Welcome to "The Hired Veteran". I write about my experience as a veteran and the job search. My hope is that my adventures in job hunting help veterans find purpose and meaningful employment after they leave the uniform. Please reach out to me and share your thoughts on what you think of the site!
Cheers,
Tommy
All in Tips and Pointers
Focusing on one thing is important, but not getting so myopic that you miss the bigger picture is equally important. I walked right past the pond last night at 11pm and surely saw it was full and could have turned the water off then. I had the thought earlier in the day that I needed to not forget to turn the water off and could have set a reminder or alarm on my phone, I didn’t…I thought I would remember…I didn’t.
I left active duty in 2014, in June of this year I will have officially been out of the Marines longer than I was in the Marines. That in and of itself doesn’t really mean anything, it’s just an arbitrary statistic. However, it does mean that my military service is largely irrelevant.
The United States Marine Corps is respected worldwide as an expeditionary fighting force, the likes of which the world has never seen, but also (and perhaps more importantly) the Corps is one of the foremost authorities in professionalism, leadership, and personal development techniques. Many young men and women (including myself back in 2011), stepped on the yellow footprints of a Marine Corps Recruit Depot and began a lifelong change of perspective.
I held the card in my hand for a while wondering if I should toss it, hold onto it, or put it back. In the end I decided to send an email to this person.
