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651 articles to help with your military transition
Financial strategies for military spouses navigating career transitions, income gaps, and variable employment. Budgeting for PCS, emergency funds, and long-term planning.
Navigate your first month as a civilian. Establish routines, build relationships, perform well, and settle into civilian life.
Master your job search in first 90 days after separation. Strategies, timelines, and proven tactics for landing civilian employment.
Navigate your first week as a civilian. Handle first day success, manage emotions, establish routines, and start your new career strong.
Navigate your first year after military separation. Month-by-month guide covering career, finances, identity, and adjustment.
Complete directory of Florida's 7 VA medical centers, education programs, veteran employment resources, and support services across the Sunshine State.
Complete guide to Florida veteran tax benefits: NO state income tax, property tax exemptions for disabled veterans, and financial benefits that save thousands annually.
Complete list of free career training programs for military spouses. Scholarships, fellowships, employer-sponsored training, and resources that cost nothing but time.
Launch a freelance writing career as a military spouse. Find your first clients, set rates, build a portfolio, and create location-independent income from any duty station.
Complete directory of Georgia VA medical centers, education programs, veteran employment resources, and support services across the state.
Turn PCS moves from liability to asset in job interviews. Scripts, strategies, and responses that position military spouses as adaptable, committed professionals.
Comprehensive guide to FAA careers for veterans. Learn about Air Traffic Controller positions, aviation safety, technical operations, hiring process, salary, and how military aviation experience helps.
Comprehensive guide to FBI careers for veterans. Learn about Special Agent positions, professional staff roles, hiring process, salary, requirements, and how military experience helps at the FBI.
Understand the federal hiring timeline from USAJOBS application to your first day. Learn typical timeframes, status meanings, and how to navigate delays in government hiring.
Complete guide to finding federal jobs as a military spouse. USA Jobs, Priority Placement Program, GS pay scales, application strategies, and navigating the federal hiring system.
Complete guide to federal pay scales including GS (General Schedule), WG (Wage Grade), and SES (Senior Executive Service). Learn how locality pay works and what you can expect to earn.
Complete guide for E5-E7 veterans: how to adapt your federal resume to the 2-page requirement that took effect September 27, 2025
47% of transitioning troops target federal jobs, but USAJOBS resumes are weird (5 pages, extensive detail). Here's the exact format, keyword strategy, and veteran preference tactics that work.
Learn the critical differences between federal and civilian resumes. This guide shows veterans exactly how to transform their experience into a federal resume that gets referred.
Comprehensive guide to FEMA careers for veterans. Learn about Emergency Management Specialist positions, disaster response, reservist programs, hiring process, and how military experience helps.