Joy Ortiz shares how other moms can work from home. Working from home certainly has its perks, but what are some work from home difficulties you’ve experienced?
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AWTR Show #742: VirtForce
Today’s podcast features Kimber Hill, founder of VirtForce. The virtual workforce is an unharnessed power waiting to be tapped within the milspouse community.
AWTR Show #740: Aina Giving
Ciao! Today’s episode of Army Wife Talk Radio features Carmen Westbrook, a current resident of Rome, military spouse of 17 years, and CEO of Aina Giving.
AWTR Show #732: ACP- Milspouse Programs + Special Feature with First Command CEO
Hello and welcome, listeners! This is an extra special episode as we don’t have just but TWO empowering resources to share with you. First up, AWN Commander, Sharita Knobloch, interviews Lucie Piper, who is a USMC veteran spouse and military-focused Social Worker who manages American Corporate Partners’ free mentorship program for active duty military spouses. In the second portion of the show, hear from AWN supporter & sponsor First Command Financial Service President & CEO, Mark Steffe, as he shares empowering information on how military families can respond financially to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AWTR Show #730: Diary of an Entrepreneur
In today’s episode, listen to military wife and entrepreneur, Inez Ruiz to discuss how Army spouses can become entrepreneurs and create a successful career.
The Hardest Interview Question is My Favorite One
Do you want to know a secret? I certainly want to tell it. Shout it even.
I just interviewed for my dream job!
For this moment in time, compared to all the other jobs I have held and interviewed for, that statement is true. My dream job, you guys—an interview for the history books. My personal history books, of course.
Now that the interview is over, the jig is up and I am ready to spill out so much about my dream job interview.
The first time I applied for this job, I was not selected for an interview and it was pretty crushing. Was my resume not right? Do I have the wrong degree? Maybe I submitted my application at a weird hour of the day and they didn’t like the timestamp. I guessed so many reasons why I didn’t get an interview.
Fast forward six months—six whole months!—and the same job was posted again.
I applied. Again.
Effective Leadership: The Art of Mentoring
If you were able to apply any of the previous information to your current leadership role, we encourage you to take your leadership abilities one step further and explore the art of mentorship.
A mentor is a trusted person who advises and serves as a role model in a specific field of expertise. The purpose of a mentor is to develop, encourage, and allow the mentee to achieve their goals with their mentor’s support.
Have you ever been given the opportunity to be mentored? If so, think back to how the relationship began. Did you grow and bloom as an individual with your mentor’s guidance?
I’ve had several mentors throughout my life—professional mentors and life mentors.
New Skills in the New Season
A change in the seasons is a wonderful time to consider new beginnings, and when starting afresh, you may identify the need for more education to gain necessary skills. In case you or members of your family are considering a health science career as your new beginning, here are some sites and programs that you might find useful.
AWTR Show #709: AMSE
lossie Hall never seemed to be in the driver’s seat of her own life. In 2015, facing another looming deployment, she put her dream of going to medical school on permanent hold and launched an affordable meal delivery startup, which turned into a multi-million-dollar business in its first year. Since then, she hasn’t turned back. Flossie continues to blaze the trail for others by mentoring, inspiring, and advocating for military spouses with entrepreneurial ambitions across the country. Most recently, she cofounded the Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs, or AMSE. Tune in to hear how she inspires the masses to turn their dreams into realities.
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