Posted on November 14th, 2012 by Ashley Harmon
I receive a number of questions from transitioning military candidates asking when they should begin to craft their resume and apply for jobs. In response, I have created a practical guideline (below) to help keep candidates focused and on track. 1 year out: Map Out Your Plan Of Attack Now is the perfect time to [...]
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Filed under: Military Career Transition, Military Job Fairs, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes, Networking
Posted on August 27th, 2012 by Ashley Harmon
After attending numerous military job fairs as part of my work, I have witnessed firsthand countless job seeker mistakes that are easily avoidable. The list below was compiled in order to provide useful advice to assist transitioning military service members with marketing themselves more successfully and to help them overcome some common challenges. Preparation 1. [...]
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Filed under: Military Career Transition, Military Job Fairs, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes
Posted on April 20th, 2012 by admin
Among the more than 14 million Americans struggling to find work, the men and women married to military personnel face hurdles that other job seekers don’t. According to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 8.4 percent of military spouses were seeking jobs and couldn’t find one, compared to 5.3 percent of spouses in [...]
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Filed under: Military Job Fairs, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Life, Military Resumes, Networking
Posted on March 24th, 2010 by admin
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the U.S. Department of Labor are sponsoring a federal hiring event in the Washington D.C. area on April 26th, 2010 for veterans who are 30% or more disabled. Representatives from many agencies will be reviewing military resumes, which must be submitted to hiringevent@opm.gov prior to the event, and [...]
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Filed under: In the News, Military Job Fairs
Posted on November 20th, 2009 by admin
CivilianJobs.com is the site where America’s military connects with civilian careers. In addition to providing a job board and a military base newspaper, CivilianJobs.com produces military jobs fairs at bases all over the U.S. that are free for military job seekers to attend. In the course of these many job fairs, the CivilianJobs.com team has [...]
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Filed under: Military Job Fairs, Military Job Seeker Advice
Posted on July 14th, 2009 by admin
As a Certified Professional Resume Writer, I receive Spotlight, the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches newsletter. In July’s issue, I came across a timely article by Jay Block entitled, “Provide your Clients with an Employment GPS”. In it, Block emphasizes the necessity of a “strategic written employment plan” complete with a highly-structured [...]
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Filed under: Federal Resumes, In the News, Military Career Transition, Military Job Fairs, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes, Military to Civilian Career Coaching, Networking
Posted on February 25th, 2009 by admin
On January 30, 2009, a veteran posted the following on the transition stories blog on www.military.com: “I ended up paying more than $400 to help find me a job and to no avail. I was now out $400 and no job. So I continued to look on my own… I received a call stating that [...]
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Filed under: Federal Resumes, Interviewing, Military Career Transition, Military Job Fairs, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes, Networking
Posted on October 9th, 2008 by admin
Career fairs uniquely offer military job seekers the opportunity to gather information about career options, research the demand for their own brand of talent in various fields, make contact with certain companies, and practice networking and communication skills. So take full advantage of the benefits that job fairs have to offer, but keep in mind [...]
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Filed under: Military Job Fairs, Military Job Seeker Advice, Networking
