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TRICARE TIP OF THE WEEK
TRICARE tip of the week: Breast Care!
Surviving School as a Parent
Being a mom is hard work! Add the additional stress of being a military spouse and then pile school on top of it all and you’re in for an uphill hike. The good news is that online programs have made education much more flexible, allowing you to fit school in around everything else you already have going on. But even with that flexibility (and sometimes because of it) it can still be downright tricky to balance it all.
How to Choose a Career That Will Follow You
If you are a practical person (which I am certainly not, but for this article I will pretend to be) you should consider the following two things in your quest for employment:
Is the position I am attempting to occupy a mobile one?
Is the field I am attempting to occupy considered always-in-demand?
Business Mentors—Where to Find One
Sometimes the hardest part of starting or growing a business is the idea that we don’t know what we don’t know. Failure to understand things like business structure, taxes, and marketing can cause all kinds of problems for a new or growing business. What is a business owner to do? How can they hope to prevent some of the pitfalls that come from simply not knowing everything there is to know about running a business? One of the easiest and most beneficial things a business owner can do is find a mentor.
Field Problem: Rental Home and PCS
Hi! I am wondering if you have any resources for people who want to rent their home when they PCS? How soon is too soon to start interviewing property managers and getting the advertising going? Thank you!
Kelley, Army spouse
How to put TLC in your PCS with Pets
If you think moving is stressful for you, imagine how confusing it can be for your pets. Everything that is familiar to them—the potted plants they sniffed daily, the comfy couch they weren’t allowed on, the kids’ shoes they stumbled over by the front door—gets packed up and taken away. Then, they’re cooped up in their carrier in the back of the car for a long road trip. In the short term, it is a bit more stressful to PCS when your pets are along for the ride. But in the long term, they make moving more enjoyable for everyone.
The Dirty Dozen
The interview is over. You are told to expect the results in two weeks. A letter arrives two weeks later and you open it and read the following.
We regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you a position at this time. Although your background is impressive, your skill set is not compatible with our requirements, and we have identified another candidate who is a better fit for our opening. We will keep your resume on file and contact you in the event a more appropriate position becomes available. We enjoyed meeting you and wish you well.
The dreaded “Dear, John” letter!
You are disappointed and confused.
You thought the interview had gone well and you would like to know what went wrong.
Well, start with the language in the letter: “Your skill set is not compatible with our requirements.” That must be the reason, correct?
Probably not.
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