Please become a part of the 3rd annual “100 Holes for Our Heroes” fundraising event, on July 4th benefiting wounded veterans. All funds raised go directly to assisting veterans with their employment search and transition into a new civilian career.
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Hire Heroes USA had a hugely successful trip this past week to Balboa Naval Medical Center and Camp Pendleton in California. We were invited to teach our Wounded Warrior Transition Assistance Workshops to dozens of amazing wounded warriors that were soon to be transitioning out of the service and ready to embark on their transition into the civilian workforce.
Throughout a two-day course at each location, these veterans were taught how to build a winning resume, effective cover letter and to develop their value proposition, so they will be adequately prepared to express the value that they no doubt will bring to the hiring organization. Attendees were also taught invaluable interview skills and had a chance to put the skills they learned into practice during mock-interviews.
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Veterans,
LinkedIn is an invaluable asset to all you job seekers out there, providing you many unique features, including your own professional online resume, its own job board, a comprehensive company directory and more.
One feature you job seekers may not know about or have fully explored is LinkedIn Groups. LinkedIn Groups are free to join, and you can choose to join up to 50 groups from a list of thousands of user-created groups for literally just about anything.
While you should definitely join any and all groups connected to your college and/or graduate school, your professional organizations or other areas or industries of interest, here are the Top 20 LinkedIn Groups ALL Job Seekers MUST Join to help build their brands and launch their careers:
1.JobAngels – Non-profit job search network of professionals helping other professionals find job advice and opportunities.
2.Executive Suite – Community of over 100,000 US-based executive-level and recruiter members.
3.Star:Candidate for Hire – Group working in tandem with Linked: HR, the largest Recruiters