Get A Job!

So this is the thing I hate the most about the military, okay maybe not the most, I hate it most when they take my spouse away for long periods (or short periods) of time.  But this is a close second; finding a new job with each new move.  Even if you are a full-time mom, the thought has to have crossed your mind, how on earth would you get a job if you had too.  You probably live thousands of miles from the last place you held a job, you have been out of work for a while, and you aren't even sure what skills you have any more.

Your post has resources you may not know about.  All installations have someone who is there just to help with spouse employment.  They aren't random people off the street; these are people with degrees in human resources who have been trained in how to help resumes, train you for interviews, and help you to figure out what your next step should be.  I went in to our local center to get some help with my resume.  I have no consistency in my resume and my experience is all over the place, and I was starting to work from home as a contractor part-time, but I wanted an additional job, and I had no idea how I should be presenting myself to employers.  The person there sat down with me and for three hours, told me how to stress my strengths and rewrite my resume to show my best side and minimize some of the things I didn't want to be glaringly obvious.  

So if you are thinking about or having to find a job, make the spouse career center the first stop.  In additional to help with resumes and interviewing, they also have job lists from all around the local area and can help you with the contacts that will help you to get the job!