WITH A BOOMING economy and unemployment at its lowest in years, finding a high-tech job should be a piece of cake. But for military veterans, the transition to the corporate world is anything but. “Many recruiters just throw resumes away if they see military,” says, Wesley Poriotis. Poriotis and Anthony Watson, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, run The Center for Military and Private Sector Initiatives to help the 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers who leave the military annually find corporate jobs. Watson says ex-soldiers have a problem finding work because people think of the military as stiff, stodgy, and inflexible. “That may have been true 40 years ago, but it isn’t today,” he claims. Another obstacle: outdated job titles. Navy fire control technicians don’t put out fires – they’re computer specialist who handle firing mechanisms of guns and rockets on ships. And a radioman is actually a broadband communications specialist. “I know a one-star general who was the No. 2 person running the Army’s telecommunications division,” Poriotis says. “He couldn’t even get interviews.” But the tide is turning. Companies like AT&T (Basking Ridge, NY), Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ), and Qwest Communications International Inc. (Denver) are starting to look more closely at ex-military applicants.