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Explore civilian career directions, translate your experience, and make a practical transition plan. Start with the tool you need today.

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01 / STARTER KIT

Make a plan.

Three printable PDF guides for your next chapter.

02 / CAREER TRANSLATOR

Find possibilities.

Explore civilian roles connected to your experience.

03 / RESUME GUIDE

Tell your story.

Translate service into clear, relevant examples.

The starter kit

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Civilian Transition
30 Day Workbook

A realistic first-month plan for work, routine, paperwork, and staying connected.

Download the workbook ↓PAID PDF / 27 PAGES

Transition Playbook

One downloadable PDF, 27 pages. One-time purchase. A working playbook for getting your first civilian job.

Get the Transition Playbook, $35PDF / 5 PAGES

Veteran Resources
Field Guide

Free, no signup. Five pages of official places to start: jobs, benefits, education, health care, records, and free claims help.

Download the Field Guide (PDF, 5 pages)

If you need help right now, call 988 and press 1, or text 838255.

The Translator

Find your civilian career path

Type your MOS, rate, or military job title. We'll translate your experience into civilian career equivalents, the skills that carry over, salary ranges, and potential certification pathways.

Use these role examples as a starting point, not a guarantee of a job, salary, or qualification. Pay and licensing requirements vary by employer, location, and date; verify them before applying.

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Resume Guide

The veteran resume: translate, don't transcribe

A civilian hiring manager has six seconds and zero military background. Your job isn't to list what you did. It's to translate it into outcomes they recognize and value. Here's the standard we coach.

01

Lead With the Civilian Title

Open each role with the closest civilian equivalent, then your real billet in parentheses. "Operations Manager (Platoon Sergeant)" tells the reader exactly how to slot you in one line.

02

Quantify Everything

Numbers are the universal language. Led how many people? Managed what budget or equipment value? Cut time or error by what percent? Hard figures beat adjectives every time.

03

Kill the Acronyms

If a civilian wouldn't know it, translate or cut it. "NCOIC of a 40-person section" becomes "Supervised a 40-person department." Save the jargon for the interview, if ever.

Before: Transcribed

"11B Infantry Team Leader. Conducted dismounted patrols and led fire team in tactical operations. NCOIC of weapons maintenance. MOS-qualified, completed the Basic Leader Course (BLC)."

After: Translated

"Led a four-person team through [count you can verify] missions; accountable for the team's assigned equipment, inventoried weekly."

✓ Keep it to one or two pages. Federal resumes on USAJOBS are capped at two pages (since Sept. 27, 2025). Ruthless editing wins.
✓ Start every bullet with an action verb: Led, Built, Cut, Drove, Owned.
✓ Mirror the job posting's language. Match their words to beat the filters.
✓ Lead with leadership. It's the asset civilians most want and least have.
The Library

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Leadership Best Practices Self-Check

Free, no signup. Rate yourself on 15 leadership practices, find your two lowest, and get the one action step to run this week.

Download the Self-Check (PDF, 2 pages)
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Transition Coaching

One-on-one guidance to build your roadmap, translate your value, and get interview-ready.

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