AWTR Show #842: Pelocity: Assessments for Mapping your Career
Retiring from the military can be a scary time. Not just for the service members themselves, but also for the spouses. Transitioning out of the military comes with its challenges. That’s where Pelocity comes in.
Pelocity is a career guidance platform dedicated to helping active-duty and transitioning military families discover not only their passion, but their best fit career. There’s also a job board where you can search for different jobs, even using an MOS code. And, Pelocity is free to military members enrolled through the USO or Onward 2 Opportunity.
Two years ago, there was a guy who was transitioning out of the military after 12 years of service. He came to Pelocity and took the assessment where a job came up that he had never thought about before. He actually ended up not only getting that job, but two years later, he’s been promoted and still loves his job.
Stephen Pollan strives every day to make Assessment Technologies Group (ATG) the best in the business of organizational consulting and always perseveres through difficulties until the job is done right. Stephen is a well-respected businessman and devotes a great deal of his time to improving the Jacksonville community as a member of many local boards and councils.
If you want to check out more about Pelocity, you can check it out here, or follow them on social media via Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
Education Minute with Brooklyn
August is National Back-to-School Month where students all over the U.S. will be gearing up for their next step in their educational journey. Brooklyn has some tips on how to make the transition back to school the least stressful. Make sure you have all the school supplies ready to go. Also, have a family plan ready so that each student knows where to go. Have a wonderful start to school!
News 6 with Jolene
Just one week ago, we saw the Taliban take Kabul. To see our full statement concerning these events, click here.
Resource Recon
Today, we want to highlight Army Wife Network’s (AWN) very own twice-a-month newsletter, The SITREP, or “Situation Report”. More than your typical newsletter, the SITREP is a one-stop-shop for all things milspouse empowerment: news, humor, and resources on a variety of topics. Whether you’re a seasoned spouse or just beginning to dip your toes into the milspouse life, THE SITREP is where you’ll find the empowering information important to you, twice a month, every month.
It usually highlights some of our recent blog posts and podcast episodes to make sure that we don’t miss a beat. Plus, it has a sweet referral program that earns you swag when you get your battle buddies to sign up! If you don’t currently get THE SITREP, sign up on the right side of our website.
Empowerment Patrol Report with Amanda
Congratulations to our MRE (motivated and ready to empower) recipients!
Brooklyn Morgan, Special Projects Coordinator
LaVaughn Ricci, Band of Bloggers
LaVaughn is originally from Michigan and met her husband while they were both students at Cedarville University in Ohio. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts, and she also studied bible, theatre, and American Sign Language. She is certified in Teaching English as a Second Language.
LaVaughn’s husband commissioned in the U.S. Army in 2004, and the two of them overcame a long-distance relationship through five different duty stations and two deployments before they finally married in 2011. Since then, they have been stationed at seven different installations together, have had four incredible children (two born overseas), and have travelled a decent fraction of the world.
LaVaughn loves Jesus Christ, being an Army wife, adventuring with her family, musicals, chocolate, chai lattés, and a quality cup of decaf. She is a homeschooling mom who volunteers in SFRGs, PWOCs, and enjoys helping service members and their families whenever and however possible. She would enjoy connecting with you on Facebook.
Thank you for empowering military families all across the globe!
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What a great show– I really enjoyed doing the Pelocity assessments. Really picked up on some of my skill sets.
Also, way to go Annie on the new formatting– I like it! Super informative 🙂