Career Advice

ONET (Occupational Information Network) and Military Crosswalk tools serve different purposes when veterans translate their MOS codes to civilian job descriptions. Understanding which tool to...

The Department of Defense SkillBridge program is one of the best-kept secrets in military transition. This program allows service members to spend their final months...

Security clearance jobs have gotten complicated with all the advice flying around about how much they’re “worth.” As someone who has helped hundreds of transitioning...

Writing a federal resume is nothing like creating a civilian resume. Where civilian resumes should be concise and typically one to two pages, federal resumes...

Military-to-civilian transition advice has gotten complicated with all the generic guidance and outdated resources flying around. As someone who went through this process and now...

Active duty service members will see a 4.5% pay increase starting January 1, 2026, the Department of Defense confirmed today. Military compensation continues to rise...

Finding federal jobs with veteran preference has gotten complicated with all the different listings flying around. Good news—USAJOBS just made it significantly easier. USAJOBS continues...

Interview questions for veterans have gotten complicated with all the well-meaning but tone-deaf civilian HR folks flying around. The dreaded question every veteran faces: Why...

Translating military experience for civilian employers has gotten complicated with all the different job code systems flying around. Good news—LinkedIn just rolled out a new...

Military resume formatting has gotten complicated with all the applicant tracking systems flying around. Your military resume might be getting rejected before a human even...