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Career Development Tools If You’ve Lost Your Olympic Fever for Recruiting
The Olympics are over. Or did you even know they were on? I remember growing up watching Nadia Comaneci reach the perfect 10, Mark Spitz setting records for swimming and watching the swoosh of Dorothy Hamill’s hair. We looked to these idols, not only in sports, but in every … more
Net – Work – Ing
Networking. It’s important to job search the same way planting seeds in the spring time is important to someone hoping for vegetables in the fall. Like gardening, it can be harder than it looks. Once you know how to plant the seeds, however, it makes perfect sense and becomes e… more
Getting the Most from a Professional Conference
I love going to conferences! I’ve added two certifications, gotten a job, provided valuable knowledge and expertise to projects and made some life-long professional colleagues and mentors from attending professional conferences. I’ve also wasted time, money and energy at a fe… more
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
Proposed Security Clearance Reforms Detail Navy Yard Shooter Missteps
87 percent of OPM’s security clearance background investigation files are “incomplete.” That’s one of the many eye-opening findings in the recently released House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee report detailing flaws in the security cleara… more