05-10-2017, 05:26 PM
(05-10-2017, 04:35 PM)Au165 Wrote: Maybe, maybe not. To some the military itself is the career. I'd be interested to know how many actually utilize (meaning graduate with a degree) the GI bill, before going too deep down the rabbit hole. I think certifications in trades provided as part of military training would be an interesting substitute to post military schooling. Would an employer be more willing to higher a potential employee for a welding job, lets say that is U.S. Army certified, versus local trade school? I think the idea of coming out of the military and not needing to go back to school would be a selling point for many people who currently use the GI Bill.
I don't know the answer but I'd think there are plenty of way we could provide similar opportunities post GI bill if we needed to. We could also offer better incentives to employees for hiring veterans and disregarding the often cumbersome "degree checkbox" that many companies put in today even when the degree is not really required to do the job. TO be perfectly honest, I think we are an over degreed and under qualified work force as is because of the "degree checkbox" culture we have grown in to.
The GI Bill can be used for trades and certain certifications, not just college. If military MOSs producing schools include civilian certifications we are just shifting the cost from the GI Bill to the TRADOC budget in the case of the Army in a trade the soldier may not want to pursue after leaving the military.
