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From the Archives: What It Means to Be a Precedent Breaker

Success

How is it, I should like to ask,” said an indignant member of the Harvard University medical faculty, at one of its meetings, some forty years ago, “that after eighty years in which this faculty has been managing its own affairs, and doing it well, it is now proposed to change all our modes of carrying on the school?” What Charles W.

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Hire a Hero

On The Job

It’s networking, he asserts, that still is the critical aspect of finding a job. He says that not only does the military do a lousy job transitioning military personnel into the civilian working world, but vets lose the very thing they need most when getting a job – their military network.

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Sometimes the Real Battle Begins When Vets Return Home and Try to Find a Job

On The Job

Caulfield says that one of the group’s missions is to continue to educate employers that vets (some 250,000 will leave active service this year) are about more than just being “disciplined,” a description he says that can come off as patronizing and one-dimensional.

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

We need to be assertive and show our bosses how much better they can function if the administrative jobs are taken care of by us. It's up to us to educate them on the benefits of an assistant. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.