How to Foster Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as a Civilian Employee If an employer implements Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, it expects you to be on board.
How to Explain Why You Left a Toxic Workplace Without Bashing Your Old Boss Explaining why you left a previous employer without having a new job in place, without giving two weeks’ notice or leaving an...
How to Evaluate Offers, Get More $$$ and Avoid a Bridge Job After the Military How to evaluate your job offer is a key skill of the job hunt in military transition. Avoid the horrors of a bridge job by...
The 9 Circles of Networking Hell for Veterans (And How to Escape) All job seekers eventually end up in Networking Hell. It is not exactly Dante's Inferno, but it is a place where you are...
How to Talk Effectively with Your (Civilian) Boss Civilian employers may not be familiar with the way many veterans speak, and it could be off-putting. Here's how to avoid...
How to Do Pre-Interview Research That Will Impress Job Recruiters A little research goes a long way in getting that first post-military job.
How the Department of Labor Rewards Companies for Hiring Veterans The Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act of 2017 - or HIRE Vets Act - was created...
How to Create a Successful Transition Timeline Planning is the key to a successful transition to civilian life; here's how to create one.
How Can You Transition When You Don't Know What You Want? What kind of work are you looking for? As a senior service member approaching transition, you know you are supposed to be...
How to Build a Professional Network for Your Civilian Career Military members get excellent technical training, but often lack professional civilian networks.
Russian Flotilla Off Florida Coast Sparks Deployment of US Navy Destroyers, Planes The Russian Ministry of Defense said in an online post that the ships conducted exercises in the use of "high-precision...
Massive Search at Hawaii Marine Corps Training Ground Fails to Find Alleged Poachers Carrying Gun, Knife The alleged trespassing coincided with reports of "shots fired" at the training area, which apparently did not originate from...
White House 'Strongly Opposes' Proposed 19.5% Pay Hike for Junior Enlisted Troops The statement from the White House suggested Congress should wait until the administration's review is done to make any...
Navy Relieved 12 Commanders in 6 Months — Including 3 Firings that Were Never Publicly Announced When asked why the three firings were not made public, a Navy spokesman said that the sea service does not publicly announce...
5.5% vs. 19.5% Pay Raise: Senate Diverges from House on How Much to Boost Junior Enlisted Paychecks The House and Senate will need to negotiate a compromise version of their respective bills before this year's NDAA can become...