Easing Transition- The F7Group Mantra

It doesn’t seem as if transition is a difficult concept, yet millions of people are struggling with it.  Quite simply transition is defined as movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another.  It could be from one part of the country to another, from one position in a company to another or even from one school to another. But, there is another group of people that are experiencing transition in its most uncomfortable way…our veterans (and most notably female veterans.)

According to an article in USA Today, the unemployment rate for female veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars was 13.5 percent in January, which was 5 percent higher than the average non-veteran adult women and that was 3 percent higher than the previous year.

In addition, in a recent survey by Business and Professional Women’s Foundation, it was determined that it takes a female veteran an average of eight months to find a civilian job and most disturbing is data from the government that indicates that female veterans are twice as likely to become homeless as women who never served in the military.

How is this possible?  The top three reasons given are:

1. Certification issues
2. Translating skills to civilian context
3. Lack of support

You can read the full article here.

So what can we do?  I am honored and privileged to be a part of a team of women with a goal of being a resource to female veterans to do exactly what they need…guide them through the transition from the military to the civilian world. Our group is called F7-Operation Engaging Vision.  There are 7 of us that have pooled our skill sets to provide female veterans the tools they need to go from that black and white regimented and regulated world into the grey area we call life.

Please visit us at www.f7group.com and support, honor and thank our veterans.  Without them, we wouldn’t be able to do all the things we love to do.