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FREE CAREER LAUNCH KIT · CAREER TRANSITION STUDIO

YOU DID THE WORK.
HELP AN EMPLOYER
SEE IT.

Turn military duties and accomplishments into civilian talking points you can explain. Connect them to a job, practice the conversation, and keep your next steps together in one downloadable app.

  • Your experience, in civilian language
  • A clear connection to a specific opening
  • A preparation packet you can keep and edit

All branches welcome. No leadership title required.

ONE APP. YOUR NEXT STEPS.

CAREER
TRANSITION
STUDIO

Free to download. Yours to use.
Download free kit (.zip)

Complete app, start guide, and practice workbook.
No payment, account, or email required.

  • Download and keep your copy
  • No account or cloud sync
  • Work offline after downloading

Review edition 0.5. Desktop compatibility and participant testing are still pending.

How to open your kit ↓
FOLLOW THE WORK · FREE GUIDED PREVIEW

From military facts
to a useful job conversation.

Explore three short examples of the Studio’s approach. Every person, role, and result here is fictional.

CAREER TRANSITION STUDIO

One experience. A clearer connection.

THE STARTING POINT

A title doesn’t tell the whole story.

“Handled hand receipts and shortages for the section.”

Keep the task, your personal contribution, and the supporting facts separate before choosing the wording.

What happened
The review identified two unmatched returns. The person did not approve the record corrections.
Evidence available in this example
Fictional count sheet, issue records, and a correction request sent to the responsible owner.
Why this matters
Concrete facts let you explain the experience without guessing at savings, authority, or qualifications.

This guided preview illustrates the workflow. The full downloaded app adds your own job descriptions, a reusable experience bank, saved progress, and preparation reports.

WHAT YOU CAN MAKE

Useful work.
Something to show for it.

Move from a real job description to a reviewed experience record, a practice decision, or a clearer offer comparison.

01

Target a real opening

Save a job description, review its requirements, and connect your experience to the work the employer needs.

Take away: a job preparation packet
02

Translate earned experience

Turn duties, accomplishments, awards, and training into civilian wording. Keep your contribution, evidence, and limits clear.

Take away: reusable application talking points
03

Practice workplace decisions

Work through 20 fictional situations with follow-up decisions, tradeoffs, and reflection. Revisit your earlier attempts.

Take away: decision notes for interview practice
04

Build a work sample

Investigate inventory, plan service coverage, or improve a request process. Use source data, feedback, and a worked solution.

Take away: a clearly labeled practice work sample
05

Compare job offers

Compare up to three offers using take-home pay, work costs, priorities, and assumptions you still need to confirm.

Take away: an offer comparison with open questions
06

Keep your progress

Save your work in the browser, create a portable backup, and export readable reports. An optional inventory spreadsheet is included.

Your files: one app, a guide, and a practice workbook
BUILT AROUND EARNED EXPERIENCE

Start with work
you actually did.

Maintained equipment. Checked records. Trained a teammate. Coordinated a handoff. Useful experience does not require a command role or a dramatic statistic.

The Studio separates recurring duties from accomplishments, personal contributions from team results, and actual work from training or fictional practice.

A useful fit when…

  • You know what you did but struggle to explain it to a civilian employer.
  • You want to prepare for a specific operations, logistics, service, or administrative opening.
  • You are willing to write, review, and practice using your own facts.

For personalized coaching, credential guidance, or help finding openings, explore the free employment resources. The Studio can support that work.

YOUR FIRST SMALL WIN / FREE

Leave with one useful statement.

Use a task you actually performed. Write your action, an observed result, and a private note about how you could explain it.

Use your own facts.

This exercise joins the sentences you enter. It does not invent achievements. Your text stays in this page until you download it; leaving the page clears it.

YOUR WORKING STATEMENT

Your statement appears here as you write.

Check that the result belongs to your work, the wording fits the role, and unfamiliar acronyms are explained. Evidence notes are saved separately below the statement in your draft file.

CHOOSE WHAT HELPS YOU

Choose a starting point. Everything here is free.

Use a website worksheet for a quick task, or download the Studio for a connected workspace and deeper practice.

What each option provides
Your taskFree Career Field KitCareer Transition Studio · free download
Explain your experienceA basic accomplishment worksheet and editable templatesA reusable bank of up to 40 experience records, with scope and evidence checks
Prepare for an openingAn application tracker and résumé toolsUp to 10 saved jobs, reviewed requirements, evidence connections, and preparation packets
Practice and demonstrateA starting point for drafting20 decision scenarios and 3 guided fictional work-sample projects
Compare offersOfficial employment resource linksUp to 3 offers, work costs, personal priorities, and unresolved assumptions
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GETTING STARTED

Download it. Open it. Make it yours.

Download once. Keep a copy.

Download the complete ZIP directly from this page. No payment, account, or email is needed. You can return here for a fresh copy whenever you need one.

Extract the ZIP and open Service-to-Stride.html in a desktop browser. Start with one experience, then use Backup before closing.

Your work stays with you.

The downloaded Studio runs offline and does not send your inputs to us or an AI service. Save backups regularly; moving files or clearing browser data can affect saved progress.

The optional spreadsheet needs compatible spreadsheet software. It does not synchronize with the app.

A few practical questions.

MAKE ONE EXPERIENCE CLEARER

Begin with a small, useful result.

Try the exercise here or download the complete kit. Our podcast is coming soon, with practical conversations about life after service.

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