tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84608762024-03-13T06:34:33.297-07:00Veterans In Motion - V.I.M.Experiencing a military transition? Do you call it a civilian transition? Military Transition Tips and articles are located on our Military Transition Tips website at www.militarytransitiontips.com site. Proud Milblogger. Military Transition Timeline. See www.veteransinmotion.com.LadyVeteranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04437608252528243558noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8460876.post-73910480550130833542007-07-09T00:07:00.000-07:002007-07-09T00:28:39.627-07:00Upcoming BookHi Vets and Soon to Be Vets,<br /><br />Just wanted to drop a note and let everyone<br />know that we have an upcoming book that will<br />address the challenges with adjusting to<br />civilian life.<br /><br />It's been almost 5 years since I've left the<br />military and let me tell you, it's been very<br />interesting at times.<br /><br />When we're in the military, we have such a<br />structured outlook on life and on how we<br />believe the world functions.<br /><br />The main concern I have is the adjustment to<br />the civilian workforce. I can not stress enough<br />how different the experience will be for each<br />of you.<br /><br />During the initial stages of Veterans In Motion,<br />we transmitted many newsletters. These<br />newsletters addressed many scenarios of<br />how civilian life can be in the workforce.<br />We also addressed the internal adjustments<br />that a military person goes through.<br /><br />With the most recent developments of the workforce,<br />i.e. layoffs, business closures, and outsourcing, I believe<br />in my heart and soul that it's imperative that<br />Veterans In Motion relay the updates of what's<br />taking place in the workforce.<br /><br />I've been fortunate to observe first hand what's<br />taking place with veterans returning to school to<br />learn a trade that's transferable to the civilian<br />workforce. I've also been fortunate enough to<br />work in the staffing industry to see what workers<br />are experiencing. For the next several weeks,<br />I'm committed to letting you know more about<br />what's taking place.<br /><br />The down time from the blog was needed to<br />research where the work industries are<br />headed. Once again, I can honestly say that<br />being in alignment with the staffing industry<br />has really helped.<br /><br />Stay tuned for the next several weeks to hear<br />about what many people are experiencing.<br /><br />One thing I can relay to you is, when we are in<br />the military, we are under contract. Very similar<br />to our civilian counterparts who work under contract<br />with major corporations.<br /><br />Yes, believe it or not, many civilians work under<br />contract and aren't permanent workers for a<br />company. This is an area that I would like each<br />of you to research. Especially if you're in a<br />technical field.<br /><br />Stay tuned for more information on the civilian<br />workforce and employment trends with technical<br />occupations. Take care and be safe.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Johnetta</span> Matthews<br />Veterans In Motion<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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This week's job searching tip<br />deals with making sure you are dressed properly for interviews.<br /><br />It's estimated that people gain meaning more from non-verbal cues in<br />conversations than from the actual words exchanged. Therefore, how you<br />present yourself in an interview will have a significant impact on how the<br />interviewer perceives you.<br /><br />If you're applying for a job as a manager, the interviewer will be trying to<br />decide how you would be perceived by subordinates and other managers.<br />Basically, they're asking themselves, "would this person fit in?" One way to<br />figure out how best to dress to fit in would be to visit the company ahead<br />of time for some "surveillance" work.<br /><br />If you hang around outside the company's parking lot, you could observe<br />how most people dress there. Of course it's best not to be conspicuous - if<br />the interviewer saw you hanging around their parking lot a few days earlier,<br />they might think you're strange!<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">There are some basic rules that everyone should follow when </span></strong><br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>going on a job </strong><strong>interview:</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000099;"></span><br />- Your goal should be to look clean, healthy and successful.<br />- Make sure you don't have bad breath. Nobody wants to work with<br />someone who smells bad.<br />- On the other hand, don't overdo it with aftershave/perfume.<br />- Always err on the side of conservatism. Men should<br />wear conservative ties for interviews and women should opt for a more<br />conservative blouse.<br />- Your hair should be clean and neat.<br />- Your nails should be clean and a reasonable<br />length.<br />- Women should wear tan or light hosiery.If you know people who work<br />in a similar company (or the same company) in the same location, talk<br />to them about how people dress for work. Especially if you are moving<br />from another part of the country.<br /><br />For example, lawyers in California often dress a bit more casually and<br />wear less conservative ties than lawyers in New York. Be sure to follow<br />rules of etiquette when on the interview itself. Give the interviewer a<br />chance to offer you a seat. If you're wearing a suit jacket, don't take it<br />off in the interview.<br /><br />Remember, an interview is partly a formality. Especially if the<br />interviewer is a human resources person or other staff member who is<br />not very familiar with your field, you may be judged much more on<br />your appearance and how well you conform to the "picture" of what a<br />good interviewee should be like than on the content of what you say in<br />the interview.<br /><br />A great movie about creating the right appearance is the recent Steven<br />Spielberg film, "Catch Me If You Can," which starred Leonardo Di Caprio.<br />In the movie, which is based on a true story, Di Caprio plays a con artist<br />and counterfeiter named Frank Abignale, Jr. Frank is able to work as an<br />airline pilot, a doctor and a lawyer all because he is able to come across<br />like he fits in. Even though <strong>he was only 16</strong>, he knew enough to do his<br />research ahead of time and create the right appearance.<br /><br />One of the great lines in the movie is when Frank says to the detective<br />trying to catch him, "Why do you think the Yankees always win? Is it<br />because of Mickey Mantle? No, it's because everyone's busy watching<br />the pinstripes."<br /><br /><strong>About the Author</strong><br /><br />Scott Brown is the author of the Job Search Handbook<br />(<a href="http://www.jobsearchhandbook.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jobsearchhandbook.com/</a>). As editor of the HireSites.com<br />weekly newsletter on job searching, Scott has written many articles on the<br />subject. He wrote the Job Search Handbook to provide job seekers with a<br />complete yet easy to use guide to finding a job effectively.<br /><br /><br />Johnetta Matthews<br />Veterans In Motion<br /><br /><br />Shorten Your Military Transition Timeline<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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(Key point to upcoming military and<br />veteran business owners).<br /><br />Most article directories are not niche specific such<br />as ours. When you submit articles to our article directory,<br />it's specifically for people leaving the military or who are<br />experiencing a military transition.<br /><br />If you have a business (even if you're a military<br />person or veteran) you'll benefit tremendously by<br />submitting articles to our directory.<br /><br />Many of the benefits are listed in the below article.<br />Keep in mind, articles submitted to our Military<br />Transition Tips Directory are subject to be<br />posted on this blog. Please keep this in mind.<br />We will advertise free for you if the article can<br />relate to a military person, veteran, or their<br />families.<br /><br />The below article is one of the many articles in our<br />Military Transition Tips Article Directory. See the below<br />article, Benefits Of Article Marketing for article marketing:<br /><br /><strong>Benefits Of Article Marketing</strong><br /><br />In the real world, advertising is synonymous with more<br />expenses for the business enterprise. TV spots, print ads,<br />promotional campaigns… companies will have to spend just<br />to get their business message to as many people as possible.<br />Thankfully, online ventures are not beholden to such a rule.<br />The World Wide Web provides so many channels wherein<br />marketing campaigns can be launched without having to type<br />in your credit card details. Amazing, isn’t it?<br /><br />This is the reason why Internet marketing has blossomed to<br />what it is today. It is very accessible to many people, as steep<br />financial investments are more of the exceptions rather than<br />the general rule. Indeed, there are many avenues on the<br />Internet that would allow a business with an online presence<br />to advertise its offerings.<br /><br />One of these amazing avenues, and quite possibly, the most<br />cost-efficient and powerful of them all, is article marketing.<br /><br />By its very label alone, you would immediately get the idea<br />that it has something to do with writing articles. This is correct.<br />You see, by writing articles about the subject matter relevant<br />to our business, and by distributing the same to the many<br />channels in the World Wide Web, we will be able to reach so<br />many people and each of them would regard us as experts<br />in the field.<br /><br />Still confused as to how article marketing works? Here is a<br />step-by-step guide that would teach you the ins and outs of<br />this fantastic marketing strategy:<br /><br />Write a premium, highly informative 300 to 1,200 word<br />article about the subject of your business. If your business,<br />for example, is concerned with dog care, you could write an<br />article about proper dog grooming.<br /><br />Include a resource box at the end of your article. Your<br />resource box is a concise summary of who you are, what<br />you’re about, and could also have a link to your website.<br /><br />Submit your article to the many article directories that<br />can be found on the web.<br /><br />Every time a person gets to read your article as displayed<br />in the article directories, the link to your website would be<br />exposed and there is a higher likelihood of gaining more<br />unique visitors for your web pages. These article directories<br />are seen by millions of people each and every day, as they<br />are easily indexed by the search engines.<br /><br />The philosophy behind article marketing is a tactic popularly<br />referred to as back linking. Since getting indexed in the search<br />engines is quite a difficult chore, and often, the results would<br />take months before they could bear fruit, a lot of Internet<br />marketers have resorted to back links to get a piece of the<br />search engine pie.<br /><br />Back links are links to your website which you manage to<br />display in other sites that have a high Page Rank (PR) in<br />the search engines. It’s almost tantamount to piggybacking<br />your way to instant online prominence.<br /><br />There are so many benefits that can be derived from article<br />marketing. Do consider the following:<br /><br />If you could write your own article, it’s a free marketing vehicle.<br /><br />If you can’t write your own article, or if you simply don’t have<br />the time to prepare a piece, you could always hire a ghostwriter<br />to write one for you. The going rate for a standard 500 word<br />article is 3 to 10 dollars.<br /><br />Including your link in the resource box would make it visible to<br />the many people who would get to read your article. This could<br />potentially equate to an equal amount of new traffic for your site.<br /><br />There is always a chance that your article would get picked up<br />by an electronic newsletter, called an eZine, and this would expose<br />your link to new audiences which could also result in new traffic for<br />your web pages.<br /><br />There is also a chance that your article would get picked up by a<br />printed publication, and the readership of the same would get to<br />know the products or services which your business offers.<br /><br />By writing a highly informative piece, you’ll be able to brand<br />yourself as an expert in the field in the eyes of your readers.<br />They’ll get to trust you with their needs, whenever they would<br />arise. This is pre-selling at its finest!<br /><br />With all that is going for article marketing, there should be no<br />questions as to why it is heralded as one of the most potent<br />marketing strategies today. Try it out and elevate your advertising<br />campaign to the next level, all without spending a single cent at that.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />About the author:<br />================================<br />By David Zohar <a href="http://www.articlebar.com">http://www.articlebar.com</a><br /><br />David Zohar is the owner of <a href="http://www.ArticleBar.com">http://www.ArticleBar.com</a><br />which is is a free directory of articles from expert authors<br />on a wide range of topics. We invite authors to submit<br />original articles to our growing database.<br />================================<br /><br />Military Transition Tips Contents<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.militarytransitiontips.com">www.militarytransitiontips.com</a><br /><br />Johnetta Matthews<br />Military Transition Coach<br />Veterans In Motion<br />Military Transition Tips Article Directory<br />Owner<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Articles are being added daily so be sure to visit the site frequently.<br /><br />What we did was come up with an article directory where experts share their expertise and before going to their respective web site, you'll able to get valuable, key information about your topic. Please read press release below. Companies and services are encouraged to submit articles of substance for our uniformed comrades and place a link for free in our directory.<br /><br />Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) April 2, 2006 -- An independent military transition coach has implemented a military transition tips article web site for people leaving the military and their families.<br /><br />"Finding information to transition out of the military was very frustrating," explained Johnetta Matthews, an independent military transition coach. "For some reason, I felt very lost and didn't have a place where I could conduct thorough research on various military transitional topics. As time approaches for a person to look at their front gate through their rear view mirror for the last time, information is needed immediately. There had to be a solution to this dilemna." Thus, Military Transition Tips was born.<br /><br />Companies and business owners can submit articles to our article web site to show expertise in their respective field. A military transition tips article web site was needed for experts to convey vital information on civilian topics and for people to be able to search and find them.<br /><br />Military, military families, and veterans could use information on a compact article directory on the following topics:<br /><br />1. Employment Tips<br />2. Self employment options<br />3. Investing Tips<br />4. Housing and Real Estate Tips<br />5. Military and Veteran Discounts<br />6. Military Loans<br />7. Military Placement/Staffing Agencies<br />8. Career Fair Strategies and Locations<br />9. Transitioning to Working from Home<br />10. Online Colleges' Tips<br />11. Colleges and Universities Tips<br />12. Trade Schools' Tips<br />13. Military Transition Tips for military, veterans, and their families<br />14. Pertinent clubs and associations<br />15. Insurance Tips<br />16. Civilian Health Care Tips<br />17. Life/Military Transition Coaching<br />18. Relocation Tips<br />19. Financial Tips<br />20. PTSD Information<br />21. Disabled Veterans Information<br /><br />All information is searchable so veterans and people the military would be able to search on term of interest. Related keywords throughout articles are the keys to being located.<br /><br />A successful civilian lifestyle depends on having diverse information on various topics and tips. Our men and women in uniform deserve to have an information portal that provides information from experts that would be of value to their military transition.<br /><br />All chamber of commerce throughout the nation are highly encouraged to submit short articles on employment options, recreation, major industries, housing, and information regarding education in their respective city. It would be highly recommended to submit a url to the chamber of commerce city page. This information would gravely assist a military person on deciding where to live upon separation or retirement.<br /><br />New site is located at <a href="http://www.militarytransitiontips.com">http://www.militarytransitiontips.com</a> and experts are welcomed to submit articles that link back to thier respective web sites.<br /><br />"Key thing to remember, a military person leaving the military experiences many different transitions simultaneously. It's not just about leaving the military, it's about learning how to adjust to civilian life", commented Johnetta Matthews, "Timely information is the key to their success".<br /><br />Johnetta Matthews served in the military for nearly 22 years and has dedicated her life to helping people transition from the military. For more information visit www.veteransinmotion.com and www.veteransinmotion.blogspot.com .<br /><br /><br />Summary:<br /><br />The largest frustration with leaving the military is lack of timely information. Johnetta Matthews, military transition coach, served the military for nearly 22 years and has launched a military transition tips article web site where people leaving the military can research a wide variety of information and businesses can submit their articles free to our men and women in uniform with a reciprocal link.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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"It's just changing jobs,<br />right?", he asked.<br /><br />Before I began explaining the process, I made sure that<br />he realized that the transitioning process we were addressing<br />could apply to police officers, firemen, EMTs, and any other<br />job that has it's own lingo and culture.<br /><br />In addition to the above occupations, a person who serves as<br />a teacher, a professor, a lawyer, an attorney, a public<br />official and every occupation you can think of goes through<br />some sort of transition once they no longer perform their<br />primary occupation.<br /><br />We inevitably become like the people we work with and adopt<br />the thought process for that particular field. This thought<br />process then becomes a part of our lifestyle, identity,<br />vocabulary, and reasoning. The power of the thought process<br />and transformation of our identity in relation to our occupation<br />is underestimated. To put this theory to test, imagine taking a<br />30 day vacation and see how you feel by the 21st day. How<br />would your first day back to work feel? It takes 21 days<br />to acquire a habit.<br /><br />Once we separate ourselves from that occupation, our identity<br />is tested. Once we leave or change occupations, we undergo a<br />self-discovery phase with our identities and experience an<br />identity transformation process. There are several events that<br />can kick off a self-discovery process within us (i.e. new job,<br />new location, new career field, marriage, divorce, etc).<br /><br />A transition is just that, a transition. Ask any retiree<br />(civilian or military). Amazingly so, a person leaving the<br />military not only goes through a transition with an occupation,<br />they go through a lifestyle transition as well. Then if the<br />person relocates, there's a host of transitions occurring<br />simultaneously. All of these changes can cause sensory overload<br />if the person isn't prepared for the transition. (Hopefully this<br />analogy helps someone who hasn't served in the military understand<br />that military transitioning is a combination of transitions).<br /><br />Over the past year, I'm really glad to see more supporting<br />websites and businesses online for military transitioning.<br />There was a need and the need for military transitioning<br />services will increase with our brothers and sisters returning<br />from war. Some say there isn't a war going on. If there is<br />blood being shed, that spells war to me and many others.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Food For Thought:<br /></strong><br /></span><br />The lifesyle transition a military person experiences is the<br />transition of living within the civilian society. Our military<br />communities are very close knit. Imagine a base or post being a<br />little city with a population of approximately 2000 or less. A world<br />within a world, a microcosm in a macrocosm.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Transitions to Ponder:<br /><br /></span></strong>1. Going from elementary school to junior high.<br />2. Going from junior high school to high school.<br />3. Going from high school to college.<br />4. Graduating from college and entering the work force.<br />5. Leaving home.<br />6. Going from single to married.<br />7. Going from childless to having children.<br />8. Watching children grow up.<br />9. Watching children leave home.<br />10. Going from a full nest to an empty nest.<br />11. Retirement, etc...<br />12. Leaving the earth plane as a living being.<br /><br />Transitions are inevitable. That's living life.<br /><br />Stay tuned for more on transitioning and it's affects. If<br />there is a topic you'd like incorporated within this subject,<br />please write to vetsinmotion@aol.com.<br /><br /><br />Until Next Time,<br /><br /><br />Johnetta Matthews<br />Veterans In Motion<br /><br />This article may be circulated as long as it includes:<br /><br />This article was written by Johnetta Matthews, Military<br />Transition Coach,Veterans In Motion, <a href="http://www.veteransinmotion.com">www.veteransinmotion.com</a><br />and <a href="http://www.veteransinmotion.blogspot.com">www.veteransinmotion.blogspot.com</a> .<br /><br /><br /><br />Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/military%20transition" rel="tag">military transition</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/military" rel="tag">military</a><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/tag/military+separation" rel="tag">military separation</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/military+retirement" rel="tag">military retirement</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/military+transition" rel="tag">military transition</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/life" rel="tag">life</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/veterans" rel="tag">veterans</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/va" rel="tag">va</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Iraq" rel="tag">Iraq</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/War" rel="tag">war</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/PTSD" rel="tag">PTSD</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/milblog" rel="tag">milblog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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