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Pursuing a Career in Mental Health? You’re Going to Want to Know About This…
Laura Merandi, like many other military spouses, has struggled to start a career. She has faced multiple PCS moves–4 so far in her 9½ year marriage–three deployments, and several separations due to...
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Selling Yourself: Volunteer Experience on Your Resume Has Value
It’s PCS season for many military families, and you know what that means: it’s a great time to think about your resume. Huh? What? Yes, your resume. You may be starting over, once again, or you may...
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Passing the Post-9/11 GI Bill to a Military Spouse: Yes or No?
For me, making the decision to use my husband’s Post-9/11 GI Bill, rather than save it for our kids, or for my husband when he gets out of the military, was difficult. The decision wasn’t hard for my...
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Diverse Scholars Initiative Forum: A Diverse Meeting of the Minds
I had the privilege of attending the 2016 United Health Diverse Scholars Initiative Forum a few weeks ago. I was in a room with 100 of the best and the brightest upcoming health professionals in the...
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Mascara, Money, and the Military
It was August 2014, and I was working to find balance as a mother and military spouse during my husband’s second deployment. He had been gone 7 months. Any military spouse knows this is a challenging...
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Why Military Spouses Should Consider a STEM Profession
STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics I am a chemical engineer and my heart belongs to my husband, who is serving our country as an active duty Airman. Yes, I just included both of...
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What does a lobster, a job and MyCAA have in common?
I came upon a career in the legal field by accident. We had returned from an overseas PCS, the house was empty awaiting arrival of our household goods, and I was living 8 hours away in the meantime. In...
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From C-Average to PhD: You Can Excel in the STEM Field, Too!
In high school, I wanted to become an artist and live a fabulous life in San Francisco painting the portraits of vacationers from around the world. It was when my high school biology teacher, Mr. Vince...
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Launching A Business As A Military Spouse
I launched Military Quality of Life Consulting, LLC (MQOLC, LLC) in the Fall of 2015 as I turned in a resignation letter to my last employer due to a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move. I wasn’t...
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From Corporate to Cul de Sac: Transitioning from an In-Office Job to Working...
Three years ago I left my first post-grad job to move to Fort Hood, Texas. After working a retail job for a few months, I found a job at the corporate headquarters of a global technology company. I...
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