Friday, February 27, 2009
How to be a Civilian
This last week I spent my time in Transition Assistance Program Class.
This class is to teach me how to reintegrate back into civlian life. It also teaches you that one last thing you were holding onto that your recriter said was a lie.
Now of course within your first year in the Navy that most of what the recruiter told you was B.S. However, the one jem I have always help onto was when I was told, It's easier to get a job with military experience behind you.
Now in this class this week I was told that there is a major belief with employers that military isn't a good hire. We are thought of as lazy and we can be rigid and untrainable.
I am many things but I am not lazy nor do I think I am so old as I can not learn some new tricks at this point.
Also we learned how to make a resume and cover letter.
Let me say right now I hate cover letters. However, this is the way the business world is going.
Also I learned about VA benifets and the Hell I am going to have to go through to get them.
So I end this week wiser and yet a little more disenchanted about life.
So...I continue to look for a J-O-B.
This class is to teach me how to reintegrate back into civlian life. It also teaches you that one last thing you were holding onto that your recriter said was a lie.
Now of course within your first year in the Navy that most of what the recruiter told you was B.S. However, the one jem I have always help onto was when I was told, It's easier to get a job with military experience behind you.
Now in this class this week I was told that there is a major belief with employers that military isn't a good hire. We are thought of as lazy and we can be rigid and untrainable.
I am many things but I am not lazy nor do I think I am so old as I can not learn some new tricks at this point.
Also we learned how to make a resume and cover letter.
Let me say right now I hate cover letters. However, this is the way the business world is going.
Also I learned about VA benifets and the Hell I am going to have to go through to get them.
So I end this week wiser and yet a little more disenchanted about life.
So...I continue to look for a J-O-B.
Labels: Navy, Navy Recruiters, Public Relations, rob Kerns
Saturday, January 03, 2009
As I am going to be a civilian soon I have had to make a resume for the first time in my life. When I joined the Navy the only things I really had to put on a resume were, numbers of pizzas made and delivered, number of groceries scanned and number of Whoppers made.
So now I am having to look for a job. I have posted my resume on Monster, hotjobs and careerbuilder. So just for giggles I thought I would post it here as well...
So here is Rob Kerns in a nutshell!!
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Robert E. Kerns
Objective
To work on a public affairs team helping to share the message of the company. Help to continue to develop a message and make sure the company is always presented in the best light.
Experience
February 1991 to Present
U.S. Navy
New Orleans, La.
Navy Journalist/Public Affairs Specialist
§ Leading Journalist at Freedom Radio, Baghdad, Iraq. As program director supervised the daily running of the American voice throughout Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait.
§ Developed the U.S. Government's first podcast. Pioneering a new way for the U.S. Armed Forces to deliver their message to military and civilian alike.
§ A Leading Journalist in the Navy with a Associated Press mastery. Several stories written have not only been used for U.S. Navy publication(www.news.navy.mil) but have been picked up various news sites throughout the globe.
§ Navy Reserve Force Leading Journalist. Assisting and disseminating the Message of the U.S. Navy Reserve Force. Highlight of this was developing the Navy Base Realignment and Closure(BRAC) for Navy Reserve Base New Orleans.
§ Editor of the Navy Reservist Magazine. Voice of the Navy Reserve Force. Took the magazine from a 15 page newspaper publication to a 36 page tabloid monthly publication. Received the 2004 CHINFO Merit award for outstanding military publication.
§ Senior editor of Navy Reserve website(www.navyreserve.navy.mil).
§ Coordinated 600 media escorts aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt(CVN 71) during its historic deployments during Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
§ Coordinated over 900 radio interviews with radio stations across the United States.
Education
1997-2000
Chaminade University
Honolulu, Hawaii
History/Political Science
§ Concentration in American History.
References
References are available on request.
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So now I am having to look for a job. I have posted my resume on Monster, hotjobs and careerbuilder. So just for giggles I thought I would post it here as well...
So here is Rob Kerns in a nutshell!!
..TR style="HEIGHT: 0.2in; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-height-rule: exactly"> ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />69 West View Court, Hiram, Ga., 30141·(757) 831-3126·robkerns2000@yahoo.com..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Robert E. Kerns
Objective
To work on a public affairs team helping to share the message of the company. Help to continue to develop a message and make sure the company is always presented in the best light.
Experience
February 1991 to Present
U.S. Navy
New Orleans, La.
Navy Journalist/Public Affairs Specialist
§ Leading Journalist at Freedom Radio, Baghdad, Iraq. As program director supervised the daily running of the American voice throughout Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait.
§ Developed the U.S. Government's first podcast. Pioneering a new way for the U.S. Armed Forces to deliver their message to military and civilian alike.
§ A Leading Journalist in the Navy with a Associated Press mastery. Several stories written have not only been used for U.S. Navy publication(www.news.navy.mil) but have been picked up various news sites throughout the globe.
§ Navy Reserve Force Leading Journalist. Assisting and disseminating the Message of the U.S. Navy Reserve Force. Highlight of this was developing the Navy Base Realignment and Closure(BRAC) for Navy Reserve Base New Orleans.
§ Editor of the Navy Reservist Magazine. Voice of the Navy Reserve Force. Took the magazine from a 15 page newspaper publication to a 36 page tabloid monthly publication. Received the 2004 CHINFO Merit award for outstanding military publication.
§ Senior editor of Navy Reserve website(www.navyreserve.navy.mil).
§ Coordinated 600 media escorts aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt(CVN 71) during its historic deployments during Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom.
§ Coordinated over 900 radio interviews with radio stations across the United States.
Education
1997-2000
Chaminade University
Honolulu, Hawaii
History/Political Science
§ Concentration in American History.
References
References are available on request.
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Labels: atlanta, jobs, Public Relations, rob Kerns
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