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• 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

• More Interviewing Tips for Your Job Search

  A major aspect of your interviews is to gain enough information so you can make a good assessment of the opportunity. In the first part of this Interviewing blog post, 3 Interviewing Tips for Your Job Search, we talked about preparing for the interview so that you know about the … more