Jacey Eckhart

Jacey Eckhart is Military.com's director of veteran and spouse programming. She is a certified professional career coach and military sociologist who helps military members get their first civilian job by designing transition master classes through our Veteran Employment Project and on her website, SeniorMilitaryTransition.com. Reach her at Jacey.Eckhart@Monster.com.

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Andrew Garcia, the warehouse manager at Anheuser-Busch Hawaii, works with Career Skills Program soldiers who are transitioning out of the military.

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No Job Fairy? 3 Kinds of Recruiters Who Will Speed Your Job Hunt

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Tom Cruise, as the title character in 'Jerry Maguire,' utters his most famous line from that 1996 movie: 'Show me the money!'

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Identifying the top employers with a true heart for veterans is an important part of our strategy at the Veteran Employment...

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Impossible questions are an inevitable part of the interview process. Handle them with this sweet little interview trick.

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For senior military members, getting through transition is like running an obstacle course of naysayers. Slugging through all...

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Summer is a surprisingly good time of year to do the kind of nonwork that truly moves your military transition and job hunt...

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What is a marketable skill when you are in military transition? It could be the same thing as a hard skill, soft skill...

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Your Baby Is Ugly: 6 Ways You (Accidentally) Insulted Your Interviewer and Lost the Job

No transitioning military member tries to insult the interviewer, but feelings do get hurt and pride does sting. Look at the...

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No Vax, Failed or Fired: Should You Tell Your Future Employer About the Elephant in the Room?

Veterans, spouses and transitioning military tend to tell the whole truth during job interviews. Yet too much truth about...

Is Your New Civilian Job a Nightmare? 7 Ways Veterans Can Fix Job Problems with Class

What was your first clue that you took the wrong job after a move or after your military transition? It is a tough career...

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How Introverted Veterans Can Beat Extroverts to the Job Offer

While the job hunt seems to favor extroverted veterans and spouses, introverts really have the advantage. Find out how you...

6 Inescapable Realities of the Veteran Job Hunt (and How to Escape Them)

For veterans and spouses, the message that the job hunt should be easy is so loud that when you run into difficulties, you...

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