ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

The Association of the U.S. Army is hosting a virtual job fair Nov. 10 to connect job seekers with military-friendly employers.

AUSA constituents—soldiers, Army civilians, family members, the defense industry and more—have valuable skills, and the job fair is an opportunity to share those skills and expertise with prospective employers.

Junior captains will soon have an opportunity to chart their careers up to seven years in advance by opting into a program for the most “highly talented” among them, a senior Army officer said during a virtual event hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army.

A new system called Talent Based Career Alignment will be tested with officers in the Captains Career Courses that begin in late August through early September in the armor, infantry, logistics, air defense artillery and field artillery branches. 

The Association of the U.S. Army has launched a new career center, called AUSA Jobs Central, to connect soldiers, Army civilians, family members and industry with employers offering career opportunities.  

AUSA Jobs Central is powered by YM Careers, a two-decade-old company specializing in helping associations link their members with employers. 

One of the best places to work in the federal government is the Department of the Army, according to an annual rankings report that places the Army seventh out of 17 large federal agencies and departments in 2019.

Forty-six military-friendly employers met with job seekers at a job fair Dec. 11 at the Association of the U.S. Army’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

“We continue to see the interest of civilian employers seeking to grow their teams by adding service members, civilians, retired soldiers, veterans and family members,” said retired 1st Sgt. Stephen Canonico, the association’s assistant director of Retired Soldiers, Veterans and Department of the Army Civilian Affairs. “These companies love both what military employees bring to the team talent-wise and their soft skills.”

The seventh annual Warriors to the Workforce (Washington D.C.) job fair will take place during the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting this fall.

Hosted by the American Freedom Foundation, the event will be held Oct. 14-16 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

The three-day event will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day. It will bring together major companies from throughout the country to profile their services and provide employment opportunities for veterans, transitioning service members and military spouses.

In a mission to share military-trained talent with the civilian sector, the Association of the U.S. Army held its fourth job fair June 5 at its national headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

“We think it’s really important that we bring the talent the Army soldiers, civilians and family members have to the attention of civilian employers,” said retired Lt. Gen. Patricia McQuistion, AUSA’s vice president for Membership and Meetings. “We think that they’re the perfect candidates to be applying for jobs in the civilian sector.”

More than 165 people attended “Veterans, Soldiers & Families: Job Fair with Pro Football Plus” at the Association of the U.S. Army’s national headquarters

Feb. 1, 2017

Soldiers apparently make excellent firefighters.

A recent RAND Corp. analysis of the best civilian job matches for the 10 most populous Army military occupational specialties lists firefighter as a “high-quality” match for nine of those MOSs.

The explanation offered by RAND researchers makes sense: Firefighting “requires individual and team movement, navigation through unknown environments, proficiency with equipment, communications with both hand signals and by radio, strength, fitness, and an ethos of duty and responsibility,” the report says.