Available jobs

[airforcemommy]

Is there a particular site that I can get info on available jobs and the locations? I will be a new enlistee and I am trying to figure out what jobs are in demand and in what areas? I am really intersted in the medical jobs/surgical jobs/ and photography jobs. Any advice on these areas would also be helpful. Thanks!!

[Combat correspondent]

Can't answer on the medical or surgical but can find you someone who can. As far as photography - what do you want to know? Feel free to hit me up on a private message too, if thats better. Im a quazi-photog and can likely shine a bit of light on that subject for you.

[airforcemommy]

what is a quazi-photog? I don't know any air force "slang". Did you train in the aerial technical program or whatever they offer as training in that area?

[BRUWIN]

My guess is you could get tagged for one of the intelligence specialities. Right now they are on the critical skills list and to make things even more critical they are supposed to grow even more.

[goldbadge]

All our jobs are listed on Airforce.com

As far as if you can see whats available and locations, it doesnt work that way. If you are enlisted you list the area and at least 4 jobs you are interested in. Once a month the Air Force released jobs to the recruiting groups and they if they have a job or area thats on your list you will find out what you get picked in then and when you leave. If a DEPPER ask me what bases they can be stationed at after they book I will look it up online.

If you want some more info on joining I would contact the Air Force Recruiter in your area for more info.

[Combat correspondent]

what is a quazi-photog? I don't know any air force "slang". Did you train in the aerial technical program or whatever they offer as training in that area?

Sorry about that... photog simply means photographer. quazi means I am alright at it :) didn't want to burst my own ego or anything. But, really, if you want more information on Public Affairs or Photography, I'd be happy to share.

[LogDog_guest]

Is there a particular site that I can get info on available jobs and the locations? I will be a new enlistee and I am trying to figure out what jobs are in demand and in what areas? I am really intersted in the medical jobs/surgical jobs/ and photography jobs. Any advice on these areas would also be helpful. Thanks!!
I'd recommend the medical/surgical jobs mainly because the job skills are transferable to the civilian world. I'd recommend becoming an X-Ray tech, surgery tech, or a physical therapy tech. The physical therapy tech will have more normal duty hours (day shift) whereas the X-Ray tech and surgery tech will frequently have you pulling "on-call" duty.

I served in the medical administrative career field (non-patient care) and if I were looking for a career in health care my first choice would be X-Ray tech followed by medical maintenance technician (for those which mechanical and electronic skills). I suggest you contact the medical services at a local base or if there isn't a base nearby contact your local hospital to see what they do before making your decision.

Good luck in whichever career field you choose.

[Smeghead]

Sorry about that... photog simply means photographer. quazi means I am alright at it :) didn't want to burst my own ego or anything. But, really, if you want more information on Public Affairs or Photography, I'd be happy to share.

Honestly, with the merger our career fields are going through, I woudn't recommend anyone looking for pure photo work come into that field right now. Still Photography will change soon and pick up more of our PR type stuff. Of course, if you're into the PR side as well as photo and journalism then it's pretty cool.

[goldbadge]

I'd recommend the medical/surgical jobs mainly because the job skills are transferable to the civilian world. .

Out of the nearly 150 jobs we have, name me one that doesnt give you job skills that xfer to the civilian world. I'm sure there is a few out there(maybe weapons?) Med jobs make up approx 8% off all AF jobs this year. That includes GTEP and the General aptitude area. So you are looking at about 4% chance to book a GTEP med job. Possible but you got a 96% chance you will book in the area instead. The area isnt that bad and there seems to usually be a med job or two on it.(I have had two G area deppers book med jobs at basic).

[jmb27]

Out of the nearly 150 jobs we have, name me one that doesnt give you job skills that xfer to the civilian world. I'm sure there is a few out there(maybe weapons?) Med jobs make up approx 8% off all AF jobs this year. That includes GTEP and the General aptitude area. So you are looking at about 4% chance to book a GTEP med job. Possible but you got a 96% chance you will book in the area instead. The area isnt that bad and there seems to usually be a med job or two on it.(I have had two G area deppers book med jobs at basic).

ICBM maintnace doesn't transfer very well, but I agree with your point that most jobs skills do. Even if your job skills don't, miltary experience generally isn't a bad thing anyway.

[goldbadge]

ICBM maintnace doesn't transfer very well, but I agree with your point that most jobs skills do. Even if your job skills don't, miltary experience generally isn't a bad thing anyway.


When it comes to nuke jobs I talk the fact that you get a top secret clearance and that is worth alot of money to many companies. There are a fair amount of civilian jobs that deal with business of nuclear weapons including DOE and they all pay very well. But like I tell everybody put down whatever you qualify for. Doesnt really matter to me, a Net Res is a Net res. But if they list 4 jobs that we dont have alot of I tell them to expect the area instead. I have yet to see a rapper come back unhappy with the jobs they got to pick off the aptitude area list.

I have a rapper now that booked in the General aptitude area, and got a very hot job off of it(fire fighter). He just went through the toughest time in the AF(basic, tech school) and he walked in during an initial interview. I turned to him and said this guy is not a recruitier and just got done with basic/tech school and asked him what he thought about the AF. Without hesitation he said it was the best choice he ever made.

I always get this out of new airman on rap. Its when we work in the Air Force for years and forget how good we really have it when alot of people start bitching about this and that.

[LogDog_guest]

Out of the nearly 150 jobs we have, name me one that doesnt give you job skills that xfer to the civilian world. I'm sure there is a few out there(maybe weapons?) Med jobs make up approx 8% off all AF jobs this year. That includes GTEP and the General aptitude area. So you are looking at about 4% chance to book a GTEP med job. Possible but you got a 96% chance you will book in the area instead. The area isnt that bad and there seems to usually be a med job or two on it.(I have had two G area deppers book med jobs at basic).
I'm sure there are a number of jobs that don't transfer to the civilian very well like the one you mentioned, weapons. Not much call for for bomb loaders in the local community. The reason I recommended the medical career field is because medical will continue to grow in the future and if she likes it she may decided to become a nurse and there are always positions available for nurses in local hospitals. Also, the medical jobs I recommended are good paying jobs in the civilian world.

[ringjamesa]

I'm sure there are a number of jobs that don't transfer to the civilian very well like the one you mentioned, weapons. Not much call for for bomb loaders in the local community. The reason I recommended the medical career field is because medical will continue to grow in the future and if she likes it she may decided to become a nurse and there are always positions available for nurses in local hospitals. Also, the medical jobs I recommended are good paying jobs in the civilian world.

You might be surprised what those guys can make on the outside. I thought pretty much the same as you but if they get out and work for a DoD contractor or a company that is trying to get a DoD contract, their skillset is invaluable. Not necessarily the loading in and of itself but the knowledge of the equip used.

[goldbadge]

I'm sure there are a number of jobs that don't transfer to the civilian very well like the one you mentioned, weapons. Not much call for for bomb loaders in the local community. The reason I recommended the medical career field is because medical will continue to grow in the future and if she likes it she may decided to become a nurse and there are always positions available for nurses in local hospitals. Also, the medical jobs I recommended are good paying jobs in the civilian world.


No doubt the med career field xfers very strong to the civilian side. So does about 95% of our jobs. If thats the field that interest you most go for it. List whatever jobs you would like to do in the Air Force. The only drawback to listing all med jobs is you tend to get booked in the Area instead because of the low number of GTEP med jobs. Thats not a huge deal I have had a few aptitude area deppers come back on RAP in a med job but thats not a guarentee.

[airforcemommy]

Okay, excuse me if I don't quite understand but I either get one of the jobs I put down for or, if they're not available, i get one of the areas I chose to live? Is that correct? Or am I understanding it wrong??

[Gunner7]

Okay, excuse me if I don't quite understand but I either get one of the jobs I put down for or, if they're not available, i get one of the areas I chose to live? Is that correct? Or am I understanding it wrong??

Not really, All of the AFSCs fall into an area. Mechanical, Administrative, Electronic, and General. For instance in the General area you could be a security guard, medical technician, carpenter etc. You do not get a base of preference when you enlist as the needs of the AF will come first. Please take the time to list all of the things you would like to accomplish at the end of a 4 year enlistment.

[LogDog_guest]

Okay, excuse me if I don't quite understand but I either get one of the jobs I put down for or, if they're not available, i get one of the areas I chose to live? Is that correct? Or am I understanding it wrong??
If you choose a particular job then talk with the recruiter and make sure he puts you down for a guaranteed job
meaning if the job isn't available when you go in you can cancel your enlistment or change to another career field. Most likely if you go with a guaranteed job you may have to wait until an opening in the tech school. What they'll do is figure out when the school will start and then backtrack to figure out when you'll have to go to basic so when you graduate from basic you can go directly to tech school. As for choosing where you live (base) I don't think you have that option. What you can do is put in a "Dream Sheet" listing which bases or countries you'd like to be assigned to.

[LogDog_guest]

No doubt the med career field xfers very strong to the civilian side. So does about 95% of our jobs. If thats the field that interest you most go for it. List whatever jobs you would like to do in the Air Force. The only drawback to listing all med jobs is you tend to get booked in the Area instead because of the low number of GTEP med jobs. Thats not a huge deal I have had a few aptitude area deppers come back on RAP in a med job but thats not a guarentee.
The thing with the civilian jobs is most medical jobs in the military are identical to the medical jobs in the civilian community. An military X-ray technician does the same thing as a civilian X-ray technician. Military non-medical career fields may do some or many of the task of their civilian counterparts but from what I've seen, there is not as direct a correlation to civilian jobs as with medical jobs. Nothing wrong with that but if you're looking for stability and a growing field then medical is the way to go especially with the aging of the Baby Boomers.

[goldbadge]

If you choose a particular job then talk with the recruiter and make sure he puts you down for a guaranteed job
meaning if the job isn't available when you go in you can cancel your enlistment or change to another career field. Most likely if you go with a guaranteed job you may have to wait until an opening in the tech school. What they'll do is figure out when the school will start and then backtrack to figure out when you'll have to go to basic so when you graduate from basic you can go directly to tech school..

I'm a current active duty Air Force Recruiter and our job selection works NOTHING like this. You list 4 jobs and the aptitude area you are interested in. You can get picked in any one. When you list your job preferences you get put on a waiting list and the Air Force releases jobs available once a month and they book people off of the waiting list.