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• Military Transition: What Do You Do When You’re Branded

  May is National Military Appreciation Month. Each week this month we bring you articles that honor our nation's vets. Our first post is by Jane Maliszewski, Colonel U.S. Army (retired), currently President, ISKA LLC, a Strategic Change Consultancy. "What do you do when you're bra… 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

• The Afterlife in Social Networking

  Every month I have the honor of presenting How to Use the Internet and Social Media in Your Job Search, to a group of very dedicated government professionals who are transitioning. While we present this class to many groups each month, this group is the most challenging due to th… 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