Military Transition - Career Fairs #2

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If there's a career fair in your local area, feel free to post the information as a comment on our blog. Use either this career fair post or the previous one to post the information. It's all about military and military veterans helping one another.


Johnetta Matthews
Military Transition Coach
www.veteransinmotion.com

Military Transition - Career Fairs

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Announcements:


Several career fairs are taking place all over the United States. Below is the link to find out where a career fair is happening near you.

Career Fairs

Below is a previous post which also had ongoing career fairs listed at the posted links.

Previous post with career fair links.


There were also several tools evaluated for setting up a resume. This is also listed below:

Previous post with resume tools.


Many resumes are scanned by employers. If your resume isn't formatted correctly, it may not be seen by the employer. For a professional resume, cover letter, and thank you letter, see the link below:


Professional Resume Service


Be sure to click on our job feeds posted on the right hand margin of this blog. Jobs change daily.


To see a listing of jobs by category, see the below link:

Jobs listed by category (Subscribe to feed or see web listings)



Best wishes with your next career. You deserve the best!!


Johnetta Matthews
Military Transition Coach
http://www.veteransinmotion.com/


Tip: A great deal of people land their jobs by applying in person.


Contact our office at 909.876.2118 for a full career assessment or a free no-obligation coaching session. See our above web site for further details.


*There's an upcoming Career Fair in Northern Orange County California in late July. Details coming soon.

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Military Transition - Vet Centers

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Local Vet Centers are often overlooked in our communities. There's normally a local Veteran Center available to work with military veterans who have experienced a trauma while serving in the military.

In some cases, counseling is available to family members of people who have served in combat. Please contact your local Vet Center if experiencing PTSD or other trauma related issues. You aren't alone and there are services available to assist you.

Below is a link to the Vet Center Directory. Veterans In Motion realizes coaching may not always be the solution and we would like to ensure that all active duty military and military veterans are aware of their resources.

Vet Center Directory


Johnetta Matthews
www.veteransinmotion.com
Military Transition Coach

Military Transition Blog - Tip

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We concluded our "Behavior Flexibility Game" series in our weekly Military Transition newsletter this evening. I'd like to thank the 34 newsletter subscribers for accepting our previous newsletters. I'd also like to thank the 11 RSS subscribers who receive daily updates to our Military Transition RSS Feed.

To receive next week's newsletter, go to www.veteransinmotion.com and receive our free chapter to our latest book and to be subscribed to our weekly newsletter. Next week, we will begin previewing "The Five Mistakes Military People Make While Leaving The Military, 5 Crucial Steps To Avoid Them" which is our latest book and can be purchased at www.veteransinmotion.com .


Food For Thought:

It's quite amazing to observe former military people adjusting to civilian life. My heart goes out to them and I fully understand some of the situations they find themselves experiencing. I'd like to share a few common mistakes we make as military people in the civilian sector.

Note: We often have unrealistic expectations of others.

How do you think a military person can have unrealistic expectations of another? Let me share a true account of a former military person in the civilian work force. Before I do, realize it may take several years for a person to fully transition out of the military. This is one factor to consider. Here is a true account that occurred and keep in mind this is mentioned in humor. We have to be able to laugh at ourselves.


Lets say Johnny just started his first civilian job after the military. He noticed that most of the men at his job have crooked gig lines and their shoes aren't shined.

What possibilities can happen with this scenario?

1. Johnny walks up to the his civilian counterparts and inform them that their gig lines aren't straight. Next, he thoroughly indicates that they should shine their shoes.

2. Johnny realizes he has to accept others for their differences.


What impact will Johnny's behavior have in number 1 (remember he is just a co-worker, not a boss)? The result can be total alienation. Do you really think most civilians know what a gig line is? :o) (Humor)

When we leave the military we have to learn how to accept others for their differences. This will be very hard for some yet it's attainable. How will you be in the civilian sector?

This is just food for thought.




Johnetta Matthews
Military Transition Coach
www.veteransinmotion.com

Happy Father's Day

Wishing all fathers a Happy Father's Day. Many fathers are unable to be home with their loved ones today. May all of you have a safe day and be able to speak to the people who love you the most.


Johnetta Matthews
Military Transition Coach

Military Transition Gift - Free E-Book

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Leaving the military is an empowering moment. We actually discover who we really are once we no longer put on our uniforms. For the first time in years, we are able to explore different choices and environments.

Below is a tool that addresses our mindset regarding how we look at money and acquiring abundance. We can be who we want to be and have the things we want in life. It all starts with our thinking. We have freedom of choice with our values, beliefs, and principles. It's the one freedom no one can ever take away from us.

Thanks for visiting our blog and here's your free gift:


Science of Getting Rich - Wallace D. Wattles


Johnetta Matthews
Military Transition Coach


Shorten Your Military Transition Timeline

Veterans In Motion - Tip for Retirement or Separation

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Veterans In Motion realizes we have a great deal of challenges with retiring and separating from the military. One thing we must realize is we can only be like the books we read and the people we surround ourselves with in our lives. Internalize this for a moment.

We must always see who we surround ourselves with and remember our surroundings are a reflection of ourselves. Surround yourself with like minds that are for your best interest.



Johnetta Matthews
Military Transition Coach
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Military Transition - Veterans and Active Duty Military

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We’re almost at a close to our series for our inner game to a military transition. Let me share some information with you.

1. We currently have thousands of military people serving in Iraq.
2. Many people serving in Iraq may not realized how much the
Civilian Sector has changed since they have been in the military.
3. Leaving the military is a significant life change.
4. Many people leaving the military are enrolling in college upon discharge to enhance their skills for the civilian sector. (I interview or meet them in the college setting daily).
5. We are unaware of our opportunities while leaving the military.
6. Some of us don’t understand why employers aren’t breaking down the door to hire us after the military.
7. No one ever explains that many of us have to build a resume after leaving the military to get to where we want to be with our ideal job.
8. We don’t understand why we have to thoroughly access ourselves after the military.
9. How can we as military people find the jobs that correlate with our military occupation?
10. Are we considering all of the opportunities available to us when leaving the military?

The above facts and questions are feedback I hear from our veterans. Our veterans are more vocal regarding their military transition than someone still serving in the military. This is because a military veteran has experienced pitfalls with their military transition and a person leaving the military has not encountered changing their environments. When we are still in the military, it’s very difficult to see how things may pan out for us.

Many of us will get a job right after the military. Some of us will struggle and eventually have a job to support our lifestyles. Few of us will have an extremely hard time adjusting to the civilian sector and may result in homelessness. Check any Veteran Center for your local veteran homeless statistics.

This is a true fact. Many people aren’t prepared to leave the military and face life changes that they aren’t prepared to deal with while military transitioning. There’s no true manual or technical order to state what a person should do step by step when they leave the military.

There are many books on the market that explains how to get a job, yet many fail at addressing what is going on in the military person’s mind while their leaving the military.

If there is one thing I’d like for you to consider, it’ this, there are coaching solutions to assist people leaving the military. Veterans In Motion is committed to addressing the inner battles and victories a person encounters while leaving the military.

For a complimentary, no-obligation coaching session, contact us at Vetsinmotion@aol.com with your time zone, email address, and a good time to set up a coaching session. If you are deployed, email coaching arrangements are available.



Johnetta Matthews
Military Transition Coach
www.veteransinmotion.com
www.veteransinmotionoutlet.com
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Tuesday's Tips - Military Transitioning Newsletter

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Below is this week's Tuesday's Tips - Military Transitioning Newsletter. There are three more newsletters to this series. For the last several weeks, Veterans In Motion addressed desirable and undesirable behaviors. This is very crucial when deciding to stay with a civilian job.

We can only be like the books we read and the people in our lives (professional and personal).

Enjoy the below newsletter. If you'd like to receive the last three newsletters to the Behavior Flexibility Game, see our website at www.veteransinmotion.com and request a free chapter to our Military Transition Guide.

All newsletters are a free service to subscribers.



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who needs information on transitioning from
the military. This newsletter will reveal tools to transition
out of the military. This is an empowering life
change. Best wishes and be safe. Leave no
man or woman behind.

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In This Issue – Part 7
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1. Transitioning –
Undeserving/Deserving Environments


2. Helpful Links for Military and Veteran Comrades.


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1. Undeserving/Deserving Environments –

“The Behavior Flexibility Game”

The Person with the Most Behavior Flexibility
Is the Person in Control.

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Feedback Request:

If there is a particular subject you’d like addressed
in our newsletter, feel free to drop us a line at:
Vetsinmotion@aol.com. Let us know your thoughts.

Empower yourself through awareness of your
surroundings.

How did you do last week on finding positive
behaviors?

We often have to make decisions that
take us out of our comfort zone. Leaving the
military may be one of those decisions you’re
unsure about. One thing is for sure, you have made
an empowering decision to take control of your future.
Your mindset will frequently change as you work
in the civilian workforce. You will see many of the
behaviors in this series on your new job.

Last week, we addressed the below behaviors:

1. Lack of human relationship skills
2. Limited experience and knowledge of
managerial skills
3. All knowing attitude/Narcissistic
4. Unwillingness to learn new things


Remember the below crucial tips:
We are well into the series and now you may
want to start asking yourself if you are displaying
any of the behaviors we’ve addressed. Remember,
your military transition is an internal process and it’s
better to be in tune with what’s going on inside of you.
Identify what is in alignment with your goals, values,
principles, and beliefs. Next, ensure your environment
is in alignment with what’s important to you in life. This
will determine if you will stay with a job in the civilian
sector. If a job violates your goals, values, principles,
and beliefs, it will be up to you if you will stay with
the job or move on. You will have a choice where
you will work and who you will work for once you’re
out of the military. Use your freedom of choice
and work in an environment in alignment with your inner
values and beliefs when you leave the military.

The objective of last week’s exercise was to formulate
positive, opposite behaviors. You may have formulated
several opposite behaviors in the exercise. Below is
an example of positive behaviors you may have
formulated.

1. Empathy for others/Listening & Communicative Skills
2. Highly skilled leader/motivator/willingness to learn
3. Humble/Modest/Acceptance of others
4. Flexibility/Willingness to self improve

In every given moment of our lives, we have choices.
If you every find yourself in the first list, you have the
option to decide if you want to express a behavior in
list number 2. You may see someone in your immediate
environment express a behavior in list number 1. While
you see this person express an undesirable behavior,
always mentally formulate its positive opposite. This will keep
you in tune with your inner dialogue and your personal flexibility.

This week’s assignment is to find the opposite behaviors
for this week’s unfavorable behaviors. Start a journal
and write down different events that illustrate the behaviors
mentioned in this series.

The final exercise to this series will be to analyze all
of the behaviors in the series and determine your
ideal climate in your future civilian work environment.

This week’s exercise:

Lets analyze the below list of behaviors for this week
and formulate its positive opposites.

1. Unimaginative
2. Hostility
3. Mediocrity
4. Underachiever

Remember to think of the opposite behaviors from the
ones listed above.

The name of this exercise is “The Behavior Flexibility Game”.
This one little exercise will provide you with alternative choices
in your behavior.

Leaving the military is a significant
life change and your mental flexibility will be the
key to your transition. The objective is to develop a
positive mental dialogue and the possible positive
behavior in each circumstance.

This series is an inner game and will prepare
you for your military transition.


Thinking = Behavior = Environment

See the below web site for military transition and
success resources.

Cut and paste the below link:

Web Site: http://tinyurl.com/7wrrj

Check our main web site at www.veteransinmotion.com for
“The Five Mistakes People Make While Leaving the Military
and Five Crucial Tips to Avoid Them”. An introductory guide
to leaving the military.

If at any point, you need a sounding board to get you
started with your transition, feel free to contact me at
vetsinmotion@aol.com for a complimentary, no-obligation
coaching session. Together we can customize a plan
or pinpoint where you are in your process.


Stay tuned for more tips next week on transitioning out of the
military. Have a prosperous journey in the civilian sector.
You deserve it!


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2. Helpful Links for Military and Veteran Comrades
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Below are links to cut and paste into your browser.
Best Wishes.

Military Transition Resource Site:

http://tinyurl.com/avjua


Scholarship Search:

http://tinyurl.com/88n4p


Military Friends Website:

http://tinyurl.com/cr9t3

More Resources - Blog:

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Military Transition Blog - Mindsets

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As you leave the military, you're probably wondering how you will earn an income in the civilian sector. You may see yourself as an employee, a self employed professional, an investor, or a business owner. You may imagine yourself as more than one of the above.

Over the next month, Veterans In Motion will be addressing various mindsets we have regarding money, careers, and personal values.

A year prior to leaving the military, I saw a show with the infamous Robert Kiyosaki discussing how we have various mindsets regarding money. Many people may not realize that Robert Kiyosaki was a U.S. Marine pilot and endured ups and downs after leaving the military. He's now one of the most successful entrepreneurs this country has ever known. That's why I've chosen him and as one of my most adored role models. He's one of us, a military veteran.

Below are the key books and materials that shifted my beliefs regarding money. Take a look, click on the below images, and use them with your military transition. These tools are valuable.



Qué les enseñan los ricos a sus hijos, que la clase media y pobre no. (Spanish)





What the rich teach their kids about money that the poor and middle class do not. Learn how to have your money work for you and why you don't need to earn a high income to be rich.





This takes you to the Audio Books category at the Rich Dad store.





Best Wishes With Your Military Transition.


Your Military Transition Coach,


Johnetta Matthews
Veterans In Motion


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Military Transition Blog Format

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Johnetta Matthews
Military Transition Coach


Shorten Your Military Transition Timeline

Military Transition Blog - Weekly Newsletter

Veterans In Motion is coming to a close with it's inner game series listed in the weekly Tuesday's Tips - Military Transitioning Newsletter.

All career assessments and coaching will resume after June 4, 2005. Stay tuned for our upcoming series in our weekly newsletter.

To subscribe to our weekly military transitioning newsletter, go to www.veteransinmotion.com and request a free copy of our first chapter to our book. You'll immediately be subscribed to our weekly newsletter.



Johnetta Matthews
Military Transition Coach


Shorten Your Military Transition Timeline.