Advises military personnel how to plan a civilian career, prepare an effective resume, make a good impression on interviews, and take advantage of military experience
Applying for a federal job or promotion no longer requires a lengthy, lifeless form. Instead, applicants can emphasize their strengths, skills, and smarts in resumes that will hook hiring staff and make personal qualifications shine.
Learn how to navigate the USAJOBS system and write a correct federal resume. Troutman shows military personnel and their spouses job search strategies to begin their search.
"Student's Federal Career Guide, 2nd Ed " is an invaluable career and government job guide for students seeking public service positions with outstanding career opportunity, salary, benefits and advancement opportunities.
This handbook provides a career transition framework for service members and their families. Readers are given exit strategies for gracefully leaving the military; charts, checklists, and worksheets for planning each transition aspect; resume and cover letter samples and strategies; and interviewing and salary negotiation tips.
Written in a workbook-style with brand new resume samples for each type of entry level and that represent the push toward STEM technical programs to provide training and certifications for high school students. It includes effective material for training in technical programs and high school career classes. It contains fully updated information with recent resume examples and is presented in clear, plain language with directions and suggestions for creating the best resume possible for the job seekers experience.
Every day veterans are getting out of the military and have no idea about the world that awaits them. They don't know how to find a job, and so they have higher unemployment rates than the civilian population. They don't know how to quell the beast inside, and so they have higher divorce rates than the civilian population. They don't know how to defeat the demons that ravage their minds, and so they have higher suicide rates than the civilian population. This book isn't going to solve all your problems, but it will provide you with some techniques on how to navigate the obstacles that you are going to face and together we can start to make a difference.