Show Notes | March 13, 2023 | Episode 159 Don’t stop yourself from applying for a job if you don’t have ALL the required qualifications. Navy veteran Bobby only had 3 of the 5 requirements for a Salesforce position at Travelers, but guess what? He landed the role! I’m going to let Bobby tell you how your strengths can …
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Show Notes | February 27, 2023 | Episode 157 LauraLee Lambert was one of the first military spouses to get #hired at the start of VirtForce’s partnership with Travelers, and she’s been climbing the career ladder ever since. Most recently, she got #promoted as a full-time underwriter after volunteering for a rotation in that department just six months …
Show Notes | December 16, 2022 | Episode 155 If you don’t ask, you’ll never know! When you get orders to your next duty station, just ask your current employer if you can take your job remote. The answer could be yes! When milspouse Kayla Hulme learned she was moving, she wrote a proposal to her …
Show Notes | December 16, 2022 | Episode 153 Milspouse and Navy veteran Kylin Ntri had a question about the hiring process, so she attended our virtual Coffee & Connect event with the recruiters at Intuit, where she was able to connect face-to-face with QuickBooks Live recruiter Tessa Eubanks and get her question answered in real time. After …
Show Notes | December 16, 2022 | Episode 151 Milspouse Katie had experience in banking and teaching. She didn’t know how that experience could translate into a remote career. That’s where transferrable skills come in. VirtForce helped Katie narrow her remote job search and realize what wasn’t important on her resume. That helped her land part-time, remote work with Ad Junkies. A job she …
VirtForce introduced Milspouse Kaitlin to gig-based work. Now, she is getting paid per ticket to work for SimplrFlex while she pursues her dream career – working remotely as an accountant.
Show Notes | August 19, 2022 | Episode 147 Remote work is not all gig-based or part-time. There are major Fortune 500 companies who are hiring military spouses in full-time, W-2 remote roles with benefits AND paths for promotion. Milspouse Jennifer Hunter had some misconceptions about remote work. She did not think she would be able to …
If your boss sends you an email that says, “This is some of your 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧 work,” take a 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑡! Saving real life examples of how you excel on the job could lead you to your next promotion or even your 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒋𝒐𝒃.
Show Notes | August 1, 2022 | Episode 143 When military spouse Laura Alpuche began her remote job search, she started with traditional job boards, like many of us do. Unfortunately, she quickly realized many of the remote opportunities ended up being scams. After Laura discovered VirtForce she learned how to avoid scams. She simply stopped using those big traditional job …
Show Notes | April 25, 2022 | Episode 141 If you have kids at home, you need a remote job with flexibility, where you can work full-time, part-time or take a week off when needed. Stacci, a milspouse and homeschooling mom to two kids, found a remote customer service job where she can log in and …
