Navy Submariner Enlisted Skills with Nick Mershon - a podcast by Ryan Sweeney

Nick's background and transition story with emphasis on:
- Plan your transition as early as you can
- Have a plan to peak during resume and interview processes 
- Know/Use free veteran resources
- Build your brand and sell yourself
- Share a failure story and how you recovered

Military Accomplishments
- Resiliency and focus on accomplishing the mission (over coming and not accepting no for answer)
- Team Building and holding a team together
- Goal Setting

Skills that translate to the corporate world:
- Lean (Waste reduction)
- Budgeting (Sometime money, but definitely resources and time!)
- Process Improvement
- Quality Control
- Security
- Regulation and Compliance
- Conflict Management
- Communication (Leadership)

Advice and tips:
Military personnel:
- Define your own path
- Conduct informational interviews and learn
- Learn any way possible to acquire new skills: OJT, formal education, certifications, Asking questions, volunteering to attend meetings and be on projects, etc
- Define a growth plan (Short and Long term) for yourself and articulate it so you can get support.
- Develop good questions (Why is position open? What does success look like in 6 months? What is your org structure- how do I fit in and what are growth opportunities?)
- Research the company
- Make your interview about me (and not the team) and what you bring to the new org to solve the need
Corporate leaders:
- Develop a veteran hiring initiative 
- Leverage and empower your current vets
- Make interview questions almost like a case study

References: 
https://viewfromtheskies.weebly.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/herb-thompson-sf2biz/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/quinnmi/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamkieffer/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-marr-00013468/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryansweeney315/
https://anchor.fm/viewfromtheskies/episodes/Herb-Thompson-on-Building-Relationships-and-the-Military-Transition-Transition-Mission-e97hjp
https://anchor.fm/viewfromtheskies/episodes/Bridging-the-Military-Civilian-Cultural-Gap-An-Employers-Perspective-with-Bill-Kieffer-eagv0u
https://vets2industry.com/
https://www.biggerpockets.com
Books:
- The Transition Mission
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad
- The Book on Rental Property Investing

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