.com

Do you hold tickets at the SCI level? If so, check out www.clearancejobs.com

Have you looked into the defense contractors? Saic, wyle, Raytheon, Northrop, Lockheed, Boeing, etc.?

Best of luck on the outside.

[Cheech]

My best friend got out of the Marines in 2002, I believe his MOS was signals intelligence. He managed to transition that into a nice cozy career in telecom working for a variety of cellular carriers, you might want to look into that for your Satellite experience.

Good luck to you man. I can tell you from a IT perspective hiring has picked up a little around Cbus, if you need some contacts for IT recruiters around the area I'd be happy to help.

[BDBGoalie]

Thanks for all the leads. They are helpful in showing different routes.

My best friend got out of the Marines in 2002, I believe his MOS was signals intelligence. He managed to transition that into a nice cozy career in telecom working for a variety of cellular carriers, you might want to look into that for your Satellite experience.

Good luck to you man. I can tell you from a IT perspective hiring has picked up a little around Cbus, if you need some contacts for IT recruiters around the area I'd be happy to help.

I may take you up on that.

[Tigerpaw]

Thanks for your Service!

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