When I was little, I wanted to own an inn like the one in the movie Holiday Inn. It would be a magical place where you only had to work holidays and an overnight stay came with a gourmet meal and a … [Read more...]
Is Teaching a Smart Career Choice for MilSpouses?
Around this time last year, I was standing in front of a room full of 5-year-olds wearing a cotton kimono, displaying yen on a desk and demonstrating the proper use of chopsticks. It was part of my … [Read more...]
Lean In: What Milspouses Must Know
Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, is all over the news urging women to “lean in” to their careers. Uh oh. Have we military spouses leaned out of our careers just by marrying … [Read more...]
Top 4 College Tips for Military Students
As a faculty member and faculty advisor at a community college with classes on Fort Campbell, Ky. I help students navigate the waters of higher education by helping them figure out which degree they … [Read more...]
Is MyCAA Next on the Chopping Block?
In the last week four out of five services – the Marine Corps, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard – have halted their servicemember tuition assistance programs thanks to sequestration. The Navy is … [Read more...]
Top 10 Ways to Amp up Your Productivity
I am a sucker for productivity books, guides, blogs and speeches. I love the idea of getting more done every day – of squeezing the value out of every single second. I want to be able to hold a job, … [Read more...]
How do YOU Work From Home?
It’s a question we get a lot here at SpouseBuzz: “I want to work from home but I can’t tell the difference between legitimate jobs and work-from-home scams. How do you find good work from home … [Read more...]
Yahoo!’s Telecommuting Fail and MilSpouses
There’s no doubt that the growing acceptance of telecommuting is the military spouse’s best friend. But what if that trend is about to turn around? What hope is there then for the career minded … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Working From Home
There I was, standing at the bus stop at 3:00 in the afternoon, waving to the bus driver and smiling at my son as he crossed the street. Nothing out of the ordinary. Except I was wearing pajama … [Read more...]
Top 3 Things I Learned From the Career Forum
I am a lucky duck. Every now and then I get to hangout on behalf of Military.com with the smartest military spouses and military support experts from around the county. I hear their wisdom. I learn … [Read more...]
Who Is A “Successful” Military Spouse?
When I quit my second great job for my husband’s PCS move, I got to thinking about what career success means for a military spouse. Success isn’t measured just by having a job. Success isn’t … [Read more...]
Army Senior Enlisted? Better Transfer that GI Bill Now
As the war in Afghanistan draws to a close, the talk among the service branches has focused on “trimming the fat” in order to downsize their forces. Specifically, the soldiers who have engaged … [Read more...]
Why You Should Hit the MOAA Spouse Career Event
Remember that stay-at-home mom business? It ends. My first born is heading off to college and my second will be a junior in the fall. My servicemember is looking at PCS orders again. We will move this … [Read more...]
Dream Tax: When Is It Your Turn?
Military spouses are always surprised when the Dream Tax cometh. We marry into the military figuring that we are smart enough and determined enough and creative enough to get around the very real … [Read more...]
Report: Improving Spouse Employment Programs
A new government report says what we've suspected all along -- that the DoD is duplicating efforts among spouse employment programs and, by and large, cannot prove that their military spouse … [Read more...]
YDU: Abandon All Plans!
I had a plan. When I flew to Virginia a year ago today to get legally married to my husband in a courthouse eight months before our real wedding, I did have a plan. I planned he would miraculously … [Read more...]
My Husband’s Career Makes Mine Seem Worthless
When Kelly’s husband came back from Afghanistan, bronze star in hand, he started his captain's career course ahead of his peers. Kelly found herself suddenly feeling like there was something major … [Read more...]
Why I Would Never Join the Military
I’ve always said I would never join the military. Nope. You’d never find me wearing my long hair in a bun, donning camouflage and lacing up combat boots. My husband is the servicemember, I am the … [Read more...]
