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Free career transition boot camps for vets Gradient Financial Group and the consulting firm Afterburner are...

Nonprofit offers job advice for wounded vets Combat-injured service members and veterans can now get free...

Job hunting on Twitter You may be able to tweet your way into a new career, according to...

Get a fed start President Obama’s promise in November to make the federal...

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Well suited Military life is fraught with uncertainties, but what to wear is not...

One year to a new career Tracy Lockett served as a staff sergeant in the transportation corps...

The job searchers Army Capt. Brian Bergen didn’t want to go it alone. As he...

Five golden skills Sgt. 1st Class Charlie Fulcher received thousands of hours of...

Find a reserve-friendly employer Many employers go the extra mile to support Guard and reserve...

From command to corner office When Vic See left the Navy in January 29 years’ experience in...

Interview I.Q. It took 10 job interviews for Scott Radcliffe to really get the hang...

Civil service exam Service members transitioning to civilian jobs enjoy a tremendous...

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Nebraska employers pledge to hire veterans, soldiers Nine major Nebraska employers have pledged to enhance job...

Be the best candidate When it comes to job interviews, are you the rambler, the bore or the...

Get connected Navy Counselor First Class Gerald D. Rauen is leaving the service...

Security clearance pay Workers who hold active security clearances in the Washington, D.C.,...

Interview intel Cultures and traditions have survived for centuries because of...

Military cities among strongest, weakest economic performers The El Paso, Texas; Little Rock, Ark.; San Antonio;...

Montana city ceases controversial background checks A flood of criticism has prompted the city of Bozeman, Mont., to drop...

California Web site connects vets with employers A new Web site known as the

Job recovery Experts believe the job market may not pick up for months after the...

Some vets’ jobless rates still higher than average The economic downturn is hitting Iraq and Afghanistan veterans harder...

Recession job hunt You’ve probably stared down the barrel of things worse than...

What civilians really make When Dave Smith left the 10th Mountain Division in 2004, there was a...

Civilian benefits explained Before you accept any job offer, carefully evaluate the entire...

Find a job you love Experts say more job seekers are reassessing their careers and...

New job search web sites We all know the granddaddy job-hunting Web sites such as Monster.com,...

Green job growth Manufacturing strongholds hardest hit by job losses years ago may now...

Recruiters try out Second Life The federal government has been on the leading edge of recruiting...

Higher unemployment rates among disabled A Labor Department official characterized workers with disabilities...

Reserve/Wal-Mart recruiting partnership Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has joined more than 50 civilian companies in a...

Fewer new hires, lower raises in 2009 Employers are implementing hiring freezes and allotting less for...

Hiring: combat vets Nearly 30 percent of 683 human resources professionals across all...

Write a better résumé There’s no shortage of advice on how to write a...

Profile protection You may never know the effect your MySpace page is having on your...

Security breach at Monster.com, USAJobs.gov SAN FRANCISCO — For the second time in less than 18 months, the...

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Bulletproof careers If only we’d known where Windows was headed, we’d have...

Your online job hunt Employment Web sites have made job hunting easier than ever, placing...

How to work a job fair Each week in hotel conference rooms, on military bases and in sports...

Protect your online presence - polish it with a slick portfolio Admissions counselors are sometimes shocked at the e-mail addresses...

Growing trend: Paid paternity leave More new dads are taking time off from their jobs, studies show,...

Appearance makes a difference in hiring While we’d all like to believe that we’re judged in the...

How to be your best in video interviews As more companies interview job candidates from around the world and...

Skills to highlight for any job “Soft skills:” It’s a hiring term without a great...

Phone interviews — don’t get caught with your guard down Say your job hunt is in full swing. You’ve dropped off...

Employers encourage workplace Spanish More employers, and many of their English-speaking workers, are...

Go where the jobs are growing Way too many people walk around grumbling, “There are no...

How to make a great first impression The interview started off with his “I’ve got this job in...

Talk to employers in live online chats With the rising cost of travel and the shortage of time many of us...

Workers connect on social networking site Meet Art ... who knows Scott ... and knows Cory... and knows they...

Questions never to ask a recruiter Questions you ask a job recruiter fall into three categories: good...

Strategy is essential to job-search success Transitioning out of the military into the civilian world could very...

Survey: Job search harder for vets Job searches that last six months or more are much more common for...