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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 couple of 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 a working with reasonable Jan. 30 that showcased Washington State profession chances at JBLM’s Hawk Career Center.
„I simply attempt to benefit from all the resources and services that the (Transition Assistance Program) Center needs to use, simply to ensure I’m as prepared as possible,“ she said.
The focus of the task fair on state employment, instead of work in different industries, made it various than others on the installation. Sponsored by the Veterans Employee Resource Group, WorkSource and the TAP, it started with a panel of veterans from state firms, who shared their experiences and responded to questions. Following the panel, recruiters from state firms were available to answer working with concerns, stated Frank Handoe, deputy transition services manager for the TAP.
Informational tables represented companies 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 chance to find out what type of chances exist here outdoors your back door,“ said Christopher Gentz, transition services manager for the Directorate of Human Resources.
Additional job fairs like the Jan. 30 occasion will be held May 8, referall.us July 10 and Sept. 11.
To get ready for them, „gown for success,“ bring your resume and practice your elevator pitch, Gentz stated.
An elevator pitch is a „quick introduction of yourself, who you are and what you’re seeking to do,“ Handoe stated, discussing that the ability is taught as part of the TAP.
Among the task fair’s goals was to help individuals learn about career chances and how their abilities align with them, Gentz said.
Education is a key benefit of participating in a task reasonable, as about 40% of those who start with the TAP learn they’re „not prepared to make that dive yet,“ or they have actually seen the readily available opportunities and choose to continue serving, Gentz stated.
„We see that basically every year,“ he said. „We desire them to make an informed choice about their career.“
Part of the education piece is discovering finances, including credit reports, spending plans and „constructing a savings so you have something to deal with when it’s time to get out,“ .
„Everybody’s going to get out of the Army sooner or later,“ he stated, „however while you’re in, are you doing whatever you can to prepare to get out?“
Job fairs also exist to assist people with networking, seeing what individuals in the outside world are searching for – consisting of accreditations, accreditations and education – and finding out about their employing practices, Handoe stated.
„You must be doing prep work now for what it is you wish to do in the future down the roadway,“ he said.
That preparation work consists of preparing for job fairs.
„You require to go into a hiring fair with a strategy of what you’re going to do and not just meander around,“ Handoe said.
He explained that participants need to determine the companies they wish to talk to and research them ahead of time, to permit educated discussions with recruiters.
Nolan took pleasure in the Jan. 30 task fair and consulted with some employers. A senior info innovation expert with the 16th Combat Aviation Unit, she has actually found she desires to serve those who serve in her approaching civilian function.