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JBLM Job Fair Showcases State Employment Opportunities
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – Staff Sergeant military exit date is a few weeks away, and she’s getting ready for the shift at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
As part of a group of about 30 job hunters, she attended a working with reasonable Jan. 30 that showcased Washington State profession chances at JBLM’s Hawk Career Center.
”I just try to benefit from all the resources and services that the (Transition Assistance Program) Center needs to provide, just to make certain I’m as prepared as possible,” she said.
The focus of the job fair on state employment, instead of employment in numerous markets, made it various than others on the installation. Sponsored by the Veterans Employee Resource Group, WorkSource and the TAP, it started with a panel of veterans from state companies, who shared their experiences and answered questions. Following the panel, recruiters from state companies were offered to address hiring concerns, said Frank Handoe, deputy shift services manager for [empty] the TAP.
Informational tables represented organizations including VERG, WorkSource and Washington State’s Department of Veterans Affairs and VA Apprenticeship Program; Department of Children, [empty] Youth and Families; Department of Social and Health Services, dirkohlmeier.de Community Services Division; and Office of the Insurance Commissioner.
A quarterly event, the job fair is ”a low-stress, low-pressure opportunity to discover out what kind of opportunities exist here outdoors your back door,” said Christopher Gentz, transition services manager for the Directorate of Human Resources.
Additional job fairs like the Jan. 30 occasion will be held May 8, July 10 and Sept. 11.
To get ready for them, ”dress for success,” bring your resume and practice your elevator pitch, Gentz stated.
An elevator pitch is a ”quick intro of yourself, who you are and what you’re seeking to do,” Handoe said, pointing out that the ability is taught as part of the TAP.
Among the job fair’s goals was to help individuals learn more about profession opportunities and how their skills line up with them, Gentz said.
Education is an essential advantage of going to a job fair, as about 40% of those who begin with the TAP discover they’re ”not prepared to make that dive yet,” or they have seen the readily available opportunities and decide to continue serving, Gentz said.
”We see that essentially every year,” he said. ”We want them to make an educated decision about their profession.”
Part of the education piece is learning more about finances, including credit reports, spending plans and ”building a savings so you have something to work with when it’s time to go out,” Handoe stated.
”Everybody’s going to get out of the Army someday,” he said, ”but while you remain in, are you doing everything you can to prepare to get out?”
Job fairs also exist to assist individuals with networking, seeing what individuals in the outdoors world are searching for – consisting of certifications, hornyofficebabes.com/archive/indian-office-porn/ accreditations and education – and learning about their working with practices, Handoe stated.
”You ought to be doing prep work now for what it is you want to do in the future down the roadway,” he said.
That preparation work consists of preparing for job fairs.
”You require to enter into a working with reasonable with a strategy of what you’re going to do and not just meander around,” Handoe said.
He explained that participants need to determine the business they desire to talk to and research study them ahead of time, to permit for educated discussions with employers.
Nolan delighted in the Jan. 30 task reasonable and spoke with some recruiters. A senior info innovation specialist with the 16th Combat Aviation Unit, she has actually discovered she wishes to serve those who serve in her upcoming civilian function.