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...
The resume isn’t the military spouse, meet Peggy de Villiers. 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...
Military Spouse “Careers” NOT “Jobs” MilSpouse “Careers” not “Jobs” Begin Within places U.S. military spouses in careers… not jobs. We work tirelessly...
veteran Military on the Move Military community members move a lot. When a service member relocates, they have job security built in. Military spouses and dependents on the other hand don’t have the...
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...
Be on the lookout, big changes are coming soon at Begin Within! Be on the lookout for big changes in the next few weeks! If you have been following Begin Within for a while, you know we do ALL the...
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.