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Value through Capability gets Lost in Translation

Value through Capability gets Lost in Translation

Think about how difficult it is just to survive in a land where you don’t know the language, much less thrive.   It’s extremely difficult at best right!   Yet this is the challenge faced by every single one of the 200-to-250,000 military veterans entering the civilian labor force, i.e. the “CIVDIV”, every year!  They

The Military-to-Civilian Workforce Transition Hole Story

The Military-to-Civilian Workforce Transition Hole Story

“One day, a military member transitioning out of their military Service Branch and back into the civilian workforce, the “CIVDIV”, fell into the Transition Hole, and he couldn’t get out.   Later, as a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer walked by, the stuck Transitioning Soldier called out for help. The “Senior NCO” yelled down to him, telling

STAR Method for the Interview Win!

STAR Method for the Interview Win!

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In my recent article Using First Principles Thinking to Solve Our Hiring Heroes Problem appearing in the Factory for Innovative Policy Solutions online publication First Principles Thinking Review, I discuss the STAR method of interviewing promoted by SHRM, and why it is with military veterans.[1] “SHRM suggests using situational or behavioral interview techniques that use

Hiring Process Illustrated

Hiring Process Illustrated

At the risk of oversimplifying, here is the hiring process illustrated.   It’s from the perspective of the folks in an organization in Corporate America looking for a candidate to hire, the functional manager and their HR partner.   And it’s for the veteran hiring candidate’s benefit to understand its phase gates, i.e., “stations”, so

Luck

Luck

I’ve always felt “unlucky”.   I can’t grab stuffed items in claw machines, I don’t win lotteries or Bingo, and I’ve lost hard wrestling and golf matches.   That’s how I felt until a mentor once told me that “luck” is nothing more than extremely hard preparation meeting the right opportunity at the right time. 

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