Join Anika Matheidas, AWN Podcast Production Assistant, as she talks about 5 key tips as military spouses explore the world of interviewing and job finding.
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AWTR Show #758: Virtual Assistant Academy + Featured Interview with First Command
On today’s exciting AWTR episode we interview Molly Rose Speed, the founder of The Virtual Assistant Academy and Virtual Assistant Management.
Dear Mrs. Employment Gap: I’m Rejoining the Workforce
Dear Mrs. Employment Gap:
Please accept this memo as notice of my resignation. I am no longer able to fulfill my duties as an uprooted professional.
During my time of service, I have gained much needed rest, downtime, and awareness. I’ve had the opportunity to further my skills of both patience and indifference. Thank you for your overall reprieve, which has led me to my greatest level of unaccountability in recent months.
While I appreciate this learning experience, I am happy to inform you that I must be moving on. At present, I have the wonderful opportunity of rejoining the workforce and am eager to accept my new daily habits, purpose, and routine.
Military Spouse Entrepreneurship
Last year, I attended a conference in Austin, Texas, that centered on military spouse employment. I discovered that unlike the national unemployment rates of 3-4%, military spouse unemployment was at around 24% (pre-Covid-19 statistics).
Fortunately, the room was filled with bright minds and outside-the-box thinkers that were working hard to find solutions to this problem. I was intrigued by the percentages they shared and concerned about the room filled with women and men that had advanced degrees but could not find a comparable job.
AWTR Show #750: Hire Heroes USA: Serving Spouses Program
Today we are joined by Kelly from Hire Heroes USA, a program that assists transitioning service members, veterans, and spouses during their job search.
AWTR Show #748: Bunker Labs
Tune in to hear from Sabrina Wojtewicz, Executive Director of Bunker Labs, a nonprofit network focused on helping veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs.
Is a Resume Writing Business Right for You?
Did you spend a great deal of time during quarantine googling “work from home jobs” or “remote work?” Were you dreading the day you might have to go back to work or worried that you might not be asked to return due to “organizational restructuring?”
If you can relate to any of these, read on…
Developing a Battle Rhythm to Manage Conflict
love training. I love receiving new information and analyzing how and where to apply this newfound skill set. I’m a life-long learner and thoroughly enjoy facilitating training. One training that I particularly enjoy facilitating is Conflict Management. Leaders with communication skills such as facilitation, mentorship, and resolution are more likely to engage and thrive in managing conflict in their workplaces and at home.
Disagreement and challenge are inevetible and can result in conflict. However, conflict presents advantages of communication growth within organizations; individuals within organizations are shaped by their own values, beliefs, work ethic, perceptions, and behaviors. Possessing and exercising the skills and mindset in order to engage is crucial to conflict management. On the other hand, shying away from conflict allows issues to fester, which can affect the integrity of an organization and impose negativity within individuals
Finding the Balance: Working From Home with Kids
The pandemic forced a lot of capable people to move from working in an office to working from home. Although I’m grateful to still be getting a paycheck during this time, it has not been an easy transition. However, regardless of the pandemic, I was lucky enough to score a permanent work from home job!
I didn’t account for working from home with kids, but just like I was forced to transition, so were my kids. I went from a working mom and wife, to a working mom and wife plus homeschool teacher (thanks, COVD!).
It wasn’t easy at first.
My patience was tested daily.
But, once we figured out a routine, it was easy peasy moving forward.
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