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How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career

Harvard Business Review

Since 2013, I’ve keynoted talks to groups of transitioning military veterans nearly 20 times as part of Deloitte’s CORE Leadership program, which helps vets reinvent themselves into civilian careers. .” Do you have a strong work ethic?’” He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail.

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Three Ways to Say No to a Reference Request

Harvard Business Review

Christopher, a seasoned real estate executive, left his job in early 2013 to move to a competitor’s firm. I’d encourage you to reach out to someone who knows your work style/product/ethic better. Less than three months later, he received a call from his former boss Theo — in search of a reference letter himself.

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Miss Universe Connection

Coaching Tip

Only once did Trump steer the pageant away from temperate environments--in November, 2013, when Miss Universe took place in Russia. told the audience at a real-estate conference, "Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets.We In 2008, Donald Trump, Jr.