The Effect of 21st Century Military Service on Civilian Labor and Educational Outcomes

Routon, P. Wesley

doi:10.1007/s12122-013-9170-4

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“…This chapter reports on the challenges faced by army veterans in their transitions into civilian employment, largely in the US context. The main challenges that have been highlighted in extant research are based around mental health and substance abuse; skills transferability; negative employer perceptions towards veterans; the lack of preparation for entry into the civilian workforce; the negative military identity (and stereo-typing); the cultural challenge of civilian employment; insufficient educational attainment; physical disability; and job search challenges [29][30][31][32][33][34]. The challenges are not homogenous and require tailored support programs to assist veterans.…”

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“…While some knowledge and skills possessed by military personnel are transferrable to the civilian workplace (for example, administrative, computer and problem-solving skills), an inability to illustrate how these skills are transferrable is one of the primary reasons for veterans' unemployment. In addition, the current population is more educated today than ever before, and this has led to veterans having to face a more competitive marketplace when seeking employment [29].…”

Section: The Challenges Of Transition From Military To Civilian Emplomentioning

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Go Back to the Beginning: Career Development and the Challenges of Transitioning from the Military to Civilian Employment

Bahtic¹,

Prikshat²,

Burgess³

et al. 2020

Career Development and Job Satisfaction

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This chapter examines the transition challenges facing military personnel to moving to civilian employment, a major issue for nations like the USA that have large armed forces. For such personnel, they seek to establish a career after a period of service and often without the credentials required for existing or future job vacancies. This chapter discusses the challenges of career transition from military to civilian employment, largely in the context of the US-based literature. The chapter proceeds to outline the range of obstacles to transition and then considers remedial measures to support transition ranging from pre transition to post transition support programs.

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Section: The Challenges Of Transition From Military To Civilian Emplomentioning

confidence: 99%

Go Back to the Beginning: Career Development and the Challenges of Transitioning from the Military to Civilian Employment

Bahtic¹,

Prikshat²,

Burgess³

et al. 2020

Career Development and Job Satisfaction

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“…This may be important, as the reasons women join may make their experiences fundamentally different than men's experience. Routon (2014) found that veteran women, like minorities, were more likely to go to college than their non-veteran counterparts. Similarly, data from the 2000 U.S. census suggests higher educational attainment among veteran women than non-veteran women, and higher attainment among veteran women than veteran males (Census 2011).…”

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Women at War: Understanding the Impacts of Combat on Women’s Educational Attainment

Armey

2018

Defence and Peace Economics

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This paper offers a first view on the potential economic outcomes for American women serving along-side men in combat roles. Specifically, this paper examines the impact of deployment and exposure to intense combat for women who served in the most high-risk occupations open to them in Iraq and Afghanistan on their subsequent use of GI bill benefits for higher education. It also compares these women to men who served in the same capacities and women who served in lower risk occupations. Women in general, and in these occupations in particular, were more likely than their male counterparts to use the GI bill. Following deployment, this paper presents robust evidence that women in all capacities, and men, were more likely to use their GI bill benefits. Moreover, exposure to intense combat, which was far more likely to impact these women than other women, detracted from their propensity to use the GI bill. This negative impact on pursuit of higher education was similar for both men and women. Taken together, this paper provides evidence that deployment may benefit the young men and women alike who serve in the U.S. military, and that both suffer together when faced with exposure to intense fighting.

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“…As the modern U.S. military is an all-volunteer force, military service serves now, in many ways, as a positive rather than negative screen. Similarly, the highly technical occupational training many military personnel undergo was not available to soldiers of previous eras, and this too may positively distinguish those who have served in the military versus those who have not (Routon, 2014).…”

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The Curious Relationship Between Military Service and Entrepreneurial Intentions in Israel

Polin

Ehrman

2018

Armed Forces & Society

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Our research, based on a sample of 500 veterans currently studying at Israeli colleges and universities, suggests that certain aspects of military service are associated with greater entrepreneurial intentions. Specifically, the desire to engage in entrepreneurship is higher among veterans with command experience than veterans without. Similarly, veterans of technological units generally express greater entrepreneurial interest than veterans of combat units. A comparison of commissioned and noncommissioned officers yields curious results and offers a possible direction for further investigation. Although Israel is among the few countries that maintains a mandatory draft, the general applicability of these findings to countries with volunteer forces is discussed.

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The Effect of 21st Century Military Service on Civilian Labor and Educational Outcomes

Cited by 33 publications

References 32 publications

Go Back to the Beginning: Career Development and the Challenges of Transitioning from the Military to Civilian Employment

Go Back to the Beginning: Career Development and the Challenges of Transitioning from the Military to Civilian Employment

Women at War: Understanding the Impacts of Combat on Women’s Educational Attainment

The Curious Relationship Between Military Service and Entrepreneurial Intentions in Israel

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