Nov 20, 2019
Military families have to recreate community with every posting. For some military spouses or partners that can mean looking for work in a new place and rebuilding from scratch. So, let’s break down how military families can address resumes, references, informational interviews plus a few skills that you can highlight.
Special Guest
Kim Dillon is the Community Relations Coordinator at WorkLink, an employment centre with locations in Langford and Sooke here in Greater Victoria.
Highlights
- How to address having lots of shorter-term jobs or gaps in resumes.
- 3:25 You can put it in your cover letter but you don’t have to spell it out.
- Do employers have an unconscious bias against hiring someone that might leave in a few years?
- 7:54 The importance of references and informational interviews.
- Conducting yourself in a professional way – in person and online.
- 13:00 A few transferrable skills that military-connected family members can highlight.
- How to fully populate your LinkedIn account.
Quotes
“Having your spouse or partner leave for a number of months or having to change completely the town that you live in is hard. And that brings a lot of growth and skill. If you can highlight how resilient you are, and how hard working you are, that's huge.” - Kim Dillon
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Thank you
- This podcast is made possible by funding from True Patriot Love Foundation.
- Thank you to Organized Sound Productions for their help bringing this podcast to life.