Army Military Intelligence Enlisted Analyst Skills from Christopher Caley - a podcast by Ryan Sweeney

Hiring Managers, HR Managers, Talent Acquisition leaders, ever wonder what Army Military Intelligence analyst does and how it could positively impact your organization?
Transition MI soldiers, want to better your resume, your interview skills, your elevator pitch but just cannot figure out how to translate your skills to the corporate environment?  Are you interested in working for a defense contractor (maybe even specifically L3Harris)?
Listen to this podcast to learn the details behind these major skills that an MI analyst bring as well as what is required to have an effective military transition.
- Customer Service- MI soldiers work for customers, whether they are embedded in an infantry unit or part of a larger MI organization gather, analyzing and presenting information.  All of it is in support of the customer, the maneuver units executing the missions.
- Technical Skills (security)- Individuals used to dealing with sensitive information.  Have clearances to properly secure, handle, and manage this information.
-Ability to Prioritize- Analyst are used to getting flooded with data, they are used to sifting through it while managing there time to get the applicable information in a timely matter out to the maneuver units so they can execute on it!
-Relationship Builders- Often, these individuals are embedded and customer focused.  In order to best support the customer, analyst build relationship to learn customers need so they can most effectively support them.
- Communications- Find the most effective way to write and/or present information to the customer.  Since these presentations and written summaries could often mean life or death, they become a master of these skills.
- Data Analytics- used to searching through data to extrapolate the necessary data, analyze its meaning and presenting to solve a problem.
- Know the stakeholders- Analyst be nature are good at analyze the strengths and weaknesses of individuals within the organization and employing them by the most effective means.
- Interview skills- Analyst are used to communicating to high and low levels and can tailor communications accordingly to necessary target audience.
- Hit the ground running- Business world is all about continuous operations, use your unit transition experiences to articulate your adaptability to become an immediate contributor.
- Had Skills- Identify the skills you are strongest at and go after them.  The jack of all trade master of none will not work anymore.
- Sacrifice- Just like in your military career, be willing to sacrifice something (location, money, growth, job satisfaction, whatever).  Military folks are used to this much more than the common civilian and will sacrifice to meet business needs more often than not!

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