Orion Career Advice for Job Seekers

If you are transitioning out of the military or considering a new career, we will be holding a Virtual Hiring Conference on October 28-29. This event will feature industry leading companies conducting virtual interviews for positions throughout the West Coast region and major metro areas in Texas.

With over 500 million users worldwide, LinkedIn is the most powerful social network for building your personal brand, growing your network, and finding your next career. In fact, a study found that 122 million people received an interview through LinkedIn, with 35.5 million having been hired by a person they connected with on the site.

When you are transitioning from the military, it is important to come up with a plan for your finances. When you’re financially ready to transition, you’ll have more freedom to explore different employment choices and won’t feel pressured to take the first job that you are offered.

The pandemic has arguably changed the landscape of the hiring process, most notably in the interview stage. Videoconferencing has evolved from a “nice to have” tool to now being the only means of communication between job seekers and employers.

Transitioning from the military can be overwhelming, daunting, and hard to know where to start. Add to that the current global health crisis, and it is especially difficult to navigate a military to civilian transition.

So you decided to end your career in the military and begin your new journey transitioning all the skills you learned and using them in the civilian world. You may be asking yourself what to do next and where to start now that you are leaving the military. What do you want to do? What industry do you want to work for? These are some of the right questions to ask yourself while seeking help to figure out which industry is best for you. The data center industry has been seeing a staffing shortage and needs the help of veterans and service members like you to help close it.

The National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) is the voice in the nation’s capital for the waste and recycling industry, an industry that accounts for over 1 million jobs and generates a quarter of a trillion dollars in the U.S. economy.

Orion has recently partnered with Trane Technologies, a global climate innovator, to provide rewarding careers for veterans and transitioning service members. Trane Technologies was formed in 2020, after the company completed a spin-off of its Industrial business which was subsequently combined with Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. Prior to the Industrial business spin-off, the company was known as Ingersoll Rand.

Orion is the nation's largest military career placement firm. We find civilian careers for Air Force Prime Power Specialists as well as veteran Air Force Technicians who have already transitioned but are seeking a career change.

An Orion virtual interview is your chance to interview with hiring managers for positions across the U.S. that are a match with your background, skills, and preferences. In addition to meeting social distancing guidelines, virtual interviews are becoming a preferred method of interview due to ease of scheduling and budget friendliness for job seekers and employers.

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