A Fannie Mae Manager Explains Why He Hires Veterans: ‘I Want Change Agents’
Editor’s Note: The following story highlights a veteran who works at Fannie Mae. Committed to filling its ranks with talented members of the military community, Fannie Mae is a Hirepurpose client....
View ArticleAirman makes video asking where vets discharged for refusing the COVID-19...
A senior airman asked TikTok viewers on Sept. 16 for help finding jobs for service members who decline the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine. (TikTok / freedomofchoice). In a recent viral video, a senior...
View ArticleFrom combat to coding: Former Army Ranger explains how to break into tech...
This is it. After five short years, my time in the Army has come to an end. Beyond lies ambiguity and probable career turbulence. Military service is often defined as altruistic in nature; we join to...
View ArticleThe art of informational interviewing: a veteran’s guide to finding a...
Joining the military has a step-by-step process. You take your ASVAB, complete your physical, meet with a career counselor and, assuming everything is good to go, you move along and take the oath....
View ArticleWhat happens at each US military boot camp?
U.S. Army Drill Sergeants assigned to Foxtrot 1st Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment participate in the “Shark Attack” or fear stage of the discipline process, as trainees arrive on the First day of...
View ArticleNo one wants to join the Army this year. Here’s how to fix it
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class David Rodriguez, assigned to the Recruit Sustainment Program, Detachment One, 6th Recruiting and Retention Battalion, Connecticut Army National Guard, shuffles papers as he...
View ArticleThe Army wants you to skip ‘entry-level’ civilian jobs and be an officer instead
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Thomas James Jr, commander of First Army, administers the oath of office to Clemson University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps students during a commissioning ceremony in Tillman...
View ArticleThe Army needs to get better at recruiting PSYOP soldiers, general says
An illustration commemorating the anniversary of Psychological Operations. (U.S. Army/Spc. Eric Pargeon) In order to get more young people interested in psychological operations, the Army has to get...
View ArticleThe Army Reserve chief wants leaders to stop wasting soldiers’ drill time on...
Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels, Chief of Army Reserve and Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command, talks about the future of the Army Reserve during a discussion panel at the Association of...
View ArticleArmy wants one-third of future recruits to be college grads
The Army wants as many as one-third of its future enlisted recruits to have college degrees and plans to create two new jobs — one enlisted, one warrant officer — to keep high-performing recruiters...
View ArticleSpecial operations veterans ask Army to not cut tuition, certification benefits
A candidate helps carry a simulated patient during Special Forces Assessment and Selection at Camp Mackall, North Carolina January 18, 2024. Army photo by K. Kassens. Special operators are asking the...
View ArticleArmy debuts new recruiting ads aimed at high-tech civilians rather than soldiers
Image from the Army's latest commercial "Boxes" which is part of the civilian marketing campaign "Find Your Level.". The Army’s latest television spots are aimed at different recruits than the...
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