Military contractors (San Antonio, Allen, Hamilton: appointed, 2015, credit)

[ashbeeigh]

With so many military here I thought this would be a good place to ask. I just finished up my advanced degree in mental health and wanted to take a look at jobs within the military community. Do you all know of any contractors that may have job listings within that field that are in San Antonio? I have no idea where to start outside of USAjobs.gov which has two open positions in the SA area at this point. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

[Kin Atoms]

Indeed.com has listing (I get so many, I don't pay attention any longer). CMMS offers services. Beware however; accepting contracting jobs is perilous. While you take 50% income, they get 50% just for signing you up. They don't notify you of many things, but say, we have two waiting for this same job... just to nickel and dime you out of more income or benefits. I've done it twice, never again.

[L210]

Serco occasionally has listings, but they'll show up in Indeed searches when they do. I have it set up so that Indeed sends me weekly emails with search results for the keywords of my choosing. In 2015, you can't work with Tricare unless your degree is from a CACREP-accredited school. Currently, there is a transition phase where those without a CACREP-accredited degree can qualify after passing NBCC's NCMHCE examination.

[TXStrat]

USA Jobs will not help you find contracting jobs with the military. That site is only for hiring actual government employees. Many people have some confusing views of civilian work with the military. As a civilian, you essentially have two choices:

1. Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee: Government employees, both appropriated fund, and non-appropriated fund, that work for and answer directly to the U.S. government. On the appropriated fund side, inside the U.S., this includes both General Schedule (GS) which are primarily white collar positions, and Wage Grade (WG) which are primarily blue collar positions.

2. Defense contractor: Private sector employees working for contracting firms. These employees answer first and foremost to their company and its shareholders, not the Government. There are many large companies that have a large number of DoD contracts. As a contractor, there are restrictions on certain actions that you can perform. Some examples are Booz Allen Hamilton, Calibre Systems, CM2Hill, L3, Lockheed, KBR, Parsons, URS, General Dynamics, MPRI, etc.

[huckster]

Congratulations are certainly due here Ashbeigh, so I do pass them along for your completion of the degree along with the - Best of luck with your present task and, stay here in S.A.
May you succeed- and aid those of us here, who may be troubled, troubled and need some help and guidance. You should be commended for your self-appointed task.

Who knows what good you may just do for somebody ?

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

With so many military here I thought this would be a good place to ask. I just finished up my advanced degree in mental health and wanted to take a look at jobs within the military community. Do you all know of any contractors that may have job listings within that field that are in San Antonio? I have no idea where to start outside of USAjobs.gov which has two open positions in the SA area at this point. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by Kin Atoms

Indeed.com has listing (I get so many, I don't pay attention any longer). CMMS offers services.

I use Indeed everyday for all job listings.

Originally Posted by L210

Serco occasionally has listings, but they'll show up in Indeed searches when they do. I have it set up so that Indeed sends me weekly emails with search results for the keywords of my choosing. In 2015, you can't work with Tricare unless your degree is from a CACREP-accredited school. Currently, there is a transition phase where those without a CACREP-accredited degree can qualify after passing NBCC's NCMHCE examination.

Hmm. Interesting. I have seen Serco in the past and have applied for those positions. I may just not be hitting the right keywords. Human Resources is such a weird field.

Originally Posted by TXStrat

USA Jobs will not help you find contracting jobs with the military. That site is only for hiring actual government employees. Many people have some confusing views of civilian work with the military. As a civilian, you essentially have two choices:

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I was aware of those options and I understand the difference. I used USA Jobs as a starting point and an example. I wanted to see if anyoe had ay other options. Thanks for the explanation though.


Does anyone know of any other options?

[TXStrat]

LinkedIn, Monster and the like usually has a fair number of leads for contracting jobs. I know CM2Hill has a lot going on at JBSA if their incessant emails are any indication.

The clarification wasn't directed primarily at you, there are many people, including career military members that don't understand the difference. That was more of a public service announcement.

Best wishes with your search. I usually get email announcements of career fairs on JBSA, and have friends that work specifically for MEDCOM. If I come across anything, I will shoot you a DM.

[ashbeeigh]

Thanks TxStrat. It's those like you've mentioned, CM2Hill and MEDCOM that I'm looking for. I have no idea where to even start or if this may even be an option since I'm not in IT (It looks like so many contractors do that and I haven't seen anything other than that in SA but I know they are there!). Yes, please DM me if you find out about any!