Posts Tagged: “patra

How to Use LinkedIn for Job Search Without Tipping Off Your Current Employer

Many professionals overlook LinkedIn as a career development and business networking tool, only using the site when they need a job. This presents a challenge when you ultimately do need a network for your job search. Rather than being able to tap a very well-established network, you have to ramp up quickly. Networking is aRead… Read more »

Too Soon Old — Are You a Job Seeker Over 40

Patra Frame is ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Specialist. She is an experienced human resources executive and founder of Strategies for Human Resources. Patra is an Air Force veteran and charter member of the
 Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
 When I give career development seminars, there are often questions about age discrimination. Yes, discrimination is illegal.Read… Read more »

Big Changes: Government or Military Transitioning to Civilian Work

A post from Patra Frame, U.S. Air Force veteran and ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Specialist. If you have spent a long career in the military or government, the change to the civilian world is often even larger than you expect. Week after week I see people who were accomplished pilots, program managers, XO’s, SMEs, — and whoRead… Read more »

3 Interviewing Tips for Your Job Search

A post by ClearedJobs.Net’s HR Strategist Patra Frame When you are looking for a job, getting an interview is a great step forward. And for most people, a scary one. Interviewing is a specialized dance, one that has been re-invented since the last time you went dancing. And it is often even more difficult forRead… Read more »