Newsmaker: Keith Wilson
As director of education service for the Veterans Benefit Administration, Keith Wilson is responsible for implementing the new Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Picture This: Photography As A Mobile Career
Just because digital cameras make it easier for more people to take pretty pictures, not everyone has the skill to turn it into a business.
Five Common Job Search Mistakes
How can you succeed where others fail? Consider these five common mistakes job seekers make, each with the potential to derail your career search.
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Shape Up Your Career... As A Personal Fitness Trainer
Personal training offers many opportunities: fitness centers, home sessions, healthcare organizations and more.
The Right Way To Develop Your Job References
If you are interviewing for a job, chances are your references will be called upon to testify to your work performance.
Project Work Can Solve Balancing Act
Many spouses want the flexibility to pick and choose their projects and even to say no when necessary, based on what works for their families.
Office Politics: New Hires Must Learn The Ropes
Transitioning vets must understand the impact office politics can have on their upward mobility and their paycheck.
Spouse Employment: Success Can Be Yours!
Federal and private sector initiatives can boost a military spouse's ability to start and maintain a career while married to the military.
Ad Sales: Military Spouses Welcome?
The discipline to conduct cold calls, accept rejection and maintain persistence in developing relationships is key to success in ad sales.
Ace That Job Interview!
Interviews are a selling opportunity where you are the product and the employer is the customer. So apply the basic steps of a successful sale to a job interview.
Put Your Organizing Skills To Work
As we generate ever increasing amounts of information and assorted "stuff," the business of professional organizing and home staging has exploded.
Seven Steps To A Successful Homemade Business
Many military spouses find that owning and running a business helps provide continuity through frequent military moves and, of course, a supplemental income.
New Resources Help Spouses Craft Mobile Careers
Managing a mobile career requires a proactive approach. But some great new resources are available to help career-minded military spouses.
Navigating Life's Critical Turns
Career counselors can help individuals make important decisions at critical junctures in their working lives.
Get Ahead! Make The Most Of Your Military Education Benefits
The military offers several programs to help Reservists get ahead in college, but you'll need to do your homework.
PR: An Ideal Career For Military Spouses
Military spouses in the public relations field have successfully continued their careers using a number of different approaches.
Online Resources For Your Career Toolbox
Resources widely used among career counselors, researchers and other professionals are largely untapped by the general public.
Train Your Way To A Flexible Career
For military spouses, a training career allows you the creativity and flexibility to fit into your mobile lifestyle.
Gain An Edge At Your Next Job Interview
Understanding basic approaches to job interviewing can help combat your fears.
Don't Get Rolled By Auto-Surfing Schemes
"The more you click, the more you collect..." Sounds great, but it may be a fraud.
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