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Category Archives: Job Search / Career Development

• Keep Networking for a Successful Career

  Networking can be a scary word for some job seekers. It sounds much more accessible and friendly when you think of networking simply as human connection. You need to keep that human connection going throughout your career. Networking is not just important in landing a job. I… more

• Are You Impacted by BRAC and Wondering What To Do

  Once it seemed so far away and so full of tough choices that it was easy to postpone decisions. But here your BRAC changes still are and the deadlines approach. What now? Step 1.  What are you actually facing? Great job, moving to a distant location - quite different choices f… more

• Job Search: Stumbling Blocks and Feedback

  Job search is a difficult process for most of us. Applications disappear into black holes, a great opportunity looms but you cannot get a response, an interview goes well but months later a rejection letter arrives. In recent years these problems and many others have been aggrava… more

• Military Transition: Military Resume Tricks Rant

  I recently have begun hearing again that some employment counselors are telling transitioning military folks to omit their military service information and/or titles. Instead they suggest one use words like "major international organization vice-president."  This was a sad tre… more

• Job Search Without a College Degree

  Many enlisted military and retiring federal workers who do not have a bachelors degree face a surprise in the civilian job world - the demand for a degree for jobs that they have held.  Many federal contracts demand a degree for such jobs when contracted out. Some still … more