Tag: Military to Business
Episode 135 – Avoid This ONE THING When Making a Transition
We speak with thousands of military officers every year about making a transition, and we’ve picked up on a couple of patterns. Our ultimate goal at Cameron-Brooks is to help ensure the long-term success of our candidates and our client companies. We’ve found that military officers who really set themselves up for success avoid this … Continue reading “Episode 135 – Avoid This ONE THING When Making a Transition”
Read MoreCameron-Brooks Alumnus Shares His Biggest Takeaways from 30+ Years in Business
The Cameron-Brooks team recently asked our alumni to share a photo of themselves when they were active duty and a recent photo with a short summary of their current role. Our inboxes were flooded with alumni stories who are all in different phases of their careers, and we’ve loved reading everyone’s stories. One alumni sent … Continue reading “Cameron-Brooks Alumnus Shares His Biggest Takeaways from 30+ Years in Business”
Read MoreJune 2021 Career Conference Results
We have now completed the 2021 June Career Conference and the wheels are fast in motion as we coordinate the follow up interview process. Once again, the Career Conference was conducted virtually (our 7th virtual conference now) but we are actively engaging with our venues/hotels to determine when we can return to in-person Conferences. As … Continue reading “June 2021 Career Conference Results”
Read MoreShould I Stay or Should I Go?
Updated May 2022 I wrote and published this blog a year ago. At the time, the Delta variant of COVID was just beginning to move throughout the U.S., and Omicron was just a Greek letter most often used when talking about a fraternity or sorority. As I read through this blog, the points I made … Continue reading “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
Read MoreJanuary 2021 Career Conference Results
Our first Career Conference of 2021 is now in the books! This was our 5th virtual Conference and we’ve certainly gotten the hang of hosting virtual events. One day, we’ll look forward to when we can resume our Career Conferences in-person. Congratulations to all of the January Career Conference candidates who were the embodiment of … Continue reading “January 2021 Career Conference Results”
Read MoreEpisode 114 – Silver Linings of 2020 and Looking Forward to 2021
Well, here we are! The beginning of 2021. What were you thinking about one year ago? I’ll share what I was thinking about: I had big goals for growing our reach with JMO candidates. Our client companies had predicted a lot of openings throughout 2020 and, together with our recruiting team, we needed to find … Continue reading “Episode 114 – Silver Linings of 2020 and Looking Forward to 2021”
Read MoreEpisode 113 – Putting All of Your Eggs in One Basket
One of the most common idioms in the English language is, “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.” When discussing our partnership agreement with military officers, this phrase comes up quite often. We tackled the topic of our partnership during a recent in-depth podcast episode. However, we thought it would be helpful to … Continue reading “Episode 113 – Putting All of Your Eggs in One Basket”
Read MoreMeet Cameron-Brooks Team Member, Megan Druen-Miller
Every member of the Cameron-Brooks team plays an important part in the military-to-corporate process of turning our JMO candidates’ dreams and goals into reality. Getting to know our candidates is a critical part of the journey, as is getting to know us, so here is another one of our fabulous team members. Meet Megan Druen-Miller … Continue reading “Meet Cameron-Brooks Team Member, Megan Druen-Miller”
Read More3 Ways a JMO Can Connect Military Experience to Business for a Successful Interview
The key for a JMO to achieve success in an interview is to relate the relevance of his or her accomplishments to the business world. Roger Cameron describes this concept in detail in chapter 2 of PCS to Corporate America 4th Ed,. He illustrates this by using an example of when one company declined a … Continue reading “3 Ways a JMO Can Connect Military Experience to Business for a Successful Interview”
Read MorePCS to Corporate America 4th Ed., The Guide for JMOs Transitioning from Military to Business
A couple weeks ago I posted the introduction to PCS to Corporate America 4th Ed. (Cameron, Alvarez and Junker) http://blog.cameron-brooks.com/2013/02/17/pcs-to-corporate-america-4th-ed-now-available/. In that post, I said I would follow up with the major differences between PCS 3rd Ed. to the 4th Ed. First, you will notice that the core of PCS to Corporate America remained the … Continue reading “PCS to Corporate America 4th Ed., The Guide for JMOs Transitioning from Military to Business”
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