Jeanne Zembur ⋅ Princeton, NJ Dow Jones & Company/Past Army Reserve Officer ⋅ 27 years experience

LinkedIn has a veterans specific information/benefits page at:

https://linkedinforgood.linkedin.com/programs/veterans

Michael Apt ⋅ Bend, OR MJ Enterprises ⋅ 23 years experience

A few dynamics appear that empower career, job seeking, veterans.

If you want something done, give it to a busy person. This means, however contradictory, having a job gets you a job, so get any old job which keeps you working, and provides networking opportunities also, (contact with the public) of the rarer kind. If you seek a job at some unapproachable, behemoth, company, get a lowly job nearby, where those working there frequent. This facilitates personal contacts with persons working there, even if a burger flipper, but also, a pawn shop or lawn maintenance service. This makes you able to keep your ear to the ground near where you may hear something about jobs, situations, at your ultimate place of employment, plus your body and muscle memory remain primed for a full time career job, positioning you geographically for your actual employment goal.

Once you get comfortable in a job you aren't excited about, don't let yourself become complacent merely because you need the money. While working at the less desired job, entrust yourself to build dollars, food, clothing, means, so you can persistently seek other, more optimal, presumably better paid, employment while employed, and afterwards, also.

Joe Nora ⋅ Peoria, IL GWN ⋅ 28 years experience

Hey Erik - If you're not on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com)....i would highly encourage you to set up a profile. There are a ton of recruiters that look at this location for jobs to fill.

Jedediah Smith ⋅ Rockwall, TX AT&T ⋅ 7 years experience

Good morning Erik,

I would suggest (if you haven't already) to find out what 5 companies in your area that you would most like to work for. Once you have done that go to the company's website and search careers and get an application in. Then if it is not listed on the website, go to the company's physical location, introduce yourself to a few people, let them know you are interested in beginning a career there, and ask them whom you should reach out to in order to get the ball rolling. This way you are not just another resume in a stack of resumes, you are a person and this will help you to get the interview.

Emanuel Carpenter ⋅ Alpharetta, GA SDR Master Class ⋅ 20 years experience

www.hirepurpose.com
www.hireourheroes.org

But really, the best thing to do is to connect with potential hiring managers before jobs are posted. You can do this on LinkedIn or in person at networking events.

Tap into your personal network by sending your resume to the people you know who work at companies you want to work for. Employers love personal referrals.