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Why Your Company Should Earmark Certain Jobs for Military Vets

Sep 16, 2024

If your company wants to hire military veterans, one way to achieve this objective is to earmark certain jobs for them. Doing this will enable you to focus your recruitment activities on filling those positions from the ranks of available veterans, helping you avoid compromising your principles when it’s difficult to find the right workers. Here are some ways to do this effectively. Look for a professional HR veteran. This makes because...

Use Your Unique Military Experience to Address Workplace Conflicts

Sep 02, 2024

As somebody with a military background, you are uniquely positioned to help civilian businesses . The training you received, as well as your military experience, make you well-suited for a wide variety of jobs for veterans . However, unlike in the military, not everyone in private business has a single focus and shared. Any given workplace will probably have people who seek to create drama or try to push others around. Thankfully, you...

Turning Valor Into Valuable Trade: Auto Entrepreneurship for Veterans

Aug 19, 2024

Building your own business up from the ground is a labor of love, a generator of great pride, and a good payday. According to US News, the average business manager will earn $76,000 per year , a hefty chunk above the median. As a veteran, applying the skills you’ve developed to having your own patch is a great way to continue your own development and build a career on shore. One of the best industries for veterans to get into? Automobiles....

Get Top-Notch Teamwork: Hire a Veteran-Owned Business Consultancy

Aug 12, 2024

Everywhere you look these days, you read or hear about the staffing shortages caused by the pandemic. Unemployment is at an all-time low, yet companies can’t get the personnel they need. Companies previously committed to hiring veterans because of their strong leadership skills, robust teamwork approach, and ability to follow instructions have found themselves struggling to fill positions. Reasons for the Staffing Shortages The...

An Essential Toolkit to Compose a Winning Cover Letter

Jul 29, 2024

While you’re in the midst of finals and term papers, it’s hard to see past graduating college. It may feel like once you’ve passed all of your exams and received your degree, the hard part is over. However, this is unfortunately not always the case. Most people are in college and pushing themselves to succeed with one goal in mind – getting their foot on the career ladder and landing their dream job. This means that the work doesn’t end once...

Online Work Opportunities for Senior Veterans

Jul 22, 2024

Living from paycheck to paycheck (or not having a paycheck at all) can be extremely stressful to a senior veteran, particularly since it can increase the prevalence of homelessness, a very unfortunate reality for more than 1.4 million at-risk veterans. Veteran’s Day is still ahead of us for this year, and once again, America will honor the more than 20 million veterans who have served the nation. Unfortunately, putting your life on the...

How Veterans Can Write a Great LinkedIn Profile

Jul 15, 2024

Does LinkedIn seem confusing or overwhelming? I get it. You definitely didn’t need a LinkedIn profile when you decided to serve, but it’s an important tool for you in the civilian world. It’s also an excellent resource for networking and job searching. Recruiters and hiring managers use this as one of their main resources to pre-screen job applicants, so it’s time to make a profile or update your current one. I have 10 tips to ensure you...

5 Tips on How to Successfully Pass a Job Interview Being a Veteran

Jun 24, 2024

When you’re on your way to make the transition from the military to the civilian sector, things are not easy for you. Everything is different. You were used to discipline. You had things planned. Now, people tell you to relax. When you attend an interview, the hiring managers want part of your personality. “Military” behavior can make you look stiff. How do you pass a job interview when you’re competing against more experienced and...

Why "Fitting In" with Coworkers is Harder for Veterans

Jun 17, 2024

In the military, you didn't have to negotiate your salary - or keep quiet about what it was. Fitting in with coworkers can be difficult at the best of times, but for military veterans who recently returned from active service, it can reach a whole new level of awkwardness. After being in an environment where their actions could determine life or death for someone, landing a veteran’s job in a company where the most action takes place...

4 Ways Military Veterans Can Create a Thriving Career After Service

Jun 10, 2024

Serving the country means you must sacrifice time with loved ones, which can be extremely difficult. It can also mean leaving a job you love when you are deployed. Returning from a deployment can be difficult. In some cases, the job you hold may no longer be available, or you may be unable to focus on your work after dealing with the stress of a deployment to a war-torn foreign country. These four tips can help you refocus and not only...

Employing Dependable Veterans for the Remote Work Revolution

Jun 03, 2024

The Covid-19 pandemic triggered the remote work revolution, which was a radical transformation in business and professional activities. According to McKinsey , it’s a change that’s showing every sign of staying with us. In 2020, Americans replaced much of the time spent commuting with more leisure and household activities, and even in 2024 they don’t appear ready to give up the option. Organizations in multiple industries are now forced to...

Do-It-Yourself Credit Repair For Veterans

May 13, 2024

Lots of people got into financial deep water during Covid-19. With offers for debt consolidation appearing everywhere lately it has truly become difficult to sort the scams from the legit offers. You may end up taking one of these seemingly valuable offers and end up worse off than you were before. So, then what do you ask yourself? How are you going to fix this mess by yourself? Well, take a deep breath and relax because it really isn’t...

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