The Transition from Military to Corporate- We Understand (E180)

Choosing to make a move from the military is an important decision and one that most military officers do not make lightly. We understand. At Cameron-Brooks, we have over a half-century of experience helping military officers navigate that decision. Our company is led by our CEO, Chuck Alvarez, who transitioned from the Army in 1993, … Continue reading “The Transition from Military to Corporate- We Understand (E180)”

The Investment Mindset for Transitioning JMOs

In my last blog post, I wrote about the concept of the development candidate and having both the ability and desire to be a leader in Corporate America.  I wanted to continue on that topic in this blog post to elaborate a bit more on the desire part of being a development candidate.  It’s what … Continue reading “The Investment Mindset for Transitioning JMOs”

Episode 73 – From Army Officer to Account Manager – Lessons Learned

Welcome back! On this most recent podcast episode, we feature Ben Sewell’s JMO transition from Army officer to Account Manager in Corporate America. Ben made the transition from the military to Corporate America in 2014. He’s in an Account Management role at Altec. In this episode we discuss: What Altec is and what they do … Continue reading “Episode 73 – From Army Officer to Account Manager – Lessons Learned”

The Matching Process & the November 2018 Career Conference

Our fifth and final Career Conference of 2018 is now upon us!!  My colleague, Pete Van Epps, recently published a blog post about the accuracy of a Cameron-Brooks Career Conference and if you’d like, you can read the post here.  In this post, he outlines several key statistics that I believe are pretty unique to … Continue reading “The Matching Process & the November 2018 Career Conference”

January 2018 Career Conference Results

The first Career Conference of 2018 is now in the books and we are now in the process of coordinating follow-up interviews where many candidates will be traveling as early as Monday of next week.  This past Monday and Tuesday, we conducted nearly 700 interviews with an average of 13.1 interviews per candidate.  The pursuit … Continue reading “January 2018 Career Conference Results”

Its a New Year! Will it be the Same You?

It’s 2018 and I hope and trust everyone reading this had a great holiday and a Happy New Year!  One of my end of year practices over my Christmas holidays is taking some time to reflect on the previous year and set professional and personal goals for the new year that I wanted to share … Continue reading “Its a New Year! Will it be the Same You?”

November 2014 Career Conference Results

After a very busy and action packed four days, we have completed our final Career Conference for 2014!    57 candidates and 21 spouses/support team members attended as we conducted over 700 interviews with an average of 12.5 interviews per candidate.  As a group, the pursuit rate was 60+%, with the pursuit rate defined as … Continue reading “November 2014 Career Conference Results”

August 2014 Career Conference Results

Congratulations to all of the August Career Conference candidates and their spouses and support team members on a great conference and taking their first steps towards a career in Corporate America.  It was a very busy and productive Career Conference with over 700 interviews conducted in 48 hours and an average of 12.9 interviews per … Continue reading “August 2014 Career Conference Results”

June 2014 Career Conference

Yesterday the Cameron-Brooks team and our June candidates arrived in Austin, TX to begin our third Career Conference in 2014 and our last one in Austin, TX, at least for the next couple of years.  As I write this blog post, the latest unemployment rate numbers have just been released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The National unemployment rate … Continue reading “June 2014 Career Conference”

April 2014 Career Conference Results

We just completed the April 2014 Career Conference and are already busy preparing for the follow-up interview process.  56 candidates and 23 spouses and support team members attended the Conference, and all candidates have companies pursuing them into the follow-up process.  The candidates interviewed with an average of 12.6 companies and averaged almost 9 companies pursuing them for a … Continue reading “April 2014 Career Conference Results”