FORT RILEY, Kan. - The staff from the Soldier for Life Transition Assistance Program hosted an employer day featuring the AECOM technology company. The company provides integrated technical and management
support services for a range of markets including transportation, construction, infrastructure and federal facilities.
Employer days allow Soldiers to connect and network with employers who value military experience. Sharone Washington, transition employment liaison, said Soldiers should attend the employer days because they provide a great opportunity to network and build interviewing skills.
"It is important for Soldiers to know about all the employment and hiring events because these are opportunities for Soldiers to give out resumes and speak one-on-one with the company representatives," Washington said.
Spc. Jaron Cole, 601st Aviation Support Battalion, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, was familiar with AECOM when he attended the employer day. While he was deployed, Cole
worked with employees of this company, but April 9 he was interviewed by company recruiters
for mechanic positions in Mississippi and Wamego, Kansas.
The ability to interview for jobs that are vacant now is important to Soldiers like Cole who will officially be done with his military career in less than 30 days. His training is something that will go with him in the next phase of life.
"The military has given me an abundance of experience," Cole said. "The military has done wonders with guiding me in the correct direction."
Employer days like this one help Soldiers solidify what they want to do when they leave the military. During the employer day, Soldiers were able to apply for a position, talk with human resource representatives who said they value military experience and interview for available jobs.
Cole added the process of applying for AECOM and then going through the interview was easier than he thought it might be because it was all brought to him in one convenient place. Sgt. Justin Jackson, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, agreed.
"It was nice to do the interview in a neutral spot instead of at the corporation itself," Jackson said. "It made it a lot easier -- everything is in one spot."
"It was pretty straightforward," Cole said. "It made things easier and more comfortable for me."
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