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Category Archives: Military Transition / Veterans

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  How to Fail Your Military Transition

  Want to ensure you have trouble finding a civilian job? Looking forward to months without a job? Ready to go through 3-4 job searches in your first few years after the military? Probably NOT!  But those problems are quite common. Failure 1: Defining a Specific Career/Job Y… more

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  Two Sessions for Transitioning Military

  Military Appreciation Month is upon us. If you’re in the DC area, two military transition programs you want to participate in are May 8 in Crystal City, Va. AFCEA Nova Military Transition Seminar Breakfast Transitioning Military are invited to attend this breakfast mee… more

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  Focus Your Military Transition for a Successful Job Search

  We’ve done so much, with so little, for so long, that we can do anything, with nothing, forever. This phrase highlights the strength of the current military member, and at the same time, the weakness of the veteran job seeker. One of the biggest issues transitioning veterans … more

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  5 Questions with Veteran Fred Wellman

  Fred founded ScoutComms in 2010, a communications firm supporting veterans, military families and organizations committed to their well-being. Fred has provided our weekly Defense Roundup for three years. That roundup is now expanding to include more veterans issues. 1.  W… more

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  Do Service Branches Have Different Leadership Styles

  In November, 2010, Harvard Business Review had a special issue largely focused on things the private world could learn from the military. One of the articles in that issue that immediately stuck with me focused on the different leadership styles that each service cultivates. The … more