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DoD SkillBridge @ JLL

Jones Lang LaSalle · Chicago, IL · Full time

Posted Nov 12, 2025 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Which type of role at JLL are you interested in, and how does your military experience prepare you for it?

What they are checking: Whether they have thought about where they fit and can connect their service to a civilian job.

Tell me about a time you were responsible for equipment or systems that had to work. How did you keep them running?

What they are checking: Whether their maintenance or operations experience carries over to building systems work.

Tell me about a time you led or trained others. What did you learn about leading people?

What they are checking: Whether they bring leadership habits that can grow into supervisor or management roles.

Tell me about a time you had to learn something new very quickly. How did you do it?

What they are checking: Whether they can ramp up fast in an unfamiliar industry during a short program.

What would you do

How would you explain your military role to a facilities manager who has never served?

What they are checking: Whether they can translate military terms into language a civilian hiring manager understands.

What do you expect will be hardest about moving from the military to a civilian workplace?

What they are checking: Whether they have realistic expectations and a plan to adjust to less structure.

In a client-facing building, a tenant is upset about a work order that hasn't been done. How would you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can serve customers calmly, which is new for many people leaving the military.

How have you handled safety on the job, and what would you do if you saw a coworker take a shortcut?

What they are checking: Whether they will speak up about safety in a setting without a formal chain of command.

What would make this SkillBridge experience a success for you, and what would you need from us?

What they are checking: Whether they see the program as a path to a full-time job and can name what they need.

About the work

What technical training or certifications do you have, and what would you like to earn next?

What they are checking: Whether they have a learning plan that fits the trade or business role they want.

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The full job description

As published by Jones Lang LaSalle.

Welcome to JLL’s SkillBridge application. We thank you for your service and are proud to assist in your journey to acquire knowledge, experience, and what we hope will be a full-time role with JLL. JLL is a Global company with opportunities all over but for SkillBridge we must keep the program to the United States and to that end we operate in 189 cities, so let us know which one you are interested in. Our SkillBridge program includes but is not limited to the following types of roles: • Technicians - Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC, Fire Life Safety, Building Maintenance, Building Automation Systems, Critical Environment Technicians, etc. • Business Administration - Administrative Support, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, Property Administration, etc. • Operations Management - Ops Coordinator, Work Order Coordinator, Ops Management, Planners, Safety - EHS Support and Management, Project Management, etc. • Finance Technician - Finance Analyst, AP/AR Coordinators, Accounting, Valuations, etc. • Contracting & Sourcing support management - Vendor Management, Sourcing specialists, valuations, etc. JLL Privacy Notice Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services. We take our responsibility to protect the personal information provided to us seriously. Generally the personal information we collect from you are for the purposes of processing in connection with JLL’s recruitment process. We endeavour to keep your personal information secure with appropriate level of security and keep for as long as we need it for legitimate business or legal reasons. We will then delete it safely and securely. For more information about how JLL processes your personal data, please view our Candidate Privacy Statement . For additional details please see our career site pages for each country. For candidates in the United States, please see a full copy of our Equal Employment Opportunity policy here . Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – you may email us at HRSCLeaves@jll.com . This email is only to request an accommodation. Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page > I want to work for JLL.

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