Posted on February 2nd, 2012 by Ashley Harmon
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are all social media outlets used primarily as platforms for interactive communities to share current happenings. Society has typically viewed the use of these sites for entertainment purposes, but I propose that military job seekers approach them as “networking resources.” Think of them as online résumés! Let’s begin with the more [...]
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Filed under: In the News, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military to Civilian Career Coaching, Networking
Posted on July 5th, 2011 by admin
MilitaryResumes.com and Bradley-Morris, Inc. (“BMI”) were recently featured on MilitaryTimesEdge.com. “Rescue your résumé: 6 places to get help” by Adam Stone identifies 6 resources vets can leverage to pull together interview winning military résumés, including Military Resumes and BMI. Here is the article in its entirety: Rescue your résumé: 6 places to get help by [...]
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Filed under: In the News, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes
Posted on May 12th, 2011 by admin
Congratulations to the 2011 Most Valuable Employers (MVE) for Military winners that were just recently announced by CivilianJobs.com. Also, don’t miss this blog post on how job seekers get noticed by those military-friendly companies.
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Filed under: In the News, Military Job Seeker Advice
Posted on March 21st, 2011 by admin
Studies have shown veterans to be overrepresented not only among the ranks of leading CEOs, but also able to survive almost twice as long on the job and outperform the stock market’s main benchmark index. It’s no wonder companies with a military hiring program have a significant competitive advantage. Despite the nation’s economic outlook (which [...]
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Filed under: In the News, Interviewing, Military Career Transition, Military Job Seeker Advice, Military Resumes, Military to Civilian Career Coaching, Networking, Uncategorized
Posted on May 26th, 2010 by admin
Do you have “linkbait” on your Facebook page to a gross YouTube clip or, even worse, to articles affirming your stance on polarizing political issues? If so, please realize that you have a 50/50 chance of offending a potential employer. At the very least, they probably won’t find an annoying stupid human trick funny or agree [...]
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Filed under: In the News, Military Job Seeker Advice, Networking
Posted on May 11th, 2010 by admin
Federal hiring reform appears to be one of the key goals of the Office of Personnel Management this year under its new leadership, Director John Berry. Promoting the use of resumes instead of knowledge, skills, and abilities essays (generally considered “cumbersome” by federal job seekers) is just one of the anticipated reforms in question. The Obama [...]
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Filed under: Federal KSA, Federal Resumes, In the News
Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by admin
The Western Regional Office of the Federal Bureau of Prisons recently reached out to Military Resumes to spread the word about job opportunities in California and Arizona. The Federal Bureau of Prisons recently activated a Federal Correction Institution in Mendota, California. This facility is in need of correctional officers and medical personnel. Opportunities are also available [...]
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Filed under: In the News, Military Career Transition, Military to Civilian Career Coaching, Uncategorized
Posted on April 5th, 2010 by admin
Two years ago, in response to claims that the military was downplaying injuries to cut costs, Congress ordered a review of disputed disability claims. Since then, according to an Associated Press article featured on msnbc.msn.com, only a small percentage of eligible veterans have applied for benefits. Here is an excerpt from the article: As of [...]
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Filed under: Federal Job (Steps to get a), Federal Resumes, In the News, Military Career Transition, Military Job Seeker Advice
Posted on March 30th, 2010 by admin
I am proud to announce that MilitarytoCivilian.com was recently featured in a www.onlineuniversities.com article entitled ”100 Blog Posts Every Job Seeker Should Read“. This article is a great resource for anyone on the job market, including military job seekers, and offers career search advice to help you with personal branding, your military resume and military cover letter, networking and [...]
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Filed under: In the News, Military Job Seeker Advice
Posted on March 24th, 2010 by admin
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the U.S. Department of Labor are sponsoring a federal hiring event in the Washington D.C. area on April 26th, 2010 for veterans who are 30% or more disabled. Representatives from many agencies will be reviewing military resumes, which must be submitted to hiringevent@opm.gov prior to the event, and [...]
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Filed under: In the News, Military Job Fairs
