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96. How to Get 1 Year of Tax Prep Experience
Show Notes | March 22, 2021 | Episode 96 This episode is sponsored by our military spouse employment partner Stay at Home Profit. Getting told you have too much education and not enough experience is a hard place to be. That’s where Navy veteran Rachel McNary found herself when she used her GI benefits to go back to…
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95. #Hired: Milspouses Can Handle Anything
Show Notes | March 15, 2021 | Episode 95 After two years of looking for virtual work and many different jobs, Kate Nasser used VirtForce to land a virtual job that combines her love of teaching and science. Kate’s background is in exercise physiology and biology. As a Marine Corps spouse of 10 years, she has moved around…
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94. Travelers Partnership Reveal
Show Notes | March 8, 2021 | Episode 94 VirtForce is partnering with a not traditionally remote company that is pivoting to offer virtual careers to military spouses. Travelers has always been committed to hiring from our nation’s military community, but with the COVID pandemic that effort has expanded to creating remote jobs specifically for milspouses. In…
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93. #Hired: Jobs That Make You More Courageous
Show Notes | March 1, 2021 | Episode 93 Jolene McNutt has been working virtually since her son was born about a decade ago, but the contracts she had were unpredictable. She needed a job with more consistent hours. VirtForce inspired and encouraged Jolene to give the virtual job search another try after she failed to make it…
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91. #Hired: Research Before You Apply
Show Notes | November 17, 2020 | Episode 91 After listening to VirtForce’s advice about resumes, Angie Owens incorporated and highlighted her work as a military spouse on her resume, which stood out to her employer and came up throughout the interview process. Now, Angie is a part-time business support specialist at premium subscription staffing company…
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90. Transition to Tech with SkillStorm
Show Notes | November 12, 2020 | Episode 90 IT services and staffing company SkillStorm is on a mission to help transitioning service members learn a new skill and find sustainable income after exiting the military. Who better to spread that news than military spouses? SkillStorm recognizes this symbiotic relationship and is offering two amazing job…
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89. #Hired: Listen to Job Rejection Feedback
Show Notes | November 10, 2020 | Episode 89 Hannah Mambock overcame having zero work experience in the United States by joining VirtForce as a Brand Ambassador. Now she is serving in a partially-remote role as a clerk for the US Navy. VirtForce was instrumental in Hannah getting #hired. Hannah heard about VirtForce through an organization at…
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88. Behind the Scenes at Boldly
Show Notes | November 5, 2020 | Episode 88 Boldly has its hiring process almost down to a science, and Boldly’s Recruiting Manager & Military Spouse Advocate Devin Drake is giving us the formula. Devin took us behind the scenes of Boldly’s hiring process in a recent live discussion with VirtForce founder and CEO Kimber Hill.…
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87. #Hired: Don’t Lose Hope
Show Notes | November 3, 2020 | Episode 87 Kayla Dupler started looking for remote work in March when stay-at-home orders went into effect to slow the spread of COVID-19. In June, she got serious about marketing herself and applying to more jobs. Four months later, Kayla has been #hired as a live virtual tax expert with Intuit for the upcoming…
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86. This Tax Season Get #Hired at Intuit
Show Notes | October 29, 2020 | Episode 86 Intuit, the Fortune 100 Best Places to Work company that brings you TurboTax, QuickBooks and Mint, is dedicated to our nation’s military. Each year, Intuit proudly offers all enlisted active duty and reserve service members free federal and state tax preparation through TurboTax. They recently created the…