Business 101 Course Offered to Transitioning Officers and Senior NCOs
September 29 through October 2, 2014 at Camp Pendleton
Career Officers and SNCOs who are transitioning into the private sector are urged
to register for MEA-West’s Business 101 to learn the employment skills to succeed
in civilian business… a world far different from military culture. “Entering
civilian employment was scarier to me than flying in combat. Business 101 takes
the scary out,” per one transitioning Colonel.
In Business 101 you will learn all about civilian business… its unique language,
the modern business culture, contemporary perceptions of military personnel, goals
and metrics, job success tools, your new challenges, and civilian business
expectations. This is your preparation for better interviews and a more successful
career transition. It is taught at the graduate school level and dovetails with MEA’s
“25+” program where resume preparation and interview skills are taught.
Our course helps you understand how your unique military skills translate into
civilian business roles. It helps bridge the gap between what career veterans offer
and how businesses perceive your marketable skills. It is short on theory and long
on practical business applications. There is no cost to participate since the course
is taught by volunteer senior business executives in appreciation for your sacrifices
and supported by MCCS. Attire is business casual.
Business 101 is a retirement preparation program sponsored by MEA-West. It is
targeted to help all transitioning or retired career Military Officers and SNCOs
from all military services to understand what they need to know to succeed in
civilian employment. Some call it “Boots to Suits.”
Spouses are cordially invited to participate.
September 29 through October 2, 2014
0800 to 1700
Camp Pendleton’s Pacific Views Event Center
To register go to https://business101-sept2014.eventbrite.com
The competitive
civilian business
world needs your
talent and experience
so as to be more
competitive in the
world economy.
Business 101
provides you methods
for better
understanding of what
you offer in the terms
of what businesses
need.
Business 101 is
organized and taught by
business executives
who are volunteering
their time to yyou in
appreciation for your
valuable service to our
country.
“Entering civilian
employment was scarier
to me than flying in
combat. Business 101
takes the scary out
out”, per
one transitioning
Colonel.
Business 101 is free.
free
To participate, go to:
https://business101-sept2014.eventbrite.com
Business 101
Your Basic Training For
Business, Except There
Are No Pushups
Generously brought to you
b MEA
by
MEA-West
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Our next Business 101 Event
is September 29 through
October 2, 2014 at Camp
Pendleton’s Pacific Views
Event Center.
Spouses are welcome.
Business 101 gives you the insights and tools used in civilian business.
Learn its language, the key procedures, types of organizations, modern culture,
methods,
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metrics,
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and
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Tools for Better Business
Understanding:
If you took an experienced business
executive and imbedded him directly into
your functional military role, would he be
y not! The civilian
successful? Certainly
business executive, with all of his
leadership skills, discipline, vigor, and
training, would not have the tools to
understand
your
military
language,
procedures, organization, culture, methods,
practices metrics,
practices,
metrics or expectations.
expectations
Would it be any easier for senior military
personnel with all of your leadership skills,
discipline, vigor, and training to transition
into a civilian business career without the
proper contemporary tools? Not likely.
likely
Upon completion of this course that is
taught at the graduate-school level, the
participant will be familiar with the culture,
concepts, expectations, metrics, and
t
terminology
i l
off private
i t sector
t
b i
business,
leading
to
your
more
successful
employment interviews and a more
satisfying civilian career.
It is free to veterans and their spouses.
To participate, go to:
https://business101-sept2014.eventbrite.com
Gaining Career Perspective:
The cultures of military and civilian business
worlds are far different in terms of behaviors,
expectations, language, manners, metrics,
and leadership styles.
Consequently an
g
to enter one culture
individual is challenged
from the other without some form of
transitional exposure to the basic issues.
Business 101 is a no cost intensive multi-day
course to help senior military personnel
prepare for civilian business careers.
The goal is to help transitioning career military
personnel to have better job interviews,
secure that job, and to be successful in that
job.
Business 101 provides you with new tools:
Multi-segment courses targeted toward
integrating career military personnel into the
modern business culture.
Acquaints the career man or woman with
th
the
principal
i i l language,
l
t
terms,
modern
d
concepts
and
theories
of
business
management.
Appropriate for all experience levels of
senior military personnel, including those with
advanced degrees, such as MBA.
The course will be taught in business
jargon, not military jargon. (Leave the military
abbreviations at the door.)
Topics explored in Business 101,
each as a separate module:
Transition Perceptions vs. Realities
The Profit Motive
Economics Concepts for Business
Comparison of Business Entities
Practical Marketing Concepts
Leveraging Military Experience
The Hiring Process and Search Firms
Building & Leveraging Your Network
Negotiation and Compensation
Where Do I Belong? Porting My Skills
Market Segmentation and Differentiation
Operations Process Flows
Tenure, Mergers, Acquisitions
Company Targeting
Linked-In and Reference USA
Financial Statements
S i i Y
Surviving
Your Fi
Firstt 90 D
Days
Is Small Business for You?
Franchising and Buying a Business
Business Planning: Niche, Channels
Learning Summary and Questions