How Military Students Get Hired Faster

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In this Military Friendly® webinar, we examine how top-performing universities step past transactional academic models to secure high-performing career outcomes for Veterans. Watch the replay as our host, Kayla Lopez (VP of Membership, Military Friendly®), sits down with Jonathan “JD” Due (Executive Director of the Center for Military Transition at William & Mary’s Mason School of Business) to analyze tactical ways to align academic curriculum directly with the evolving corporate landscape and build an integrated pipeline from college admission straight to civilian workforce promotion.

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Designing Workforce-Ready Curriculum

Move past traditional lecture models. Discover how bringing real corporate demand directly into the classroom through structured corporate consultancy tracks and student-managed investment funds prepares student Veterans to think and lead like executives long before graduation.

Stop treating prior experience as a minor checklist. Learn how to transform the Joint Service Transcript (JST) into an active diagnostic tool that proactively uncovers hidden skills and maps past military achievements directly to modern corporate targets, rather than just using it as a retroactive credit transfer.

A single general advisor is not enough to guarantee high-tier post-grad placement. See how dividing student support networks between immediate technical skill coaches, retired C-suite executive mentors, and active corporate advocates creates a robust relational ecosystem optimized to drive direct career referrals.

Transition stress impacts roughly 70% of departing service members navigating the unpredictable corporate shift. Explore how utilizing specialized, military-connected orientation weeks focused on core leadership values, personal motivators, and diagnostic tools like CliftonStrengths can anchor a student’s long-term trajectory.

Avoid the pitfalls of one-size-fits-all guidance. Learn the institutional benefit of structuring cross-functional campus committees specifically tailored to navigate the massive professional and cultural differences between undergraduate and graduate Veteran career pathways.

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