Heading to a Job Fair? Consider this practical advice for connecting with employers.
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After dealing with the muck and mess of hurricanes, are you ready to go back to work - maybe in a new location? Still Serving Veterans will assist Veterans find new work and a fresh start.
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Flu Season is here! Veterans protect yourselves and get a No Cost flu shot at Walgreens.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs' Integrated Operations Center has compiled a resource brochure for Veterans impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Please use and share this information widely.
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Veterans often want to work for the government, but many find the USAJobs application process to be a “black hole” and they just give up. Bob Gossett, an Employment Specialist with the Alabama Dept. of Labor Career Center in Huntsville, graciously offers practical and professional advice.
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Got an interview? Congratulations! You are a survivor of the first ruthless cut from perhaps hundreds of applicants to the "best qualified." Now the "real fun" begins i.e., preparing for and successfully negotiating the interview process. Here is some down-to-earth, practical advice.
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Online job applications are a necessary but often frustrating part of today's job search. Here is practical advice for higher quality and less painful online job applications.
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Employers look for experience, skills, and education, but as importantly, they look for maturity, professionalism, social awareness, and a good cultural fit. Even an email address is a discriminator. Is yours helping or hurting your job search?
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Creating a dynamic and diverse workplace can be a challenge, but the practical advice from a nonprofit hiring manager is: hire to your needs. The most qualified people will show up, and if they don’t…keep looking. Read more...
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There are well over 2,000,000 women Veterans in the US and yet, all too often, it never occurs to people that the woman they are talking with might be a Veteran. Read on to see how we can provide recognition, support, and access to services these women deserve.
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Resumes tailored for specific employers and positions rise to the top of the stack of the hundreds of resumes submitted for the typical job. Here is advice on how to efficiently do this tailoring.
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Transitions can be stressful - emotionally, intellectually, physically, and perhaps spiritually. It is a normal path which we all must travel.
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All of us find ourselves considering from time to time our next career move. Give yourself the gift of time, space, quiet, and privacy to seriously consider what you really want to do. Here is how…
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The Job fair season is upon us. It takes forethought and planning to stand out in the herd of job-seekers. Here is good practical advice.
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Resumes won’t get you a job, but they can get you an interview – if you can compete with the other 100+ applicants. Here is some advice on doing just that.
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What are you going to do now? Straight advice from one NCO to another.
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The "Band of Brothers" is now an extended family of those who are serving and have served our nation. As Huntsville, AL honored Brad Freeman, a member of the historic Band of Brothers during Saturday Havoc's Military Appreciation Night, we are reminded that helping Veterans in transition is part of the continuing mission and responsibility of being family.
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Here is how to respond if you are unemployed, underemployed, or miserably employed.
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Navigating the emotional and physical hurdles of a life-changing event is not without difficulty and danger, but for each challenge there is a safety net.
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How temporary work can be a path to full-time employment.
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