Navy Federal Presents the Best Careers After Service List Best Careers After Service in 2023 By Navy Federal Credit Union
With Hire Heroes USA® and Sperling’s Best Places, we identified the top careers for servicemembers after transitioning to civilian life, including industries with characteristics that are most sought after by Veterans. Every year, more than 200,000 military members transition out of the service. The degree of change can range from relocation to financial shifts and everything in between. To ease these shifts and support our Veteran community, we’ve compiled a list of the top 10 careers after service. In partnership with Hire Heroes USA and Sperling’s Best Places, here’s how things shaped up in 2023. Working with our partners, we surveyed 1,059 Veterans who are employed full-time or part-time, self-employed, working as independent contractors or actively seeking work. We asked them about the characteristics they most value in a job, which we matched with data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The results? The industries with the most overlap rose to the top.
“Over the last few years, the career drivers for Veterans have shifted as they place an increased emphasis on personal satisfaction and happiness at work,” said Clay Stackhouse, a retired Marine Corps colonel and regional outreach manager at Navy Federal Credit Union. We’re also seeing that serving a purpose and work-life balance weigh nearly the same as good compensation when Veterans are asked about what makes an ideal, meaningful job for them. Through this research and partnership with Hire Heroes USA, we’re able to offer transitioning servicemembers and Veterans a highly valuable resource to further help them with career changes once they leavethe military.” We also asked Veterans about how prepared they felt for the transition to civilian life, particularly around financial guidance. Most felt they received sufficient financial information to support their transition, though acknowledged that some gaps existed. They shared they’d have liked to have more details around investing, retirement savings, credit scores and budgeting.
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“SERVICE IN THE MILITARY IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A JOB; IT’S AN ALL ENCOMPASSING MISSION, WITH EACH TEAM MEMBER ALIGNED TO A COMMON PURPOSE. TRANSITION FROM THAT MILITARY CULTURE TO CIVILIAN LIFE IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, WHICH IS WHY IT’S INSPIRING TO SEE VETERANS SEEKING OUT AND OBTAINING PURPOSEFUL WORK THAT USES THEIR INDIVIDUAL SKILLS,” SAID ROSS DICKMAN, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT HIRE HEROES USA. Ross also added “our partnership with Navy Federal Credit Union and Sperling’s Best Places provides amazing insights into what Veterans value in their post-military careers. We’re dedicated to providing Veterans and military spouses the resources and support they need to find meaningful work after the military.”