By: Jaime Chapman, Founder & CEO of Begin Within & Ana Levan, Director of Marketing at Premier Talent Partners Consider Hiring a U.S. Military Spouse Hiring U.S. military spouses is good for business. Military spouses are scrappy, diverse, and highly...
Totally ignore the resume of a military spouse. Military spouses come in all forms. You may see a hot off the press 18 year old newlywed who has never had a "real job", all the way through industry leading professionals who've been in the workforce for several...
Being a "dependent" is the worst. Military spouses get a bad rap for being "dependas" and mooching off their service member. I am a fiercely independent woman and being called a "dependent" makes me vomit in my mouth every time I hear the word. This week, I discovered...
A little bit of grit, and a whole lotta love. Military spouses are just that... spouses. Military spouses all have something in common, they married a service member. Many people say, "You knew what you were getting into when you married a soldier." HECK NO! Not true....
Over 90% of military spouses are women. According to the White House's Military Spouse Demographics and Employment Information publication, "92% of Active Duty spouses are female". This publication also states that: "Female military spouses earn, on average, 25% less...
Military Spouses Showcase Diversity, Meet Angela Kelly Military spouses are one of the most diverse groups of people I’ve been involved with. I grew up in rural Oklahoma and admittedly was not...
Here’s what’s new with us. I let everyone know in this post that we had some big changes coming over the next few weeks at Begin Within… I’m proud to announce that those changes have arrived! We now...
Begin Within provides career coaching for high performers in the workplace. If you’re anything like me, you’re probably asking yourself, “How do I know if I’m a high performer?” or even, “What if...
Tune in every Wednesday our Facebook page, as Jaime Chapman, CEO and Founder of Begin Within, interviews industry leaders. Our December guests are as follows: • December 4, 2019: Nikki James Zellner...
Jaime Chapman, Founder, and CEO of Begin Within For immediate release:September 12, 2019 Press Contact: jchapman@beginwithin.careers (855) 855-8511 Ext. 1 Washington, DC – In May...
Begin Within places U.S. military spouses in “careers” and not “jobs”. We provide staffing services to employers who want to hire military spouses to join their team. We also provide consulting services to companies who want to learn how to hire, retain, and promote military spouses without reliance on external staffing agencies. We were proudly voted the “#1 Military Spouse Owned Business Overall” in 2019, and we work tirelessly to help milspouses attain long-term careers.