Read This Before You Get Stuck in a Mid-Career Rut After you’ve been working for 20 years or more, it’s natural to assume that you know how to manage your career. However, a study by Harvard Business Review found that mid-career professionals need help if they want to avoid being undervalued and overworked. […]
The Secret to Networking at Social Events When you meet a potential contact at a business event, you know what to do. You deliver your elevator pitch and set up a time to talk more. However, when you run into someone interesting at a social gathering, things can become more complicated when it comes […]
Finding Your Next Job Can Be Easier With Successful Networking Now that you are in transition phase after serving, have you ever wondered how that friend of yours that really wasn’t qualified for a job received a better paying job with more holidays than you? You could give them the benefit of the doubt that […]
How to Figure Out What Type of Job You Really Want You’ve made a good run in uniform, and the transition to a new life looms ahead. It’s time to start considering a job in the civilian world, but you keep putting it off for one reason or another. Most often it’s our lack of […]
Those with outstanding conversational skills are more successful and have higher-paying jobs. The most powerful people in the world are often the best conversationalists. This has been found to be true in industry, politics, and the military. You can dramatically increase your conversational skills by avoiding the most common conversation mistakes, especially in the workplace. […]
If you have served for four years or 24 years, someday you’ll have to think about it—transition back to civilian life. Still exploring options to pursue in the civilian workforce? One option might be the transportation sector, through a popular, yet little known federal veterans program. Operated under the U.S. Department of Transportation has […]
Your experience from serving in uniform is a treasure trove of value for an employer. You need to get that across on paper. You’re getting ready to leave active duty and that big looming task still remains in front of you… getting your résumé in shape for a civilian job. Your military experience has an […]
Last year, last month or maybe even yesterday may have marked your last day in uniform, but you’re still keen on career advancement in the civilian world, too. Now that you’re far removed from the daily routine of active duty and following the promotion requirements for the next board, making a shift in your approach […]
Work-life balance is sometimes referred to as an illusion or being unattainable. The experiences of life are seemingly more important for younger generations than money. They want technology and facilities to be flexible according to workplace trends. They need a flexible environment for working. A practitioner of work/life integration often select an opportunity to have […]
The Job Search: How Long Does It Take? Previously we took a brief look at veterans transitioning back to civilian life and how they can get a job and choose a career and “How long does it take to get a job?” If there’s one answer that’s consistent… it depends. Veterans spent a significant part […]
Making the jump from the uniform to civilian life requires that one big step… the interview and actually starting the job search. At some point veterans have to go through a career transitioning period, and finding the right career is important to keep living a life full of happiness. Some start with finding the best […]
Everybody agrees that building great relationships with coworkers and networking is a great thing to do. It’s also valuable to have a degree of candor when doing so… But you need to practice self censorship as well. One easy, low-hanging fruit in this area is knowing what’s not OK when asking ice-breaker questions. Or that […]
