Essential Skills Veterans Gain During Professional Military Training

A Resource for Leaders and Hiring Managers

Chaitra M. Hardison, Michael G. Shanley

ToolPublished Apr 29, 2016

Reference card that identifies many of the potential skills that transitioning service members and veterans have learned in formal, in-residence professional military training programs, created to help better evaluate résumés, conduct interviews, and make informed hiring decisions by increasing awareness of skills veterans have to offer. Derived from research found in What Veterans Bring to Civilian Workplaces by Chaitra M. Hardison, Michael G. Shanley, Anna Rosefsky Saavedra, James C. Crowley, Jonathan P. Wong, and Paul S. Steinberg. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2015.

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Hardison, Chaitra M. and Michael G. Shanley, Essential Skills Veterans Gain During Professional Military Training: A Resource for Leaders and Hiring Managers, RAND Corporation, TL-160/2-2-OSD, 2016. As of September 13, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TL160z2-2.html
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Hardison, Chaitra M. and Michael G. Shanley, Essential Skills Veterans Gain During Professional Military Training: A Resource for Leaders and Hiring Managers. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2016. https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TL160z2-2.html.
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