Enlisted Service Members' Transition Into the Civilian World of Work: A Cognitive Information Processing Approach

Clemens, Elysia V.; Milsom, Amy

doi:10.1002/j.2161-0045.2008.tb00039.x

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“…As noted by Clemens and Milsom (2008), many veterans entered the military just after graduating from high school and have never had to gain the skills necessary to successfully engage with the civilian job market . Therefore, it is the role of the career counselor to help provide resources that will assist the individual in accomplishing short-and long-term goals and to ensure that they are prepared to engage with the job market .…”

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career concerns of unemployed u.s. war veterans: suggestions from a cognitive information processing approach

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Andrews

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Journal of Employment Couns

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career concerns of unemployed u.s. war veterans: suggestions from a cognitive information processing approach

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Andrews

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Journal of Employment Couns

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“…17,19 Researchers have identified the challenges experienced by student veterans in translating their military experience to specific civilian career paths. 19,20 As Hayden and Scholl contend, career development for military veterans needs to more effectively integrate experiences, job skills, and personal characteristics gained through military experiences itself. 21 Considering the unique career pathways of veterans, there is limited research on how student veterans decide to major in a particular field, to make career choices, and whether student veterans' military experience shapes these decisions.…”

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“…25 This theoretical framework has been used to better understand veterans' transitions into the workforce. 20 Our student interviews highlight how two elements of this approach, Developing Self-Knowledge and Building Occupational Knowledge, may apply to SVE's decision to enter the engineering education pathway. As a foundational step, developing self-knowledge results from individuals' own values, interests, and preferences for a particular career path as well as their pre-existing skills.…”

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Entering the Engineering Pathway: Student Veterans’ Decision to Major in Engineering

Mobley¹,

Brawner²,

Main³

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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As the engineering community seeks to widen the pathways toward engineering education, hundreds of thousands of military veterans are initiating their college studies at universities across the U.S. Given this trend, it is essential to better understand the factors that lead student veterans to choose to major in engineering.We are conducting a comparative case study at four institutions enrolling undergraduate student veterans in engineering (SVEs). In this paper, we draw upon in-depth interviews conducted with SVEs at two of these institutions to: (1) better understand the factors that shape SVEs' decisions to major in engineering and, (2) determine whether and how the military influences student veterans' decisions to major in engineering. Our work provides insights into the timing of the decision as well as the extent to which military training and experiences provide a direct, or indirect, pathway into engineering.We highlight student experiences to advance knowledge about SVEs' educational pathways on several fronts. Methodologically, our in-depth analysis allows us to capture the nuanced nature of SVE narratives that often remains hidden when using other approaches to studying engineering education. Theoretically, we draw from Cognitive Information Processing theory to more accurately reflect SVE decision making about majoring in engineering. Practically, the results can inform military transition assistance programs and improve university efforts to ensure that student veterans experience a successful transition from their military career to higher education and engineering studies.

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“…However, approximately half of ser vice members experience additional difficulties associated with the military lifestyle such as deployment and adjustment issues, employment issues, or other concerns as a result of combat stress (Denning, Meisnere, and Warner, 2014;Castro, Kintzle, and Hassan, 2015). Military life may also place stressors on ser vice members as a product of frequent relocations, heavy workloads, a mismatch between skills and job duties, and financial stressors (Hosek, Kavanagh, and Miller, 2006;Clemens and Milsom, 2008).…”

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“…As noted in Chapter One, both ser vice members and their families may experience periods of heightened stress and anxiety as a result of the military lifestyle, including frequent moves, deployment and reintegration, separation from one's family, and heavier workloads with fewer breaks for both the ser vice member and the family members left to run the house hold (Hosek, Kavanagh, and Miller, 2006;Clemens and Milsom, 2008;Denning, Meisnere, and Warner, 2014;Castro, Kintzle, and Hassan, 2015). Upon return from deployment, challenges with reintegration into family and civilian life may also produce feelings of stress and anxiety (Hosek, Kavanagh, and Miller, 2006;Hassan et al, 2010;Koenig et al, 2014;Castro, Kintzle, and Hassan, 2015).…”

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An Evaluation of U.S. Military Non-Medical Counseling Programs

Trail¹,

Martin²,

Burgette³

et al. 2017

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This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited. Permission is given to duplicate this document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest.RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Support RAND Make a tax-deductible charitable contribution at www.rand.org/giving/contribute www.rand.org For more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/RR1861Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for this publication.ISBN: 978-0-8330-9884-9 Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. © Copyright 2017 RAND CorporationR® is a registered trademark. Cover: U.S. Air Force photo/Airman,1st Class Deana Heitzman.iii This report provides detailed findings of RAND NDRI's analy sis based on two surveys provided to program participants-the first two to three weeks after participating in counseling sessions and the second three months later. We designed the surveys to gain information on improvement in the prob lems for which the participant sought help; whether negative impacts on their work and daily lives had subsided; whether improvements were sustained in the short and long term (i.e., over three months); and participant perceptions about the program itself and the counselors with whom they worked.The report should be of interest to policymakers and program leadership. Policymakers can use study findings as they make decisions about continuation and expansion of nonmedical counseling provided through MFLC and Military OneSource. Program leadership can determine where the program is most effective and for whom, and can use the findings to pinpoint program areas in need of improvement or greater attention.This research was sponsored by ODASD (MC&FP) and conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of RAND NDRI, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community.For more information on the RAND Forces and Resources Policy Center, see http:// www.rand.org/nsrd/ndri/centers/frp.html or contact the director (contact information is provided on the web page). SummaryMilitary families face normal stresses that most families face, such as financial strain, stressful life...

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Enlisted Service Members' Transition Into the Civilian World of Work: A Cognitive Information Processing Approach

Cited by 41 publications

References 6 publications

career concerns of unemployed u.s. war veterans: suggestions from a cognitive information processing approach

career concerns of unemployed u.s. war veterans: suggestions from a cognitive information processing approach

Entering the Engineering Pathway: Student Veterans’ Decision to Major in Engineering

An Evaluation of U.S. Military Non-Medical Counseling Programs

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