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JBLM Job Fair Showcases State Employment Opportunities
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – Staff Sergeant Danika Nolan’s military exit date is a few weeks away, and she’s getting ready for the transition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
As part of a group of about 30 job candidates, she attended an employing fair Jan. 30 that showcased Washington State profession opportunities at JBLM’s Hawk Career Center.
“I just try to make the most of all the resources and services that the (Transition Assistance Program) Center has to provide, just to ensure I’m as prepared as possible,” she stated.
The focus of the job fair on state work, instead of employment in numerous industries, made it various than others on the setup. Sponsored by the Veterans Employee Resource Group, employment WorkSource and employment the TAP, it began with a panel of veterans from state agencies, who shared their and addressed concerns. Following the panel, recruiters from state companies were offered to respond to hiring questions, stated Frank Handoe, deputy transition services supervisor for employment the TAP.
Informational tables represented organizations consisting of VERG, WorkSource and Washington State’s Department of Veterans Affairs and VA Apprenticeship Program; Department of Children, Youth and Families; Department of Social and Health Services, Community Services Division; and Office of the Insurance Commissioner.
A quarterly event, the job fair is “a low-stress, low-pressure opportunity to find out what sort of opportunities exist here outside your back entrance,” stated Christopher Gentz, transition services manager for the Directorate of Human Resources.
Additional task fairs like the Jan. 30 event will be held May 8, July 10 and employment Sept. 11.
To get ready for them, “dress for success,” bring your resume and practice your elevator pitch, Gentz said.
An elevator pitch is a “quick intro of yourself, who you are and what you’re aiming to do,” Handoe said, pointing out that the skill is taught as part of the TAP.
Among the task fair’s goals was to help individuals learn more about career opportunities and how their skills align with them, employment Gentz said.
Education is an essential advantage of going to a job reasonable, as about 40% of those who start with the TAP learn they’re “not ready to make that dive yet,” or they have seen the offered chances and choose to continue serving, Gentz stated.
“We see that basically every year,” he said. “We want them to make an informed choice about their profession.”
Part of the education piece is finding out about finances, including credit reports, spending plans and “constructing a savings so you have something to deal with when it’s time to go out,” Handoe said.
“Everybody’s going to get out of the Army one day,” he said, “but while you remain in, are you doing whatever you can to prepare to get out?”
Job fairs likewise exist to help people with networking, seeing what people in the outdoors world are searching for – including accreditations, employment accreditations and schooling – and learning more about their working with practices, Handoe stated.
“You ought to be doing prep work now for what it is you wish to do later on down the roadway,” he said.
That prep work includes getting ready for task fairs.
“You require to go into an employing reasonable with a plan of what you’re going to do and not simply meander around,” Handoe said.
He discussed that participants should pinpoint the business they wish to speak with and research study them ahead of time, to permit for educated conversations with recruiters.
Nolan enjoyed the Jan. 30 task reasonable and spoke to some recruiters. A senior information technology professional with the 16th Combat Aviation Unit, she has actually found she wishes to serve those who serve in her approaching civilian role.