They work very well on a team, they help us maintain structure, they understand responsibility and they understand having a mission. Ken: The very same reasons we’ve kept those guys on our crew are the reasons veterans are so valuable. Scott: If you’re looking to hire someone, what would you be looking for in a veteran or anybody else? Ken: We don’t have any right now and part of that is because our crew has been the same crew for about the last 15 years and we don’t have much turnover! Scott: Do you have any veterans working in the band or in the road crew? In Signs of a Great Résumé: Veterans Edition I encourage military veterans to tell civilian recruiters “I am a P.A.T.R.I.O.T.” Résumé Insight That’s Full of Ken is absolutely right! He’s referring to the skills, qualities and values that veterans bring to the civilian workforce. I have a real sense of gratitude for what the military provided for my dad and for our family in general and a real respect for what those soldiers have to offer after serving and once they get back into the civilian population. Tap into the fact that these are respectable, integrity-built, hard-working people and it’s a base that I don’t think gets utilized enough once people get out of the military. I would tell small business owners and people looking for responsible, hard-working, gifted people to tap into that base. There are so many people that come out of the military that have such a great skill set. All of that came from the tools that he got in the military and the fact that the GI bill really helped guys at that time pay for their education. He went on to become a really great educator and help start things like the Head Start Program for early childhood education in Florida and start a couple of little private schools for kids that didn’t quite fit into the public school system. He was also a great musician in his own right. It allowed him to further his education, allowed him to get skill sets where he could really become and entrepreneur and do different things that he went on to be. He was a World War II vet and a Korean War vet and he was in for over 25 years in the Army. First and foremost, my dad attributed everything he was able to do throughout his life to his experience in the Army. Ken: There’s a couple of things I’ll say. I’ve also seen some of the philanthropic work you guys have done around veterans, so I just wanted to pick your brain on how you support veterans. Scott: My job is helping people find success in their careers and serving as an expert on veterans’ résumés. On your résumé you can quantify relationships you’ve built on the job using to express the results those relationships have yielded. Connect with people in your industry BEFORE you start looking for a job and maintain a network throughout your career. Résumé Insight That’s Full of Ken’s note on maintaining a connection is relevant in your job search too. So deepest gratitude for support on that Scott – and for your support on the new record – “ Lighter in the Dark.” Guys like you are what allows us to keep going forward and create new music and doing what we do. Ken: That’s just huge and for us to be able to maintain a connection with people for that long we do not take that for granted. In fact working one of my first jobs, circa 1996, one of my first paychecks went towards buying “…Somewhere More Familiar.” I’m probably on my 20th year as a Hazelnut. For more of my best tips, visit Scott: Thanks for chatting with me today. Along the way, I’ll also provide some insight about how his comments relate to using Signs of a Great Résumé in your job search. Here’s what Ken had to say about his own work history, what Sister Hazel looks for on a résumé and the values that military veterans bring to the workforce. Spending time with Ken was a super cool experience for me as a fan, but also for me as a résumé expert and veterans advocate. I’ve now got 20+ years of memories connected with Sister Hazel’s music. Sister Hazel fans are known as “Hazelnuts.” Long before I was a best-selling author, I was a Hazelnut.
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