http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com Helping soldiers transition back into real jobs Tue, 27 May 2008 14:47:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Anita Bruzzese, who writes for a plethora of newspapers, has a great post titled Sometimes the Real Battle Begins When Vets Return Home and Try to Find a Job. I love how she ends the post (which was published in USA Today): "You learn so many valuable things in the ... http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com/2008/05/27/jibberjobberusa-recognized-by-anita-bruzzese/ I don't know of any who knows more about securing financial aid for education than Chris Penn.  Not only is he an expert in this space, he is one of the best networked social media experts around. Chris is a master of information dissemination, and put together a special podcast explaining ... http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com/2008/05/13/active-duty-military-education-benefits-by-chris-penn/ How cool is this?  I could go for a fly-fishing trip right about now.  Kudos to the team at Project Healing Waters.  This is straight from their website: Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc. is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active duty military personnel and veterans through ... http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com/2008/04/26/project-healing-waters/ Seven months later... and we're back.  Here's a quick update. This is kind of embarrassing but it's the truth.  There was a point where we had to switch all of the JibberJobber stuff off of the GoDaddy servers (they were not serving us well, and our users were having problems).  In ... http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com/2008/04/17/were-back/ I thought they had a different name, but here is some info on an interesting career opportunity. I have lots of federal employees in my family, and even a cousin who is just finishing his career as a border patrol agent (or whatever they are called). Good steady ... http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com/2006/09/21/does-the-border-patrol-still-exist/ My last post was on getting that job. What an interesting topic. An expert in this field had a great post on a study of university grads, talking about how "recent grads found the job hunt to be long, arduos and stressful..." Duh. If they find it to be so ... http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com/2006/09/15/so-how-easy-is-it-to-keep-a-job/ Hey folks, I know that you will go through some debriefing or training or whatever that will spell out the easy steps of getting into a real career. I'm sure it will include getting a college degree, having a sparkling resume and applying to a bunch of jobs. With ... http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com/2006/08/31/getting-a-job-is-as-easy-as-1-2-3-not/ I just learned that I have a corporate recruiter with an immediate need to fill 60 positions in the Midland/Odessa area. Relocation is available. These jobs start between 40k and 50k, with the potential to go up from there. Of particular interest are diesel mechanics and electronic technicians. ... http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com/2006/08/30/texas-anyone/ So I've never been in the military. I went to school on an Army base outside of the country, and my father-in-law just retired from the Airforce. And my wife's cousin is in the national guard (got back a few months ago from Iraq). But not me - I'm just ... http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com/2006/08/29/correct-terminology/ This week I met with a corporate recruiter (which means he only recruits for one company) to discuss opportunities for soldiers coming home. He is anxious to talk with you, and wanted me to convey some opportunities that he has. I can't share the details of this opportunity online, but ... http://blog.jibberjobberusa.com/2006/08/25/awesome-transition-opportunity/