Lida Citroen

The author of "Success After Service: How to Take Control of Your Job Search and Career After Military Duty” (2020) and "Your Next Mission: A personal branding guide for the military-to-civilian transition" (2014), Lida Citroën is a keynote speaker and presenter, executive coach, popular TEDx speaker and instructor of multiple courses on LinkedIn Learning. She regularly presents workshops on personal branding, executive presence, leadership communication and reputation risk management.

A contributing writer for Military.com, Lida is a passionate supporter of the military, volunteering her time to help veterans transition to civilian careers and assist employers who seek to hire military talent. She regularly speaks at conferences, corporate meetings and events focused on military transition.

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How Being Active Online Can Help Your Job Search During a Military Transition

Can you refrain from having an online presence and still find a job and grow your career? Perhaps. But you're making it much...

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How to Job Hunt Without Tipping off Your Current Employer

As employers and employees increasingly rely on LinkedIn to streamline job searching, networking and hiring, questions about...

How Much Do You Really Need to Know About AI?

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Taking ideas from resumes in books or online galleries can greatly improve your own.

How to Know When Your Resume Is ‘Ready’

Here are some understandings about the role of the resume to help you determine whether yours is ready to send.

Should You Look for a Job While You’re Still Employed?

Maybe you’ve heard whispers at the office that layoffs are coming. Perhaps your last performance review was less than stellar...

How Do I Earn Back My Boss’ Trust?

Generative AI, or artificial intelligence, is so helpful in many ways, and tricky in others.

A representative from Comcast NBCUniversal, speaks with Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Perez at the Hiring Our Heroes Career Summit on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. (U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Keaton Habeck)

How to Tell if Your Company Truly Cares About Employing Veterans

There are ways to evaluate the strength of a company's commitment to hiring military talent, and whether your goals and...

7 Professional Tips for Getting Started on Social Media

Keeping up with trends, algorithms and online contacts can seem like a second job and very distracting at a minimum.

(U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Karis Mattingly)

How to Bring Your A-Game, Even When You're Not Feeling It

In a supportive team environment, when we see someone showing up less happy and upbeat than their normal self, it can be...

(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Michael Sauret)

20 Questions for Deciding Whether to Take the Job

Your application was submitted, the interviews are over and you just got the formal, written job offer. Before you accept...

(U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Brian R. Domzalski)

Conflict in the Workplace: Do You Negotiate or Debate?

It might be argued that conflict is inevitable, so when it arises, it matters how we arrive at solutions.

(U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Tabatha Chapman)

5 Secrets to Building Influence in Your Post-Military Career

In the civilian sector, your ability to build influence will drive how, when and if others will believe in you, follow you...

(U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Jack Chen)

4 Crucial Steps to Evaluating Risk in Your Post-Military Career

Moving from a military to civilian culture is fraught with uncertainty, challenge and tremendous opportunity.

How to Shed Your Military 'Tapes' in Your Civilian Career

As adults, it's important to know what "tapes" or messages you picked up as a young person that aren't serving you anymore.

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