Field Service Technician

Northeast
US Navy, E-5

I was scheduled to separate from active duty on September 12, 2010. Fortunately for me, I was able to get transferred to a shore facility (I served in the Navy aboard Fast attack submarines) in time to take two months of terminal leave. I started my job search almost as soon as I hit dry land, which was around late May to early June.

I was a Nuclear Electrician's Mate 2nd Class (E-5), and my background was mostly in industrial electric equipment/machinery and nuclear theory. Ultimately, I entered the Medical Electronics field, and I think it is the soft skills (integrity, leadership, etc.) I learned in the military that made the difference.

I had originally gone with a private recruiting consultant in Providence who I'd heard about through the grapevine. After speaking with him, I wasn't very confident in my own abilities to land a job or the prospects out there. It all came to a breaking point when I gave him my resume, and he wanted to "reformat" it. His “reformatted” copy still had the name and graduation information of the person he copied and pasted my information onto. All in all, it was a poor experience.
 
A coworker who was also separating gave me the reference to Orion. I visited the site and chatted several times with the web greeters. I filled out the required forms and was contacted by Matt Clingon. I felt Matt was a highly competent individual. He coached me in the areas I needed and most importantly listened to what my goals were so that he could set me up in the career I would enjoy.
 
I did some coaching and resume fine tuning with Matt, as well as some tips for interviewing, which led to my first real interview with Medtronic. Without being sure what my status was with them, I went to a hiring conference and interviewed a few other companies there. Matt was pretty confident in my Medtronic prospect, and I'm very glad he was. I was hired soon after.
 
I am now a field service representative for Medtronic, Inc., and I perform maintenance on equipment used in Operating Rooms all over New England. I am enjoying traveling with Medtronic. The compensation is nice, too. I never got that in the military.
 
I think the part I most appreciated with Orion was that they were honestly there to help—not just fill positions for Fortune 500 companies. Matt let me know that my input was vital to the whole operation. The competition didn't stand a chance once I got involved with your company. It's a difficult economy to be searching for a job, but I consider myself very lucky. Orion gave me the connections and advice I needed. Thanks for that!