Deanna Wharwood

Deanna Wharwood writes for a specific reader: active duty service members, veterans, and military spouses either starting a business or hunting for a civilian job, often after a permanent change of station scrambles whatever career momentum they had.

The interview post is the most rigorous piece here, breaking down behavior based interviewing, the method the Federal Government itself uses, and explaining why answers built from past concrete actions beat answers built from hypotheticals. The financial yardsticks post pulls in outside expertise, quoting a small business development center director on the specific trap of chasing large contracts without the cash reserves to deliver on them.

The job search and overseas working posts stay closer to a checklist, listing search engines worth trying and noting that internet search alone accounts for a minority of jobs actually found, which cuts against the instinct to treat browsing job boards as the whole strategy.

Start with the interview post if you have one coming up. The financial yardsticks post is worth reading even if you are past the interview stage and already running something.

Tracking The Big 10 Financial Yardsticks For Your Business

Jun 18, 2013 · Deanna Wharwood

Tracking the Big 10 Financial Yardsticks for your business is extremely important. Time and again, accountants and consultants who specialize in small businesses say that such enterprises don’t pay enough attention to…

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How To Beat The Behavior Based Interview for Active-Duty, Veterans and Military Spouses

May 18, 2013 · Deanna Wharwood

Behavioral interviewing is a relatively new mode of job interviewing. Employers such as AT&T and Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) have been using behavioral interviewing for over 15 years, and since increasing numbers of…

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5 Best Job Search Engines For Active Duty, Veterans and Military Spouses To Find Jobs

Mar 16, 2013 · Deanna Wharwood

Good Morning Active Duty, Veterans and Military Spouses Using the Internet to find a job has some advantages, especially if you cannot be “boots on the ground” in the location you want…

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Working Overseas and The Military Family

Mar 10, 2013 · Deanna Wharwood

For many members of the Armed Forces and their families, the thought of living and working overseas for a few years is a real possibility. Many of us have friends, buddies and…

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