When I graduated college, I thought I had landed my dream job. For a while, it was everything I wanted it to be. After five years in the field, I realized my career was no longer conducive to family life, work life balance, and overall did not make me happy anymore. I considered enduring the dissatisfaction because the position I accepted aligned with my college degree. I also recognized I didn’t want to face the fear of the unknown by starting over.
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Let’s Talk about Voicemail
As a career coach, a great deal of the advice I give to clients pertains to resumes, interviewing, and dressing for success. However, it is also crucial to pay close attention to the small details in a job search. Those can include choosing a professional email provider, writing thank you notes after interviews and cleaning up your social profiles. However, I frequently see clients overlook how they’re using voicemail as a job-seeking professional.
Summertime and the Military Spouse Job Hunt
Summer is a hot time in the job market, and you don’t want to let a great position slip past you. Instead, here are six quick tips about staying active in the job search amid a crazy, busy summer:
Finding Success as a Remote Worker
Over the last two years, some of the most frequent comments I hear from clients are: “I really want a remote job,” or “I think remote work is the best option for my career.” Along with many other professionals around the world, my work environment changed drastically in March of 2020. I went from making a 20-minute commute, working in an office and collaborating with my coworkers daily to working remotely from home with a single day’s notice
Resume Tailoring 101
As a career coach, I hear from clients all the time who have applied to many jobs without a single call back. My first question is always the same: Are you tailoring your resume?
Most of the time, the client has been sending the exact same resume to every position, and other times, the client is making minor changes but not properly tailoring. Unfortunately, changing up a single word here and there in your resume is not tailoring.
Highlight Your Milspouse Skills in the Job Market
Signing up for life as a military spouse comes with more than the traditional highs and lows of marriage. We also dive headfirst into the highest calling of support, ensuring our families carry forward through training, relocations, deployments and other curveballs thrown our way. Navigating this journey fosters a myriad of essential skills, but they have a secondary application: the job market. As a military spouse, you can highlight your unique qualities as a candidate in comparison to civilian counterparts. Let’s dive in to review specific examples and how they can best serve you as an applicant.
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