Great career change ideas to help your veteran or college student.

I was looking at Facebook memories this morning, when I saw a picture of Jody, my brother-in-law, waiting to see someone about a Florida ID needed to fly from Miami to San Antonio. I published the photo with a Facebook post about how Uncle Jody had been given $50 every…

Autobots are taking over customer service, especially when it comes to complaints where input to the corporate level is needed to point out a significant problem. Take my friends at GoDaddy. I love their customer support team, and as a Baby Boomer and geographical learner, I need to call in…

Are you using the same English words that millions of others are using on their LinkedIn profile? LinkedIn puts together words that they think will help sell people to their customer base. The typical recruiter with a 19K license is interested in talented, and the social media portal has a…

Do you face loads of red tape when dealing with a government agency? Let me introduce you to my friend, Jane Babcock, a person who is trying to get the attention of the Department of Labor on their transition program. She should be retired, but she’s passionate about helping vets…

See those scars on my psyche? Those came from the trolls who inhabit the social media spectrum. Seriously, I learned 10 years ago how to deal with these online bullies. And, yet, there are a lot of people I have recently coached through the Military Transition Roundtable that are truly…

Do unsolicited LinkedIn pitches want to make you scream, or do you want to respond ala the legendary Al Jaffee when someone sends you something that you don’t need? Jaffee, who worked for Mad Magazine and with Stan Lee as a humorist and columnist, would create what I remember as…

Working with one of my students on LinkedIn interactivity, I discovered a new type of LinkedIn user. He or she is what I call a “cheerleader.” I was teaching Bryan how to find industry leaders, folks who are using LinkedIn to share stories and information. My student, a Marine, wants…

I’m upgrading some computer stuff for my office, and I recently added a Western Digital one terabyte external hard drive. I want the extra space for some video instruction projects I’m doing on my second computer. When my WD-drive didn’t work during its installation, a tech support guy named “Roy”…