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As a career coach, I hear from clients all the time who have applied to many jobs without a single call back. My first question is always the same: Are you tailoring your resume?
Most of the time, the client has been sending the exact same resume to every position, and other times, the client is making minor changes but not properly tailoring. Unfortunately, changing up a single word here and there in your resume is not tailoring.
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Signing up for life as a military spouse comes with more than the traditional highs and lows of marriage. We also dive headfirst into the highest calling of support, ensuring our families carry forward through training, relocations, deployments and other curveballs thrown our way. Navigating this journey fosters a myriad of essential skills, but they have a secondary application: the job market. As a military spouse, you can highlight your unique qualities as a candidate in comparison to civilian counterparts. Let’s dive in to review specific examples and how they can best serve you as an applicant.
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As an active duty military spouse and career coach who works every day with fellow spouses, I’ve seen first-hand the importance of finding a meaningful career and an employer who cares.
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As a job seeker in our current market, you know that virtual interviews are becoming just as common as traditional, in-person settings. While there are standard topics and techniques to practice that apply to all interviews, there are some special things to remember about interviewing virtually.
(As always, don’t skip on your interview prep regardless of the type of interview. We cover that here.)
Here are eight virtual interview tips we want you to know:
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There are a lot of misconceptions out there about resumes. If you’re starting a new job search, it can feel overwhelming to update or create your resume. Where do I begin? How long should it be? What information do I need to include? All valid questions. I get a lot of these questions and more from the job-searching military spouses I work with daily. I’m here to bust some of those resume myths so you can better understand what a resume should be.
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Job searching cannot be a hobby or a passive activity if you’re hoping to see a true return on your efforts. Instead, it takes consistent work and intentionality: Networking. Resume Tailoring. Interviewing. Developing your professional skills. And on and on and on.
At this point you may be thinking, “Yeah, I get,” but this is not another article telling you that you have to do the work. Instead, I recommend the opposite…
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I hear it a lot from my clients: “I hate interviewing.” I get it. Interviewing, especially when our lifestyle ebbs and flows so much, can be nerve wracking. The key to nailing your next interview is knowing how to prepare. I look at prepping for an interview a little bit like studying for an exam. If you start early and take it step-by-step, hopefully, your A+ on the exam will come in the form of an offer letter.
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Restarting a job search can be a lot of work, but the start of the school year is an excellent time to put in the effort. One of the largest hiring peaks of the year is in the fall, so take advantage of this fast-approaching season and renewed availability to take the next step in your career.
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Yes, you should be using LinkedIn!
I started regularly using LinkedIn five years ago, and each one of my last three jobs (and my current favorite) were connected to LinkedIn in some way. If you do not have a LinkedIn profile, or if it isn’t updated and polished, you are missing out on key strategic measures that could help you.
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