Fed Ct: "Alberta soldier denied promotion due to PTSD should have case reviewed"

[BinRat55]

Maybe not in this particular instance, but I've seen Public Service jobs (mostly technical in nature, EL, EG and TI classifications) that stipulated QL6A as an essential criteria, for example.  And in some trades, the difference between being QL5B and QL6A is the maple leaf.

Correct me if I'm wrong (as I'm sure SOMEONE will...) but how can you put a military qualification (QL5 or 6) as an essential requirement on a civilian job posting?

 

[mariomike]

Correct me if I'm wrong (as I'm sure SOMEONE will...) but how can you put a military qualification (QL5 or 6) as an essential requirement on a civilian job posting?

May, or may not, have something to do with this?

CF SKilled Trade jobs; Jouneyman Status?
http://army.ca/forums/threads/112669/post-1266217.html#msg1266217

 

[chrisf]

I've had (potential) employers ask me what my rank is, and when I'd mention Corporal, many of them understood that it's not necessarily a leadership position and I received a resulting "Oh, I see...".

How many civilian employers have you had?

You'd likely get the same response if your rank had been anything from "master-corporal" to "lord high admiral of the seas".

Unless the position is for an employer who does contract work for the military, or the interviewer themselves has prior military service, it really won't mean much.

A brief description of training and responsibilities is far more effective.

Most employers recognize that military experience is a positive thing, though unless it's for a directly equivalent position (technical trades) most employers will not much understanding of it.

 

[mariomike]

I've had (potential) employers ask me what my rank is, and when I'd mention Corporal, many of them understood that it's not necessarily a leadership position and I received a resulting "Oh, I see...".

If a probie showed up to work with me and said they had been in the military, I would reply, "Thank-you for your service."

If they went on tell me what rank they were, I would reply, "Congratulations. I'm driving." 

 

[the 48th regulator]

Civvies know of six ranks

Private, Sergeant, Captain, Colonel, General, and Admiral.

Outside of that you will have to do explaining, which really means nothing as they look at you nodding their heads smiling like they care.

That is the reality.  THey don't care who you were, but what you can do for their business.  Period.

 

[Remius]

Civvies know of six ranks

Private, Sergeant, Captain, Colonel, General, and Admiral.

Outside of that you will have to do explaining, which really means nothing as they look at you nodding their heads smiling like they care.

That is the reality.  THey don't care who you were, but what you can do for their business.  Period.

I would argue that they know a few more than that.

Commander, CO, Sgt Major, master chief and Grand Moff.  Oh, and science officer.

 

[the 48th regulator]

I would argue that they know a few more than that.

Commander, CO, Sgt Major, master chief and Grand Moff.  Oh, and science officer.

Damn, I forgot those.

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