I Inc and Beyond

Lt. Colonel Russer has had a wonderful career in the Army and now he is turning his attention to helping US Veterans in all sorts of ways. 

He has some great suggestions about how people close to separating, as well as those who have been out for a while, take advantage of the opportunities that exist to support them. 

He talks about the need to tune up your resume to civilian terms, network like crazy and take advantage of the VA and other veteran support groups. 

Also, he recommends you check out: https://www.usajobs.gov/

Good luck.  

Welcome to the 9th and final step in the process to help you become more empowered in the pursuit of your career aspirations.

Social media is a must in today's job market and LinkedIn is the best tool for you to be seen by recruiters. 

Here are two videos produced by LinkedIn that will help you to create or revise your profile: 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/YWp6AN00D_c?&autoplay=1

https://www.youtube.com/embed/B8WZxYFaSmI?&autoplay=1

Also, if you want to have a follow up conversation about any of the steps or the I Inc process itself, please go to the following web page, select contact us and let us know how we can help you. 

https://tinyurl.com/VetsandRC

Good luck in your career pursuits.

In addition to networking and opportunities to share your elevator pitch, the interview context is the most significant opportunity you will have to tell your personal story. 

Before the interview be sure to research the organization and prepare some questions that you want to ask. 

During the interview you might get a "situational" question or a "behavioral" one.  A situational question is exactly what it says, i.e. a hypothetical situation.  When they ask that kind of question, they are looking for leadership.  Use the VALUE framework to describe how you would handle the situation. V - Vision, Al - Alignment of Resources, U - Understand, ensure everyone truly understands what is going on and E - Enactment - make it happen.

For the Behavioral questions, use the model STAR.  Situation, Task, Action and Result. 

And be sure to follow up after the interview with a thank you message. 

If you want to learn more about interviewing techniques, check out the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT68iezmHnE

Good luck. 

Want to get dose of enthusiasm from someone who has built a successful business in the plant based medicinal environment?

Join the podcast with Tonya Mora and learn about plant based medicine but also about what it takes to become successful in an entrepreneurial environment. 

Tonya is a Navy Vet, former Corrections Officer and now a successful entrepreneur with her own business model. 

If you want to reach out to her, her phone number is: 313-704-6694 and her email address is: [email protected]

Her webpage is www.sweeddreams.com

Hope you enjoy listening to her.  She has a great story to tell.  

Now it is time to take your story to the job market.

In this step we will be talking about how you can use written media to communicate your story.

The top three tools that you will be using are: 1. Your Resume, 2. Your Cover Letter and 3. Your Email. 

Be sure to think about how you want your story to be told and do not just list a bunch of facts.  

Craft a story that is engaging and will make someone want to read about it. 

And if you want to play around with a cool tool, check out: http://www.wordle.net/ 

It will create a word cloud of a written document.  Put your resume, or your cover letter, or any other written documentation that you are using in your job search, into the application, and see if the word cloud agrees with the key points that you are trying to convey. 

Good luck with telling your personal story in written form.  

This is not about dusting off your resume and then sending it to as many leads as you can find in the hopes that someone will take pity on you and give you a job. 

That approach puts them in control.

I Inc, is all about you being in control.  And, sometimes, that might create a little anxiety. 

if it does, you might want to go back and listen to the first three steps again. 

This is where the proverbial "rubber meets the road". Where you take control and source opportunities that meet your needs and value proposition. 

It is not easy, but once you master this approach, you will have more opportunities than you can handle, and that is definitely the right place to be. 

Good luck. 

Don't be turned off by the term Value Proposition.  I realize that it is business jargon, but we all look at the value proposition that a good or service has when we choose to buy it.  Is the value greater than the price or less than the price?  How you answer that question will determine your degree of satisfaction with the value you have received.

It is the same thing in the job market. 

Learn to develop a Personal Value Proposition that is Compelling, Valuable, Relevant, Current and Expansive. 

Also, give thought to how your Value Proposition has a positive impact on People in the organization, the Customer and/or the Profitability of the Business.

Good luck. 

Drones are just for recreational use.  Right?

No way!  In addition to recreational use there are Enthusiasts that actually race drones and there are a new wave of Enterprise Opportunities that can produce money making opportunities flying drones, or as Joe White likes to call them, Autonomous Systems. 

Interested?  Dial in to listen to my interview with Joe White about the opportunities that are set to explode as the 5G networks are updated. 

Joe is the owner of +5 Technology ASG and provides training to people who are interested in becoming certified in this new and emerging technology. 

If you have questions of Joe, send him an email at [email protected] our you can go to the following web page and contact us listing your interest in drone technology.  https://tinyurl.com/VetsandRC

Joe's business is located at 19730 Ralston Suite 113, Detroit, MI 48203.

Good luck. 

We all have a personal brand.  It is what people say about us when we are not in the room. 

Is your brand what you want it to be?  Are you taking steps to know what it is and ensuring that it gets communicated when you meet someone?

Learn about taking the information from the prior three steps and incorporating some of that content into your external message. 

Good luck. 

Take some time to truly reflect on what is important to you in your career. 

Many times we wind up doing things because of family pressure or because we know we can get a job, but we do not listen to our hearts and truly understand what it is that we want to be doing. 

In this podcast we review some of the elements that you might be experiencing in your Career Dilemma and how to overcome those challenges. 

Also, begin to explore the benefits of networking and doing informational interviews in helping you gain a better understanding of your career calling. 

As a reminder, here are some resources that you might want to use the following. 

onetonline.org    to get information on different careers and 

https://tinyurl.com/VetsandRC     to connect with us and let us know how we might be better able to serve you. 

Good luck.