At Squadron Jobs, our goal is to reduce friction in the defense contracting labor market. This win-win is based on giving veterans a free, one-stop shop, while reducing hiring costs and time to fill for employers. We are currently testing how this potential marketplace solution should exist - job board, closed talent network, or offline high touch placement services. As we launch the site and buil
Thanks to our long time followers and welcome to new visitors. Some updates on where we are going: Our goal is to be the #1 platform for military aviators, maintainers, and operations support folks to find post-military jobs and conversely, for companies to find separating and retiring military aviation talent. For both sides, sites like LinkedIn and Indeed are too general for our community, while
Tips and tricks to narrow down the post-military job search, especially for defense contracting roles.
This informational post discusses tax advantages for aircrew, operations support, and maintenance defense contractors.
Defense Jobs 101 In this introductory post, we provide an overview of the typical defense contracting jobs and their pay range. Broadly, there’s four main arenas in the defense contracting space for former aircrew: simulator/flight instruction, subject matter expert (SME) roles, program management (PM), and business development (BD) opportunities. Simulator/Flight Instruction/Contract Flying The m
