Tag: Career Transition
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155. #Hired: Just Ask to Go Remote
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…
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153. #Hired After a Live Event with Intuit
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…
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151. #Hired While Stationed OCONUS
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…
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150. Fed Up with Low Milspouse Pay
Show Notes | October 25, 2022 | Episode 150 You know what boils our blood? Military spouses not getting paid what they are worth. Highly educated and qualified people are going from making $100,000 a year to no more than $70,000 when they become a military spouse. What?! That’s crazy and unfair. Career-driven milspouses should not have to…
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147. #Hired by a Fortune 500 Company
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…
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146. Climb the Career Ladder with Intuit
Show Notes | September 12, 2022 | Episode 146 Since partnering with VirtForce in 2019, 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁 has built multiple ladders of 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. From gaining skills to getting work experience, Intuit is creating a culture of continuous learning and growth. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿: Gain skills and work experience by attending 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 Earn a Tax Level 1 Badge, which gives you…
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144. Intuit’s Academy is a Vibe
Show Notes | August 8, 2022 | Episode 144 Intuit has launched a brand-new free training course – Intuit Academy, where you can gain skills and unlock opportunities to help you get #hired as a Tax Associate at Intuit for the upcoming tax season. If you lack 1-3 years of tax prep experience, you can now bypass that hurdle by…
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139. #Hired: Get Certified with Salesforce
Show Notes | April 11, 2022 | Episode 139 Do you want to make more than $88,000 a year? Then get certified with Salesforce! Admin jobs for this cloud-based customer relationship management software have grown 34% over the past year, and the average pay for a Salesforce Administrator has grown to more than $88,000 a year. Milspouse Theresa George was inspired to…
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2. Launching a Career in IT When You Do Not Have A Degree
A conversation with Salesforce Experts Mike Wheeler and Brooke Bracy Show Notes | October 10, 2019 | Episode 003 In this episode of the VirtForce Podcast, Kimber talks with Mike Wheeler of Mike Wheeler Media and Brook Bracy, Certified Salesforce Administrator and Bilingual Hiring Expert, on how Salesforce can impact the careers of virtual job seekers. We EXPLORE how Vetforce, an online military…
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2. How VetForce Can Help Military Spouses Launch A Career in Tech
The one about VetForce with David Nava Show Notes | October 3, 2019 | Episode 002 In this episode of the VirtForce Podcast, we talk to Salesforce Lightning Champion, David Scott Nava, about Vetforce. We explore how Vetforce helped him learn to love cloud computing and how the program helped launched his career into technology. David…