MAY 4, 2023 - The Defense Department will celebrate Military Spouse Appreciation Month in May with a monthlong series of virtual events designed to help spouses meet career and personal goals. While each service branch will honor military spouses throughout May with installation-level events, the DOD's Military Community and Family Policy and Spouse Education and Career … [Read more...]
DCMA Promotes Employment Possibilities to Military Spouses
MARCH 9, 2023 - Military spouses sacrifice much to support their warfighters and troop readiness. Leaders at Defense Contract Management Agency, under Department of Defense-wide guidance, want to reward that sacrifice and champion untapped professional assets. In a Sept. 22, 2022, memo titled “Taking Care of Our Service Members and Families,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. … [Read more...]
Flexible, Rewarding Side Hustles for Military Spouses
MARCH 15, 2023 - If your partner is in the military, it can feel like you have to make some tough decisions about your own life and career. Or at least that used to be the case, before technology evolved to the point that picking up a satisfying and lucrative side-hustle which can travel everywhere with you was an option. To prove how much choice and flexibility military … [Read more...]
Job Search Tool Connects Military Spouses, Employers
MARCH 1, 2023 - The Defense Department's Military Spouse Employment Partnership connects military spouses with over 600 partner employers consisting of corporations, small businesses, non-profits and federal agencies who have committed to recruit, hire, promote and retain military spouses, said C. Eddy Mentzer, associate director of Military Community Support Programs in DOD's … [Read more...]
Air Force Offers Overseas Spouse Direct-Hire Program
FEBRUARY 3, 2023 - Civilian spouses of service members assigned outside the U.S. may now have an easier time finding employment. The Department of the Air Force has implemented a direct-hire authority pilot program for locations outside the U.S. authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act of FY22. This authority enables officials to quickly hire qualifying spouses … [Read more...]