This book does not contain a magic formula that will guarantee you a new career or even a new job. It is a self-help book, or in military parlance, a Field Guide, to help you chart a path to a second career, or failing that to find your first job after leaving the military so you can learn how to be a civilian and then build a new career. The bottom line is that what you read here requires a lot of focus, work, and self-study for you to compete successfully for a meaningful positon in the private sector that is a good fit for your skills, knowledge, temperament, and ability. There are many...

This book does not contain a magic formula that will guarantee you a new career or even a new job. It is a self-help book, or in military parlance, a Field Guide, to help you chart a path to a second career, or failing that to find your first job after leaving the military so you can learn how to be a civilian and then build a new career. The bottom line is that what you read here requires a lot of focus, work, and self-study for you to compete successfully for a meaningful positon in the private sector that is a good fit for your skills, knowledge, temperament, and ability. There are many...