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More Military Spouse Friendly Employers

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Many employers value the talents, skills and attitudes of military spouses. Here are just some of the organizations that are military spouse-friend...

Spouses See More Job Choices

American Forces Press Service

Jobs WASHINGTON -- Exciting changes are underway for military spouses that could affect families who serve for generations to come. It used to be, in t...

Job Coaches: Promote Yourself

Job search The key to finding work as a military spouse is turning a negative into a positive. That's the consensus of job coaches who help military spouses ...

More Military Spouse Friendly Employers

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Many employers value the talents, skills and attitudes of military spouses. Here are just some of the organizations that are military spouse-frie...

Do MilSpouse Jobs Programs Work?

Jacey Eckhart

Job search Military spouse employment is a fad. Or maybe that’s just my paranoia talking.  Recently, I read about all these programs and I wonder if any of t...

Jacey Eckhart: Should I Marry Him?

Jacey Eckhart

Wedding rings I got an email this week from a college student studying neurobiology who is engaged to a Navy guy. After researching possible locations where they...

Jobs on Base

Military.com

More Opportunities for Military Spouses Civilian personnel officials are trying to spread the word about a Defense Department policy change that ...

Jacey Eckhart: Hiring Katies Speaks Volumes

Jacey Eckhart | Feb 03, 2012

Katie Lewis graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in psychology and linguistics. She nailed down rewarding internships...

5 Myths of Holiday Job Searching

Military.com | Sep 19, 2011

One of the biggest misconceptions about looking for a job is that employers stop hiring during Christmas. On the contrary, the holidays are the per...

Job Profile: Physician Assistants

Military.com | Sep 19, 2011

Adapted from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition Significant Points Physician assistant progra...

Work Values Checklist

 | Sep 19, 2011

Every day, we make choices -- some without careful consideration. Whether we realize it or not, often our career choice is based on values rather t...

Military Spouse Career Program Expands

Military.com | Sep 19, 2011

Due to more than anticipated demand for a popular government assistance program for career-minded military spouses, Department of Labor and Pentago...

Training to Teach English as a Foreign Language

Military.com | Sep 19, 2011

Want to live in Japan? Poland? How about Ecuador? If you want to see another country up close, as well as get the opportunity to work abroad, you h...

Strategies for Finding Work Abroad

Military.com | Sep 19, 2011

One quality often characterizes people who work abroad: Determination, in this case, to make it to another country. If you're going to move to Fran...

Overview: Patriot Express Loan

Military.com | Sep 19, 2011

Program Focuses on Military Community Including Veterans, Service-disabled, Active-duty in transition, Reserve and Guard, Spouses and Related Group...

Finding Your Niche in Teaching

 | Sep 19, 2011

There's bad news for America's children: More than half of education specialties are suffering shortages of teachers and other professionals. But t...

Child-Protection Social Workers

Military.com | Sep 19, 2011

The workday can be both heartbreaking and heartwarming for social workers who investigate and intervene in cases of child maltreatment. Such child-...

Serve Your Community

Military.com | Oct 11, 2011

Volunteer work is an excellent way to serve your community and gain valuable work skills. In addition, volunteer work helps to increase your repert...

How Organizations Can Help a Mother's Professional Life

Military.com | Sep 19, 2011

Have you put years in the workplace only to realize your boss isn't as excited about your new daughter as her grandmother is? Don't despair. You ne...

Create a Winning Nursing Resume

Military.com | Sep 19, 2011

By Kim Isaacs Monster Resume Expert The US Department of Labor projects faster-than-average job growth for nurses through 2012. That means as emp...

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Things I Don’t Say: The “C” Word

When I give a workshop for military spouses, I try never to say the C word:  Career.  It doesn’t matter whether you are speaking to the fully employed or the active jobseeker or the stay-home parent with three kids under four years old.  The minute a military spouse hears the C word, they become functionally ... Continue Reading

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