Transition and Career
Forget Perfection: Progress Beats Resolutions
Whether you started strong or haven’t started yet, now is always the right time.
Transition Mindset and Coaching
What’s Your ‘Why’ for Life After Uniformed Service?
Get help finding the compelling reason behind your vision.
Stepping Into the Job Market? Start With a Self-Assessment
These six tips will help with some important early decisions.
What’s Luck Got to Do With Military-to-Civilian Transition?
Follow this guidance and you won’t have to leave your career path to chance.
Preparing for your transition to the civilian sector requires more than a new résumé and an updated LinkedIn page. To find success, you'll need to figure out your goals, make a plan, and tackle your next professional step with the right mindset. Luckily, MOAA can help -- check out the articles and events below as you begin your journey.
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Transition Mindset Reference Desk
Transition and Career
How a Professional Mentor Can Help Prove Invaluable to Your Career Transition
Hear from a MOAA expert and an officer-entrepreneur on the importance of this type of guidance.
Finance
4 Tips for Managing Money After the Military
Get the basics from our guest expert, who provided more details in a recent MOAA webinar.
Transition and Career
Benefits That Can Help After Job Loss
Your service may offer you additional resources as you prepare for your next professional step.
Career Transition
How can I start strong in my new job?
Our expert offers five tips to hit the ground running.
Career Transition
How do I use a search firm or recruiter to help my career search?
Seeking a boost with your career transition? These tools can help, and our expert can help you maximize your investment.
Transition and Career
Start Strong, Start Simple With MOAA’s New Job Board
Technology from our partners at Oplign provides the “easy button” to jumpstart your search. Here’s how.
Career Transition
I’m thinking about franchise ownership. What steps should I take?
Our expert weighs in on five valuable takeaways from a recent MOAA webinar.
Transition and Career
Transition Cheat Sheet: Avoid These Pitfalls to Land Your Next Job
Common missteps can send the wrong message to a prospective employer. Here’s how to steer clear of them.
Transition and Career
Your Personal Pulse Check: Take Time to Reflect on the Year So Far
Consider these questions as you look back on the last 90 days ... and plan for the months ahead.
Transition and Career
6 Ways to Make a Good Impression at Your Next Career Event
Separate yourself from the pack with these best practices, and find out how MOAA can help you take your next professional step.
Transition and Career
What to Consider When Leaving Federal Service
Regardless of the circumstances, knowing your options will help you make the right plan for your professional future.
Upcoming Transition and Career Events
Online Event Series
The Next 90: Reflect. Reset. Relaunch.
February 05, 2026 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Step back, recalibrate, and move forward with purpose — one 90-day cycle at a time.
Virtual Classroom
Understanding Your Guard and Reserve Benefits
February 10, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
This workshop takes on topics skipped by programs geared toward active duty servicemembers.
Webinar
Two Careers, One Plan: Coordinating Uniformed Service and Federal Benefits
February 11, 2026 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Have you maximized your earned military and federal benefits? Our guest expert can help you be sure.