The current hiring system is badly broken for veterans transitioning to civilian careers. Here are some of the barriers standing in the way.
Applicant Tracking Systems Wrongly Discard Your Application
Applicant tracking systems often prioritize civilian keywords and corporate experience over military achievements.
This can cause veterans' resumes, which highlight leadership under pressure and mission-critical skills, to be overlooked by automated systems designed for traditional career paths.
Both Applicant Tracking Systems & Humans Fail to See The Skills From Your Military Experience
Military roles are often misunderstood in civilian contexts, even though they build exceptional hard skills like logistics management and soft skills such as team leadership and crisis communication.
These experiences provide real-world competencies that are highly valuable in corporate settings but frequently go unrecognized.
Employers Wrongly Undervalue Your Discipline & Proven Leadership Ability
Employers often undervalue the exceptional discipline and proven leadership ability of military veterans, mistakenly viewing military experience as too rigid for corporate environments.
In reality, your structured approach and ability to execute under pressure can drive operational excellence and team performance within any organization.
What makes Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) specifically bad for veterans?
ATS are typically programmed to scan for specific civilian keywords and phrases. Veterans transitioning to civilian careers might not yet have industry-specific buzzwords or traditional corporate terminology, meaning their resumes can be overlooked even if they possess directly transferable skills or relevant military leadership experience.
Many ATS struggle with military resume formats and terminology. Veterans often use military job titles, unit designations, and achievement formats that civilian systems don't recognize. If the format isn't ATS-friendly (for example, if it uses military acronyms, rank structures, or mission-focused language), crucial leadership and technical information might not be recognized or properly parsed by the system.
Because ATS are often optimized to evaluate civilian career progression and corporate experience, resumes that lean heavily on military service and deployment achievements can be at a disadvantage. This design can inadvertently filter out exceptional candidates who have led teams and managed resources in high-stakes environments.
Many veterans bring invaluable leadership skills (like team building, crisis management, and strategic thinking) and unique operational experiences that aren't easily quantifiable in civilian terms. ATS may not be equipped to assess these qualities effectively, thereby undervaluing candidates who excel in areas that are critical for organizational success.
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Evan Makes Your Military Transition Easier:
✔️ Identifies Often Underrecognized Military Skills
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Some of Enployable's Features Designed for Veterans Transitioning to Civilian Careers:
Military Resume Translation
Civilian Improvement Recommendations
ATS Keyword Optimization
How Do You Compare to Other Veterans?
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We review your military resume with our patent pending technology designed specifically for veteran transitions. This helps us build your dashboard, filled with invaluable insight and data about how top civilian employers view military experience and some of the most veteran-friendly companies in the world.
In addition to reviewing and scoring, our system goes a step further and translates your military resume to not only put your service in the best civilian light, but also meet the standards of modern Applicant Tracking Systems used by corporate America.
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Not only do we review your military resume, we give you actionable insights on translating your military strengths into civilian language. Our system is built around the modern day standards and challenges for veteran job seekers – and so are the recommendations we customize just for your unique service background.
We help you get beyond the ATS barrier
One of the biggest challenges for veterans preparing to apply for civilian jobs is… Applicant Tracking Systems. Let's face it, ATS was not created for helping veterans translate military experience – but they sure do a good job excluding you from even getting an interview (No matter how qualified your service record makes you).
Enployable AI's proprietary technology sifts through your military resume and gives you a list of ATS-optimized civilian keywords for you to add. Additionally, we tell you exactly how to add them while maintaining the integrity of your military achievements.
Real World Veteran Hiring Comparison
See how you stack up compared to recent veteran hires at some of the best employers in the world. Our list of veteran-friendly employers and data includes both military contractor companies – as well as Fortune 500 companies with strong veteran hiring programs. These key insights help you raise the bar for your dream civilian career.
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