Sentences with phrase «than civilian peers»

Amidst having far more skills and experience than their civilian peers, these new young vets find jobs extremely difficult to sight.

Members of the military run into unavoidable factors — constant relocation, financial inexperience and unemployment among spouses — that make them more vulnerable to falling into debt than civilian peers.

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In college, whenever Iraq or Afghanistan came up, I missed out on a lot of opportunities for personal growth because I was in too big of a hurry to toot my own horn to my civilian peers, rather than take the time to hear what they had to say on the topic.

Padding your resume like this before you leave has several advantages: first, it's at very low cost or even free on most military bases; second, it gives you a marked advantage over civilian peers if you «hit the street» with more qualifications than they have; and third, it shows your commitment to self - improvement.