SuccessVets: Advice For Veterans On Life After The Military

Dan Evans is an active duty Marine and the Social Marketing Director for the United States Marine Corps. He is responsible for developing and rolling out a comprehensive social media strategy for over 1,000 recruiters across the Western U.S. In addition to being a Marine, Dan is a fellow podcaster, husband, and father of three. In this episode, we talk about managing your social media as a professional, personal branding, and using it to tell your story to employers.

Jason Vranes is retired Army Lieutenant Colonel. Since retiring, he’s been working on getting his PhD while heading up the sales team for a very interesting business. In this interview, we talk about where he got the confidence to start this venture, how his peers wish they could do what he is doing (and what's holding them back), and many more tips on job searching, building a solid financial base, and adjusting to the transition.

For more insights from the interview, check out SuccessVets.com.

Jason Vranes is retired Army Lieutenant Colonel. Since retiring, he’s been working on getting his PhD while heading up the sales team for a very interesting business. In this interview, we talk about where he got the confidence to start this venture, how his peers wish they could do what he is doing (and what's holding them back), and many more tips on job searching, building a solid financial base, and adjusting to the transition.

For more insights from the interview, check out SuccessVets.com.

Matt Butler is an active duty Air Force officer who invented the game, Rollors. He dreamed up the idea while on a deployment to Afghanistan. His invention is now in thousands of stores across the country, has been featured as "Best Gear for 2014" by Men's Journal, and has won several product and toy awards. In this interview, we talk about all the struggles he faced, from patenting the idea to getting it on the shelves.

For more insights from the interview, check out SuccessVets.com.

Matt Butler is an active duty Air Force officer who invented the game, Rollors. He dreamed up the idea while on a deployment to Afghanistan. His invention is now in thousands of stores across the country, has been featured as "Best Gear for 2014" by Men's Journal, and has won several product and toy awards. In this interview, we talk about all the struggles he faced, from patenting the idea to getting it on the shelves.

For more insights from the interview, check out SuccessVets.com.

Michael Betancourt is a USMC veteran who is now the Regional Director, San Diego, of Vet-Tech, a startup accelerator for veteran entrepreneurs. Vet-Tech finds, develops, and funds veteran owned companies through its accelerator and training programs. In this interview we talk about the GI Bill, exploring different interests while at school, and how he got involved with social startups.

For more insights and resources, check out SuccessVets.com.

Michael Betancourt is a USMC veteran who is now the Regional Director, San Diego, of Vet-Tech, a startup accelerator for veteran entrepreneurs. Vet-Tech finds, develops, and funds veteran owned companies through its accelerator and training programs. In this interview we talk about the GI Bill, exploring different interests while at school, and how he got involved with social startups.

For more insights and resources, check out SuccessVets.com.

Matt Miller left the Air Force and excelled at his corporate job. His success, however, turned into his downfall. Find out how he recovered, and then built his business in the vein of, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad." He now helps schools fundraise in an easy, fun, and inspiring way. And it all started with one little gum ball machine.

For more insights and resources from the interview, check out SuccessVets.com

Matt Miller left the Air Force and excelled at his corporate job. His success, however, turned into his downfall. Find out how he recovered, and then built his business in the vein of, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad." He now helps schools fundraise in an easy, fun, and inspiring way. And it all started with one little gum ball machine.

For more insights and resources from the interview, check out SuccessVets.com.

In this interview, I have two of the authors from Bold: Get Noticed, Get Hired, talking about the tools and techniques from their book that showed how people used creative strategies to get their resumes out from the middle of the pack to the top. Melanie Feldman is a Digital Media and start-up enthusiast from Honolulu, Hawaii (aloha!). She is a Sr. Supply Operations Manager at Undertone in NYC. Joshua Siva is a Procurement and start-up professional from Buffalo, NY. He is a Regional Category Manager at GlaxoSmithKline in Toronto. These co-authors joined me for an awesome episode diving into why they wrote the book, their favorite case studies, and how it can help YOU get noticed and hired in today's competitive hiring market.