What to do until EAD? AFROTC

unless it is a government job or connected to the governmente where they would know the job is temp, I wouldnt mention it at all
 
Just my tip/advice. Search here regarding the option nobody has broached yet. Career starter loan.
~ Our DS only took 10K (5 K IRA and 5K placed in savings). He purchased a new car at 0% int., but it was not a splashy car. In the end between the 10K starter loan and the 0% car he spent 28K.

Ma'am, I assume you are talking about the USAA Career Starter Loan. To clarify for anyone unfamiliar with it, that loan carries an interest rate. It was ~3% the last I checked, but USAA seems to have removed their public-facing website discussing it.

I believe the 0% loan you mention above was in reference to a car loan, not the USAA Career Starter Loan, correct?

You will have to be a USAA member to take the loan, and loan payments begin the month after you take the loan. I'd be avoid doing that without a steady paycheck. If you pull the full $25k, then your payment will be around $450/month.
 
Here's a question for those in the know (asking for my son who will be in the same boat while waiting for Intel School). What do you put in a resume's "Objective" that's being sent to contractors? Something along the lines of "Searching for a temporary position utilizing my language and Int Relations background (he's majoring in Russian and IR) as well as my security clearance?"
Does one put that he/she has been selected for Intel? Do contractors look to fill positions with a cadet who is waiting?
Though I know the bartending position will require more creative wording. :) That's the job I hope he goes for - maybe in the Caribean.
Your son's temporary employer will be legally barred from penalizing him due to military service. USERRA covers this.

It is not dishonest to apply for a job in today's market with the intention of leaving at a later date. As long as you intend to work for the money the company will pay you, there is nothing unethical about that transactional relationship.

Seriously, apply away. Don't mention that you are in EAD. You do not have to.
 
Here's a question for those in the know (asking for my son who will be in the same boat while waiting for Intel School). What do you put in a resume's "Objective" that's being sent to contractors? Something along the lines of "Searching for a temporary position utilizing my language and Int Relations background (he's majoring in Russian and IR) as well as my security clearance?"
Does one put that he/she has been selected for Intel? Do contractors look to fill positions with a cadet who is waiting?
Though I know the bartending position will require more creative wording. :) That's the job I hope he goes for - maybe in the Caribean.
LOL Yeah I was thinking about living on a beach somewhere and posting up at a kite surfing stand and bartending at night. That would be the life. Not really convenient though when you have friends, family, and a girl you want to marry, so gotta consider all those relationship things in addition to just "what seems the most fun."
 
believe the 0% loan you mention above was in reference to a car loan, not the USAA Career Starter Loan, correct?

You will have to be a USAA member to take the loan, and loan payments begin the month after you take the loan. I'd be avoid doing that without a steady paycheck. If you pull the full $25k, then your payment will be around $450/month.

The 0% car loan was not with USAA.
He sat down with us and ran the numbers. He took only 10K, invested. Took 18K car loan at 0

The career starter loan repayment did not start until 6 mos after commissioning (Nov), just like any college loan.

I don't know what our DSs repayment was. He didn't take the full 25K.
 
DS got a job at a craft brewery between commissioning and reporting for AD. There is also the food service industry which should be fairly easy to get a job in. I know they may not be much but you only need to do it to tie you over.
Do jobs at brewery's pay well? I bartend now in college and I make pretty good money doing that, so I would consider working at one of the local brewery's near me.
I actually couldn't tell you. I assume it's minimum wage at a craft brewery + tips. A regular bar probably pays better because there is more knowledge and skill required and probably heftier tips. Whatever it was DS didn't care. He only worked 20 hours a week and he earned enough for gas and pocket money so he was a happy camper. It also left him plenty of time for fun, including a week+ trip to the Canadian wilderness for some excellent fishing with Dad and his buddies.
 
I'm a senior in Air Force ROTC, and I'm commissioning this upcoming May 2019. I got a pilot slot which is very exciting of course, but my EAD isn't until March 2020, so I have 10 months to fill, and I have no idea what to do until that date. I've been applying for jobs and all that, but it's not easy to find someone who wants to hire you for 9 months and then say fare-thee-well. It's hard enough as it is for college graduates to find a good job, but I have a hard date when I'll have to quit by, so most companies aren't willing to waste their time with me.

Plenty of people have told me "oh you gotta just use that time to travel and see the world, it's the last time in your life you'll be totally free." But what people somehow forget is that you need money in order to travel, and I am nowhere near having enough money to do that.

Does anyone have any advice on what to do until I start active duty? I need to make enough to get by for 10 months, and if I have the opportunity, I'd like to travel a bit at the end if I have enough money saved. Any and all advice would be appreciated.
My oldest took a job with his university right after graduation. They knew he was leaving for flight training 7 months later, but it worked well with their semester calendar. My second son got an unpaid internship at the Pentagon. It was a great experience. My daughter has a job lined up with the DOT. Good summer money.
 
Does AF have gold bar recruiters? Cadre at SFT opportunities? Uber, Lyft. 3% unemployment... You got this!
 
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