Figure 1
Tips for Managing Transition adapted from Gaither, 2014.
Table 1
Implications for Future Research.
| Focus | Implication for Future Research |
|---|---|
| Career Counseling | Career development staff training on how to aid veterans with résumé development and interview preparation is necessary to help practitioners understand African American veteran’s culture and experiences with the nuances of military work. |
| Preventing Homelessness | Homeless veterans need transition assistance and should be researched to discuss ways that can help these veterans. Minority veterans may face higher odds of being homeless. |
| Female Veterans Transition | Female veterans face more significant challenges than male veterans. African American female veterans may face more significant challenges than their White counterparts. African American female veterans’ transition assistance is necessary to help them improve their transition to civilian life. |
| Training and Development | Training and development programs are necessary to help veterans understand their transition experiences and to help African American veterans make better decisions during their Transition GPS program briefing. |
Table 2
Implications for Practice – Resume Writing.
| Focus | Implication for Practice – Resume Writing |
|---|---|
| Professional Coach | Give veterans the choice to seek professional coaching and writing assistance with their resume. |
| Transferable Skills | Veterans need to develop skills to help them translate their military occupational specialty and duties into articulated skills employers understand. Practitioners can also play a role in helping African American veterans translate their skills. |
Table 3
Implications for Practice – Career Counseling.
| Focus | Implication for Practice – Career Counseling |
|---|---|
| Transition GPS | Implement human resource development practices into Transition GPS training. Staff members at all Transition GPS locations should receive training in human resource development so, they can help veterans identify careers related to their military skills and provide training to help veterans understand their transition. |
| Mentor or Sponsor | Implement a sponsorship program for transitioning veterans. Throughout their career veterans are supported by a sponsor when they arrive at a new unit. Sponsors help with the acculturation of unit members. Therefore, it is important for career counselor to understand how to help each veteran population to transition to their new roles as civilians and employees. |