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Lost in Military Translation? Communicating Service Skills into Civilian Language

August 24, 2018 By Zigit

It can be challenging to accurately and confidently portray your military experience when composing a resume or a cover letter. Civilian hiring managers, although many are experienced dealing with veterans, will have their first exposure to you via the language you use in your submission materials. These documents must be as professional and important as your military service and skills.

Spend time with other veterans or colleagues who are employed in the same occupation you are considering. They can be a cornucopia of information. Take advantage of search filters when investigating skill requirements.They can help you can target specific civilian occupations to match your military skills. It’s a great way to investigate other possibilities at a company you are pursuing. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: civilian life, cover letter, resume, veteran employment

Thank you to our Veteran Employers!

April 26, 2018 By Zigit

We would like to thank everyone who turned out for the job fair on March 26th at the OhioMeansJobs office. There were over 25 businesses who are currently hiring in attendance as well as various resource group in attendance who met veterans and presented them with hiring options and opportunities. A special thank you to Tom Naylor from the Zepf Center for making this great event happen!

Please take the time to support these organizations: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: employers, job fairs, veteran employment, veteran job fair

Taking Action After the Interview

April 16, 2018 By Zigit

After you have tweaked your resume to perfection, donned that new suit and landed that interview, you find yourself faced with a new hurdle, waiting for the response.

Welcome to the next challenge. Has it been two days? A week? 10 days? When is the best time and best way to reach out and get a status report about your interview? You know for sure you nailed that interview. So what’s going on? Doing nothing at this point can result in ‘nothing;’ not your desired outcome.

Should you be reaching out? Most definitely! So what’s the next step? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: employment follow-up, interview follow-up, veteran employment

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