Do military families and veterans pursuing education know about the free application costs for their admission to Texas public schools from Oct. 13 to 19? According to other press reports, Senate Bill 2231 established Free College Application Week. This bill should increase the number of applicants for public schools. The law establishes the second week of October as an opportunity…
(Editor’s note: For veterans in transition, there are never enough resources to help them in transition. That’s why we are posting this Kareem Paschal LinkedIn post to share with our readership.) I’ve noticed that the veteran support ecosystem on LinkedIn can sometimes be overwhelming, trying to find an organization from the hundreds (if not thousands) out there. I put together…
(Editor’s note: Imagine a sophisticated financial scam aimed at those seeking a job. When we read this Brock Young post, we had to add this to our webpage’s content. We highlighted some key aspects of this scam with boldface so that our readers can watch for these key scam attributes.) SCAM ALERT A situation hit this last week that I…
(Editor’s note) Visit most military job fairs, and there are at least two to three colleges trying to enroll veterans into their programs. YETTTTT!!!! The MILTrac content team rarely see trade school or workforce training programs setting up their booths. That’s why when Tyrone Hewitt, a frequent contributor to our website, posted this article about trade schools, we wanted to…
Did you know that veterans with a zero-percent disability can shop at their local military commissary or exchange? Until Jai Salters, the executive director of ACT NOW Education, posted the chart above on LinkedIn, our website content team didn’t know about this benefit. Have questions about the benefits listed in this chart? I would contact accredited veteran service officers like…
Mark Overberg, a frequent contributor to our website, just posted this LinkedIn article about a change in the TRICARE For Life benefits. “As of Aug. 31, 2025, the TRICARE pharmacy benefit doesn’t cover weight loss drugs for TRICARE For Life beneficiaries, individuals with direct care coverage, and certain other groups when treatment of obesity is the primary diagnosis. These include…
Quiet people have the loudest minds. (S. Hawking) When Darren Tidwell, a Military Transition Roundtable alum, shared this Dr. Christian Poensgen LinkedIn post on introverts, it was something we wanted to share and archive here. 4 ways to help introverts thrive at work: 1/ Create private spaces ️ ↳ Provide calm zones beyond noisy open offices. ↳ Use…
By Meg Guiseppe Informational interviews are ones that you pursue yourself, to learn more about your target companies, which again, is part of your due diligence. They are informal conversations with people working at the companies and in the fields in which you want to work, or people who are within a few degrees of separation from…
Are you prepared to ASK intelligent questions, to position yourself as someone extremely interested in the organization? After all, the interview process is all about you and the company assessing each other for good fit. As I said, this is part of your due diligence. Now is the time to find out if this job and company are really right…
By Meg Guiseppe Remember that interviewing is a two-way street. You should be assessing them just as much as they assess you. Along with the research work on the company you did in your interview prep beforehand, the interview itself will help you fill in gaps for your due diligence into whether this company is a good fit for you. Doing your…
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