This post is intended to offer some information to help bridge the gap between transitioning service members and corporate recruiters based on my experience. I am not a recruiter, those who are please feel free to add your insights in the comments section. In an article by Jake Lowary he reports a recent study “indicates […]
Going through transition myself as well as working with other transitioning service members I have had an opportunity to see what works and doesn’t work and heard and experienced the frustration associated with leaving the military and finding civilian employment. The following are a list of tips I have developed over the years and […]
I never met my Grandfather. My mother lost her father at the age of 10 during World War II. Paul Gubert was a physical education teacher who taught mom how to ski. After the attack on Pearl Harbor he felt an obligation to join the Navy even though he was in his early thirties. Mom […]
Last night my son asked if he could interview me for a school project. I agreed without asking what it was for and told him to ask his first question. Do you remember where you were on September 11th, 2001? My son is 13, he wasn’t alive on that terrible day. In 2009 I hung up […]
I received a couple of press inquiries asking me for insight into Amazon. One “staff writer” proudly proclaiming how they have already published a story today “from a former employee explaining how people even worked while on the toilet.” Thanks for the offer to share my story anonymously but that isn’t how I do business. […]
As we celebrate the 4th of July many remember it as the day of our country’s independence but the combination of my years as a Soldier, a lover of history and most recently a continuous student of marketing I view it in a very different way. I see this not only as our country’s birthday […]
Just found out that my biggest project at Amazon won a 2014 WebAward. So proud of the work done by my partners at CKR Interactive and my friend Kat who wrote the content! What did one of the judges have to say? Amazon.jobs – “The site is exemplary in its UX, making it an intuitive […]
On Friday night I met with Jeremy Langhans (@Jer425 and @bluelabeltalent) and Steve Levy (@LevyRecruits) in Seattle. During the course of our discussions I made the comment that is now the title of this blog post. They both shared it through Twitter so here are the thoughts behind the comment. In 1995 I was a captain in the […]
Darth Vader, not exactly the nicest of bosses, so what can we possibly learn from him? I believe we learn from everyone. Over the years I have worked with many types of leaders, some I learned what to do and others what not to do. I consider myself fortunate that there are far more of the […]
This is the presentation I gave at ERE today. In the upcoming weeks I will be adding posts with more details on some of these lessons. If there is something you would like me to address please include it in the comments section.