Your Best Career Move After the Military May Be Sideways If you’re thinking of pursuing a career that you’re not qualified at the moment, there are ways to get your boot in the door.
Before You Make Your Ask While Job Hunting, Figure Out Your 'Why' It's been said that, "Before someone can care about what you do, they need to know why you care about what you do."
How You Can Help Employers Navigate Veteran Myths You, the job candidate, can help employers clarify some of those myths by having data and insights to dispel these...
Never Wrote a Resume in Your Life? A resume is more than a writing project, and more than just documentation about your military history.
Is It Smart to Dumb Down Your Resume? If you're an experienced worker, you might be considering dumbing down your resume to land an interview for a position for...
How to Break into Bartending If you want to work for a national chain, a bartending certificate is a must, emphasizes Chad Ryan, manager of New York City...
One Word Bomb Blows Your Interview (and You Use It Every Day) One little word will blow your interview. It is a word Marines, Coasties, sailors, soldiers, airmen and officers use every...
Industry Spotlight: Wind Energy The wind industry is well-suited to enlisted technicians, officers and noncommissioned officers.
Stop! How Applying Before the Deadline Is Killing Your Job Application When is a deadline not really a deadline? When it is on a job application. Even though it looks like you have the time to...
Why You Should Encourage Veterans to Submit a Cover Letter Employers should consider encouraging veteran job applicants to submit a cover letter with their application.
Must-Pass Defense Bill Includes 4.5% Military Pay Raise on Top of 15% Increase for Junior Enlisted Troops The recommendation from the House Armed Services Committee in its draft version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing The Air Force special operations wing in Florida where Senior Airman Roger Fortson served before he was shot and killed by...
VA Says It Can't Change New Urn, Plaque Benefit that Precludes Future Burials in National Veteran Cemeteries Both the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs and the National Funeral Directors Association lodged...
'Unspeakably Cruel': Army Ranger Sentenced for Murdering Security Guard in Washington State A U.S. Army Ranger formerly stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for beating a...