Career Guidance

Originally Posted by Mick

Originally Posted by TheKid

Thats like what i want to do, i'm going to the votech senior year and tech school or military after highschool

Take the VoTech route. Not many employers fully recognize military training as sufficient. I'm a 12 yr Army vet so don't throw rotten tomatoes.

Thanks, i was actually wanting to ask someone about that because I was wondering if it gave the same experience. Also, thank you for your 12 years of service

Originally Posted by Mick

The problem with military training is that it's specific to military equipment, processes etc. It doesn't give the broad-based training that employers expect. I trained as a diesel mechanic, which should have led to a great high-paying career. With 12 years experience, I couldn't even get an employer to LOOK at an application.

I was in the Air Force and I'm CONSTANTLY being asked why I didn't go work for an airline after I got out. Well first, you need an A&P certificate which the usaf doesn't provide. Second, I worked on a stealth fighter, not many of those in the commercial world, lol. It was a cool job for sure, but not much of that translates into the commercial airlines. While I'm proud of my time in the military and got alot of experience from it, it just didn't help much in getting a job in the outside world. However, there is one great thing about the military that will help your career and that's the G.I. Bill. That way you can get schooling after you get out. Plus I don't know about the other branches but the air force has the Community College of the Air Force which is available to all USAF personnel so you could actually work on getting at least an associate's degree while you're in.