What are the most common post military careers?

Question

I am putting together a database of companies for a non-profit organization that aids veterans. I would like to know what types of jobs people in the military are commonly entering, both tempory or permant. I have searched online, and all I found were government aid sites that helped veterans get jobs.

P.S. I want the jobs they are actually more likely to take. Please, no assumptions, stereotypes, or other ideas that may or may or may not be true. I need facts.

If there has been a study done on this - that would be perfect.

Thank you for your time.

By common I meant whatever jobs have a higher percent of veterans than other jobs, be it 12%, 50%, or 9%. If 80% are entering random jobs, then I am interested in the 20% that are not.

Answer 1

alot of prior military are pilots. either for big airlines or sight seeing tours. They also are in mechanics. alot of computer operators. medical field. engineering. bookeeping. Just a few offf the top of my head
Good Luck

Answer 2

There is no "typical" post-military career. It depends upon what the person did on active duty, as well as other training and education and personal desires.

I spent 21+ years on AD in the Air Force. About half the time was in aviation maintenance and the other half was in airport management. My post-military career has been exclusively in IT where my primary interests lie.

I had picked up IT skills on active duty as additional duties that are not reflected in my job history or the AFSCs that I held. I built a civilian resume that focused on those IT skills as well as general management skills that I had acquired along the way and had job offers coming in months before I retired.

Virtually ANY job is a likely candidate for a retiring or separating GI. Trying to identify the "jobs they are actually more likely to take" is stereotyping in and of itself.

I have a freind who is a retired Army Infantry officer. He teaches math to middle school kids. That's his passion even though there's nothing in his military resume that would indicate that that would be a job that someone in his situation might take, other than his college degree in mechanical engineering.

Answer 3

It greatly depends on what you did in the military and if you liked your military job. My husband retired as a Navy AS and is now doing basically the same thing for the government (he supervises construction equipment repair). I was a Navy AO (ordnance) and now I'm in massage therapy school!

Answer 4

I was in the military and became a Secuirity Supervisor so I would say security and law enforcement would be two related areas.