Strengths arising from my military experience

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• Leadership Training: The military trained me to accept and discharge responsibility for other people, for activities, for resources, and for my own behavior. This training includes setting an example, giving carefully considered directions, inspiring leadership capabilities in others, and continually motivating other personnel in the group.

 

• Ability to Work as a Team Member and as a Team Leader: Essential to the military experience is the ability to work as a member of a team. Almost all military activity is performed with the assistance, coordination, and awareness of other persons or other units.

 

• Ability to Get Along with and Work with All Types of People: The Government attracts all types regardless of race, gender, economic status, age, religion, attitude, intelligence, or physical conditions.

 

• Ability to Work Under Pressure and to Meet Deadlines: One definite characteristic of the military service is that I have to perform. I must get the job, do it right the first time and do it in a timely manner. I was continuously setting priorities, meeting schedules and accomplishing missions.

 

• Ability to Give and Follow Directions: I know how to work under supervision and how to relate and respond favorably to others. Understand accountability for my actions and for subordinates' actions.

 

• Systematic Planning and Organization: Most military operations require thorough planning and workload management. Carefully considered objectives, strengths, and limitations of other people, resources, time schedules, supplies, logistics, and various other factors are always considered.

 

• Emphasis on Safety: Military safety training is among the best in the world.    I understand the considerable cost in lives, property, and objectives when safety is ignored.

 

• Familiarity with Records and Personnel Administration: I am familiar with the necessity of keeping accurate records and completing all paperwork.

 

• Ability to Conform to Rules and Structure: I follow rules everyday in my working environment. While in this environment, I have also learned loyalty to units and leaders. Schools always value employees who will be "team players" and team members that follow "the rules" of the school.

 

• Flexibility and Adaptability: I am flexible and adaptable to meet the constantly changing needs of any situation and mission. Last minute changes are not uncommon in any military or civilian working environment.

 

• Initiative: I have the ability to originate a plan of action or task to answer and solve many unusual problems regarding supplies, logistics, resources, and transportation.

 

• Work Habits: I finish projects and missions in a timely fashion and in an efficient manner. These work habits are a definite result of social maturity, integrity, determination, and self-confidence that I have learned, earned and experienced in my military service.

 

• Standards of Quality and Commitment to Excellence: I am continually striving to attain and surpass standards of quality for myself and my unit. These standards of quality are meeting their unit's mission, training standards, physical requirements and educational goals.