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After serving in the British Army, Osric Richards pursued a career in finance. BlackRock’s program for veterans helped him make the transition.

The transition lies you tell yourself are not all bad, but they will keep you from getting the job you want. Here are the five most common lies I hear from transitioning service members, spouses and veterans, along with my tips on how you can calm your brain and get back to the job hunt fast.

Everyone thinks they can make a good first impression at work but here are five proven methods that will guarantee you start off on the right foot at a new job.

Here are 5 solid reasons why the holidays are a great time to ramp up your job search efforts by veteran job employment expert Lida Citroen.

For veterans and spouses, the message that the job hunt should be easy is so loud that when you run into difficulties, you think there is something wrong with you. You chalk it up to a lack of time, a weakness in your character or an insincerity in the market. Instead, there are many inescapable realities in the transition job hunt and in the spouse job hunt. Face them, and you find that there are ways to escape and land the civilian job far faster than your peers.

Numerous veterans and military spouse entrepreneurs have gone swimming with sharks on the hit ABC show Shark Tank, and lived to tell the tale. Not only have they survived, but many of them walked away with a partnership agreement with business legend Mark Cuban.

Much like an operation in the military, the best way to handle a job interview is with research, analysis, and strategy.