Jacey Eckhart

Jacey Eckhart MA CPCC is Military.com's Transition Master Coach. She is a Certified Professional Career Coach and military sociologist who has been designing workshops and training active duty, National Guardsmen, Reservists and military spouses for decades. She is the founder of SeniorMilitaryTransition.com and has helped hundreds of veterans get jobs by identifying the skills, secrets and strategies veterans and spouses need most. Jacey is also an Air Force brat, a Navy wife, and an Army mom. Check back regularly to get Jacey's latest career advice below and visit the Veteran Talent Pool page to sign up for exclusive FREE master classes hosted by Jacey.

Latest Articles

8 Astonishing Ways the Military Can Help You Get a Job in Tech

In the middle of military transition, you might be wondering if all that jumping around you did in your military career...

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How to Brilliantly Interview Veterans and Transitioning Military Members (and Meet Your Veteran Hiring Goal)

Veteran job candidates are easy to interview -- if you know of a few tweaks you can make to your interview process. Learn how...

Andrew Garcia, the warehouse manager at Anheuser-Busch Hawaii, works with Career Skills Program soldiers who are transitioning out of the military.

Why This Is the Biggest Obstacle to Veteran Employment

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Don't Ask, Don't Sell: 13 New Rules for Networking During Military Transition

There are new rules for networking for job-seeking veterans, spouses and military in transition. Networking events are not...

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No Job Fairy? 3 Kinds of Recruiters Who Will Speed Your Job Hunt

Recruiters are not job fairies during military transition. They help airmen, Marines, Coasties, soldiers and sailors during...

Tom Cruise, as the title character in 'Jerry Maguire,' utters his most famous line from that 1996 movie: 'Show me the money!'

Show Me the Money! How to Maximize Your Paycheck After Military Transition

During military transition, you are the only person who can negotiate your biggest salary ever. Learn everything you need to...

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What Do All the Best Veteran Employers Have in Common?

Identifying the top employers with a true heart for veterans is an important part of our strategy at the Veteran Employment...

Can Your LinkedIn Profile Really Pass the Dreaded Celery Test?

The Celery Test was originally devised as a decision-making tool. It turns out that the Celery Test also works great when...

7 Tricks to Answering Unanswerable Interview Questions

Impossible questions are an inevitable part of the interview process. Handle them with this sweet little interview trick.

Military Transition: 5 Tough Naysayers You Must Overcome

For senior military members, getting through transition is like running an obstacle course of naysayers. Slugging through all...

Resume Lab: I Know What Is Wrong with Your Resume. And I Can Help You Fix It.

If you are a veteran, spouse or active-duty member and you are not getting requests for an interview, you should know there...

Top 10 Summer Tricks for a Slothful Military Transition

Summer is a surprisingly good time of year to do the kind of nonwork that truly moves your military transition and job hunt...

Why Your Most Marketable Skills Are Not What You Think

What is a marketable skill when you are in military transition? It could be the same thing as a hard skill, soft skill...

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Your Baby Is Ugly: 6 Ways You (Accidentally) Insulted Your Interviewer and Lost the Job

No transitioning military member tries to insult the interviewer, but feelings do get hurt and pride does sting. Look at the...

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No Vax, Failed or Fired: Should You Tell Your Future Employer About the Elephant in the Room?

Veterans, spouses and transitioning military tend to tell the whole truth during job interviews. Yet too much truth about...

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