Is There a Substitute for a College Degree?

Is There a Substitute for a College Degree?

Nick Corcodilos started headhunting in Silicon Valley in 1979, and has answered over 30,000 questions from theAsk The Headhunter community over the past decade. In this special Making Sense edition of Ask The Headhunter, Nick shares insider advice and...
Walmart  Pledges to Hire 100,000+ Vets

Walmart Pledges to Hire 100,000+ Vets

By: Anne D’Innocenzio NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer and nation’s largest private employer, is making a pledge to boost its sourcing from domestic suppliers and hire more than 100,000 veterans. The plans were to be announced as part of...

Why Hire a Veteran? So Many Good Reasons…

When servicemembers become wounded, ill, or injured, they often face a change in their career trajectory. While approximately 50% return to their Military careers, many separate from service and begin a new career in the civilian workforce. These Veterans are...
New Social Network for Career Transition

New Social Network for Career Transition

By: Jena McGregor The Washington Post   Yinon Weiss still remembers the time, eight years into his ten-year military career, that an official from the Army’s human resources team came and spoke with the officers in his unit. In the acronym-filled parlance of the...
Community Helps War Vet Tackle Joblessness

Community Helps War Vet Tackle Joblessness

By: Fara Illich Cronkite News Service     GLENDALE, Ariz. — Making his way around booths at a Hire our Heroes job fair, nine-year Army veteran Todd Enyart pitched his skills to prospective employers. He dressed the part in business casual, armed with a...

Personal Finances & Your Security Clearance

High debt to income ratio and excessive indebtedness are listed as a potentially disqualifying condition for a security clearance, but this rarely comes into play absent any past or present delinquent debt or obvious signs of unexplained income.  Low credit scores are...

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