How would you market a year of military experience when applying for a job?

Stellar grades an UG level (90%) and ranked 2nd in a class of 170, experience as a private tutor, and serving 1 year in the military. Yet I failed to land any internship whilst at uni. I know...

However, I have been admitted to study at Warwick MSc Fin and Econ and was offered a scholarship :smile:

So when applying for jobs, am I a goner, or does the tutoring experience and the military exp give me something unique, that other applicants would most likely do not have?

Any opinion on the matter is of great value :smile:

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 1

james813

Original post

by Vallern

Stellar grades an UG level (90%) and ranked 2nd from a class of 170, experience as a private tutor, and serving 1 year in the military. Yet I failed to land any internship whilst at uni. I know...

However, I have been admitted to study at Warwick MSc Fin and Econ and was offered a scholatshp (c :smile:

So when applying for jobs, am I a goner, or does the tutoring experience and the military exp give me something unique, that other applicants would most likely not have?

Any opinion on the matter is of great value :smile:

Definitely keep on trying. You have unique experience of teamwork and have proven intelligence too.

Reply 2

Milkround

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Keep applying - I think it's definitely an advantage.

You can talk about all the soft skills you've gained from your military experience. It's a great thing to add to your CV. Here's some info about soft skills

http://advice.milkround.com/soft-skills