Personnelist

“You'll manage Airmen's records and personnel actions — the administrative foundation of every military career. Personnel skills transfer to federal civil service HR, corporate human resources, and the staffing industry. The Air Force personnel management system is complex and knowing it makes you a resource both in and out of the military.”

Personnel work means processing the actions that affect Airmen's careers and compensation — assignments, promotions, separations, pay changes. The consequences of errors are real and the customers express their frustration directly. The HR skills are transferable. Federal civilian HR positions and the staffing industry recruit from military personnel backgrounds. SHRM certifications add professional structure. The work is administratively intensive, the systems are a mix of old and new, and the appreciation for your work flows in inverse proportion to how correctly everything processes.