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Transition Guides

From the SkillBridge program our founders taught: guides for the week you write the resume, the night before the interview, and the day the offer lands. Free, no signup.

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Compensation Salary Negotiation and Understanding Your Offer How to research your market worth, read a job offer line by line, and negotiate with confidence, with an annotated sample offer letter and counteroffer email. 12 min read · Updated August 202659% of workers never negotiate their salary (Glassdoor)$1M+ lifetime earnings lost by never negotiating (NPR)24 to 48 hrs typical window to send a counteroffer

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Resume How to Build a Military-to-Civilian Resume How to translate rank, MOS, and jargon into civilian language, write every bullet as a quantified result with the STAR method, and tailor one resume per posting, with an annotated sample resume. 14 min read Read →Interviewing The Basics of Interviewing How to prepare for an interview like it is a promotion board, answer with the STAR method, handle the questions that cross the line, and follow up the same day, with an annotated thank-you note. 13 min read Read →

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