Military to Civilian Skill & Terminology Crosswalks

CareerOneStop Veteran and Military Transition Center

This guide provides strategies for effectively translating military experiences into language that civilian employers can comprehend, including substituting military terms, titles, ranks, and acronyms with civilian equivalents in resumes, cover letters, and conversations.

Military.com Military Skills Translator

In 2004, Military.com partnered with Monster Worldwide to provide career and educational opportunities for service members, veterans, and military spouses. This military skills translator is useful for providing insight into how your skills already show qualifications for civilization positions and how to describe those skills in civilian appropriate terms.

O*Net Online Military Crosswalk Search

By utilizing the Crosswalk Search, you can employ codes from alternative classification systems (Such as MOS code) to locate the relevant O*NET-SOC occupations, thus enabling time-saving exploration of corresponding occupations when you have familiarity with other systems.