Working from home during the summer when the kids are out of school can be quite difficult. Over the years I have tried to figure out the best way to handle these summer months. Taking the whole summer off has never been an option for me. Some years, my husband has been deployed or away […]
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How a Veteran and Military Spouse Helps Lowe’s Prove its Military-Friendly Label
This story was originally published on Task and Purpose! Jennifer Nagy (Courtesy photo) Editor’s Note: The following story highlights a veteran at Lowe’s committed to including talented members of the military community in its workplace. Lowe’s is a client of Hirepurpose, a Task & Purpose sister company. Learn More. As a military-friendly employer, Lowe’s has prioritized hiring military […]
How You Can Find a Remote Job
As a working military spouse, one of the hardest things you’ll encounter is frequent moves. It’s part of military life but requires you to keep an updated resume at all times, and perhaps give up certain aspects of your career, such as tenure or seniority with a static company. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t […]
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He Was Injured In The Corps. Here’s How He’s Still Serving His Community
Semper Fi Fund Helped A Marine Launch A Custom Leather making Business Wounds, injuries, and disabilities are often invisible. Some of our service members are injured at home, in a training environment. Retired Marine Corps Master Sergeant Schneider knows this all too well. When Schneider enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1994, he was […]
DoDEA Inefficiency, Debt Letters Hurt Military Spouse Teachers
This is an opinion piece that does not necessarily reflect the views of MilSpouseFest. I’ve been hearing the same thing the entire time that I’ve been a military spouse: “Working for a DoD school is amazing! Good pay, relocation assistance, overseas opportunities. Everyone should do this.” It seems like the Holy Grail of jobs for military […]
Let the music pay: One milspouse hits a chord earning on the piano
Military families learn to speak a peculiar dialect called Militarese, which is heavy on acronyms, and even heavier on irony (a permanent change of station?). Military life might also expand your language skills—you could pick up a little Spanish, Korean, Italian, Japanese or German if you’re fortunate enough to be stationed overseas. But music is […]
7 Job Search Strategies for Veterans
Arnold Freeman writes about career development, tax benefits, and personal finance. According to The Washington Post, the unemployment rate for recent veterans stood at around 10% in late 2013, significantly higher than that of the general public. If you’re a veteran, that number could very well make you look at your job search in a whole […]