Military spouses who have to move frequently face certain challenges when looking for paid, career-level work to support their families. But times are changing.
As a growing percentage of people in the military are married that presents certain challenges if their spouses who transfer with them want or need a paying job for a couple of years. In the not-so-recent past that was easier said than done.
But the times have changed.
For decades, job-hunting spouses of mobile military and federal people have hidden, or tried to hide, the fact that they are not “career” material because of the person they married. Many employers are reluctant to hire, train and promote someone who will be relocating in the coming years or even sooner if an emergency happens. And that will happen again and again over several decades. In many cases, especially with military families, two incomes are a must but difficult, and sometimes impossible.
But things may be changing thanks to new military spouse preference rules.
Job expert Kathryn Troutman, president of The Resume Place, has a new book aimed at military spouses looking for good, career-level jobs. Recent rule changes should make it easier for them to get decent jobs and stop hiding or downplaying the fact they are part of a mobile military-federal marriage. The trick is knowing the new rules and format changes and learning how to make your individual resume stand out.
Troutman is also the author of the “Federal Resume Guidebook,” the first ever book on federal resume writing, and the No. 2 resume book in the country. She’ll be my guest today at 10 a.m. EDT on Your Turn here on www.federalnewsnetwork.com or on 1500 AM in the Washington, D.C. area. The show will also be archived for future listening.
Tell a friend in your job-hunting community. In the meantime, here are some of the 12 job hunting secrets we will be talking about:
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