Power Plant Operator

West
US Navy, E-6

I was in the Navy for nine years and ten months and separated as an Engineering System Schools Instructor in Great Lakes, Illinois, teaching Gas Turbine Theory and Application. My enlistment ended in April 2008. I actively started to search for jobs through military recruitment agencies about four months before I was getting out.

I learned of Orion International when I talked to an Orion recruiter at a job fair on base about a year prior to getting out. He gave me some information and told me to contact him a few months before I was getting out. We kept in touch intermittently until I was ready to begin my job search.

I did sign up with another recruiting agency, but they could not even come close to the job offer Orion did. The other agency rarely called me, and I felt like I was just another worker in an assembly line. Orion blew the competition out of the water! Hands down!

My Orion recruiter was Jay Koranda. Jay is an awesome guy. He definitely helped me with my transition out of the military. He answered all my questions and prepped me before all of my interviews. I must say he really worked for me, and the great thing was it didn't cost me a dime. Every time I called him, he would always answer the phone, or I would soon get a call back from him.

Jay kept my needs in mind when I was looking for jobs and presented me with the best possible jobs in the area for my background. I was moving from Chicago back out to California, so it was a very demanding time for my family and me. Jay always kept me in the loop. He worked his magic setting up interviews that worked with my leave schedules.

Through Orion, I obtained my job as a Power Plant Operator, and I love my job! I'm currently employed with Calpine, and this is the exact job that I told Jay I wanted. I had previously applied to a job with Calpine without Orion's assistance, to no avail.

Once Jay and I connected, he told me some of the companies that he represented. The list was impressive to say the least. When he mentioned Calpine, I could not have been happier! Thanks to Orion, I have the job (and pay) I dreamed of and made a smooth transition from military to civilian life.