December 17, 2023 • 54 mins
Imagine being on the verge of homelessness, desperately searching for a lifeline to ease the burden of transitioning from military to civilian life. Now, picture a ray of hope named Franchette Dyer, whose unwavering dedication is about to change everything.
Her journey began with a simple conversation, but what unfolds next is a testament to the power of compassion and resilience. Brace yourself for a twist that will leave you inspired and hungry for more, as we delve into the remarkable story of Franchette Dyer and her mission to rewrite the destinies of military families.
My special guest is Franchette Dyer
Franchette Dyer is an impactful advocate for military families who have dedicated her life to ensuring that the transition process from service to civilian life isn't just about shifting jobs, but creating careers. As the founder and CEO of Vet Tech Business Services, Franchette brings a uniquely holistic approach to her work, prioritizing each and every family member from service members to spouses, children, and even pets. With over three decades of experience and an unwavering commitment, she assists these families not only in creating resumes but also in strategizing future plans, navigating financial preparations, and understanding the long-term benefits of transition.
Resilience is key when transitioning. We have to know how to transition with resilience and look for the future, even when it's hard to see. That's what we do at Vet Tech Business Services. - Francetta Dyer
In this episode, you will be able to:
- Conquer the challenges of transitioning from military to civilian life with your family intact.
- Gain access to comprehensive tools and support to ease your family through the process.
- Master the art of creating result-driven resumes for military spouses and dependents.
- Understand the crucial influence of military transition on dependents and pets.
- Build resilience and adaptability to streamline transitioning without a hitch.
Gain comprehensive support tools
When transitioning from military to civilian life, obtaining complete and accurate information is vital. Support tools, like the Boots to Business program or advice from experts like Francetta Dyer, play an important role in providing essential guidance and insights. With their assistance, military families can articulate their experiences and skills effectively, understand the nuances of the civilian job market, and plan strategically for a smoother transition.
Conquer challenges of transition
Transitions from military to civilian life pose unique challenges for military families. These hurdles may involve adapting to a new professional environment, relocating to a new home, or facing misconceptions about military experience. Navigating these challenges successfully requires understanding each family member's needs and attitudes towards the shift and implementing a holistic and inclusive strategy.
Master result-driven resume creation
Building a result-driven resume is a critical step in securing job opportunities post-military service. However, the task of translating military experience into civilian terminology can be daunting. By understanding employers' expectations and keeping up to date on current resume trends, families transitioning out of military service can create engaging and relevant resumes that reflect their unique skill sets and resonate with potential employers.
The key moments in this episode are:
00:00:04 - The Importance of Identity,
00:00:23 - Introduction to "Redefining Success",
00:02:00 - Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life,
00:06:03 - Supporting the Entire Military Family,
00:16:18 - "Accomplishments and Importance",
00:17:10 - "Understanding Transitions and Knowing Your...
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Everything hinges on identity. It is the
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compass of our faith that aligns with the
Holy Spirit to fulfill the Father's will.
Wrapped up in identity is who we are, the
purpose of our being, and every God
breathed promise that manifests as our
success. Hello, I'm LaQuida Mon, and I'm
the author of Redefining Success eight
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Tools that I use to develop a growth
mindset. In this amazing book, not only
will I share with you eight tools that I
Use for a growth mindset, but I'll also
share the applicable principles based on
God's word that you can easily implement
in your life journey. So no matter where
you are and no matter where you see
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yourself in the future, this book will be
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for a growth mindset. Take care. Welcome
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back to another amazing episode of
Laquita's Toolbox Live. I am your host,
Laquita Monley and Y'all. Let me tell you,
I'm just going to say this is the day that
the Lord is made and we are rejoicing and
we are glad in it. Listen everybody, thank
you. I'm going to give a few more people
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the opportunity to come on into the room,
but I've got an amazing guest in studio
with me today, and she is going to be
giving us some great gems on what? It
means not only we're going to be talking
about not only what it means to be a
military family, but the topic of the hour
is this what do we need to do to prepare
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ourselves for properly transitioning from
active duty service as a military family
into full on civilian life? And those
changes, many people are going through
that. And my guest today, Ms. Francetta
Dreyer. She is a subject matter expert on
this, a fellow military spouse. I'm happy
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to have her. And y'all, I know this is
going to be good. I know this is going to
be so good. Not just because Frenchetta is
the boss, but y'all would not believe the
amount of drama that it took today to get
on this broadcast. I'm like, oh my God,
the devil is alive. So look, you all I
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see, we got some folks coming in the room.
Thank you so much you guys. Please hit
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is definitely a gem. It's one that you
guys going to want to go back and look at
over and over. But before we do get
jumping into the conversation, ms.
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without further ado, Ms. Francetta, how
are you doing today? How is your day? I am
doing fantastic. Thank you for having me
tonight. Thank you for your yes and your
patience. We're military spouses, so we're
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used to this. We have to know how to
transition resiliency, right? Resiliency.
You got to keep it moving in the midst of
transition. Keep it moving. Find the
solutions as you go. But look, take a
moment to let everyone know who you are
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and what you do. As you know. I'm
Francetta Dyer, and I'm the CEO and
founder of Vet tech business services. And
what we do here at Vet Tech Business
Services is that we transition families.
We first sit down with that service member
and we make sure that we have a career
path for them. Because Vet Tech Business
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Services, we don't do jobs. We do careers.
That's the first thing you need to
understand about us because we have to
look for the future for you, because
sometimes you can't see it. So the first
thing we do is make sure that that service
member is taken care of and make sure that
they're on the right path to their goals.
Then we go to the military spouse. And I
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feel that every military spouse should
have a resume no matter what you do,
because you have to be prepared for the
AHA moments. And AHA moments sometimes do
come. So we want to give them a free
resume and then we go to their dependent.
Most people forget about the dependence,
but if you have 11th and twelveTH graders
that are out there looking to go to
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college, they need a free resume. And that
is what we also give to them. And we sit
them down. If they need help looking for
scholarships, grants, thinking about
certain degrees, they pick the right
degree for their career path as well later
on down the line. And then we even take
care of your animals. We have other
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military spouses that can talk to your
animals if they need help or they're
acting up. So we transition families from
the military. We don't transition just a
service member. We do families. That's
what makes us different. And we do it as a
group and we ask those hard questions amen
a resume writer, but I am a coach. I am an
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influencer. I am a resume. That is what I
want my clients to walk around looking at
is hashtag, I am a resume. That's awesome.
Look, you just dropped some gems right
there. Because as you were speaking, it
made me think about every time we talk.
And I'm just always amazed at the value
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that you bring to the military family. The
transition process is not an easy process,
and I know we've had several conversations
about it, and I love that you help the
entire family transition because as I
shared me and my family story as we were
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preparing for the transition, our total
mindset was, how is this going to impact
my husband? How is this going to impact
him psychologically, emotionally? How is
that going to impact him shifting into a
completely different lifestyle? Because
for almost 25 years, he was a soldier. In
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my opinion, he was the best non
commissioned officer in the United States
Army. And I'm entitled to that, and I will
argue anybody about that. Okay? And so was
mine. He was number one. Go army. Right?
So we were focusing on that that we didn't
put a lot of energy into thinking about
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how was that transition into civilian life
going to impact me and even more into it,
as you were saying, the services and the
coaching that you provide as it related to
our children. We didn't think about them
at all until we were at Frankfurt on the
plane, and they said some things to us.
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They spoke to us. And they were teenagers
at the time. The two older ones were in
college, but they had been going to
college at the education center on
Raffenbier. The youngest one was a
freshman. All of my children had never
known anything outside their dad being in
the army. And so the questions that they
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asked us, well, will we still get to go on
post? Do we still get to keep our ID card?
How will this work? It's like you don't
think about how that impacts that move
will impact your entire household and the
dog. Yes. We didn't think about how that
would impact the dog. No. Because the
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animals start acting up and you're
thinking they're being bad, but they're
not. They have anxiety differently. It's
not that no one thinks about the
dependence. When you say dependent, they
normally think of the military spouse.
They normally say the military kid. No,
the dependents are the military spouse.
And the children. And the children. And to
the family pet. The family pet. Very much
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so. Because when we got here, not thinking
about know, we figure Inga is going to be
okay. Inga is our know, Inga is going to
be okay. She's been with us. She's coming
home with us. But just because Inga was
with us did not mean that Inga was okay
with being in this new environment. And we
ended up eventually having to take her to
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the vet to find out she had anxiety and
separation and the things that she was
doing was a result of that because we had
her in this brand new place that she did
not want to be in because she had spent
her whole life in Germany. And now you
bring me to Texas and it's two degrees
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cooler than hell. Like, what are you
doing? Exactly? Everybody transitions so
people forget that when you're
transitioning, it is the entire family.
It's not just that service member because
when he transitioned, he's not the mission
anymore. Now who is his battle buddy? His
battle buddy is the military spouse and
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his children or her children or just a
spouse, depending on if you have
dependence. So everything changes. The
dynamic in the family changes. Everyone
has an opinion, but everybody is afraid to
say it, to say something and ask those
hard questions we ask about your finances.
Before you even start trying to find a
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job, I need to know that you can be
focused on that. If your monies are good
now, most people are going to worry about
that. And so they can't start doing it now
because vet tech business do it. So don't
start asking about your money. We do that
because they're going to get tired of it.
I've been doing age of 16, so this is
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something that my parents taught us. And
certain things you can't get in a book you
either have. Don't you have to have that
experience? Yes. So vet tech businesses
have that experience because we've been
doing it for over 30 something years. So
it's important that we understand about
transitioning the entire family. That is
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so awesome. Listen guys, if you are just
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some value to this conversation. Now, I
know that we're both military spouses and
there's millions of military spouses
across the globe and we do a number of
different things for both our vocations
and our occupations. But you have chosen
to specifically focus in on transitioning
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and helping the entire family transition.
What ignites your passion for the military
family in that way? Like, what pushes you
and what's your why? The reason why I
focus on the military family is one word
homeless. All right? That's a powerful
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word. It is no reason that a family of a
military family should ever be homeless.
Not even a service member. Yeah, because
we're very compassionate about that. And
what I mean by that is when I say that we
take care of the whole family. We ask them
about benefits, we make sure that, are you
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going to the VA? And if they're not, we
know people who can help them. That's
good. So homelessness is my word, because
it's no excuse for a military family to be
homeless or without a career. I don't want
to say jobs because vet tech business like
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to do careers. So that for longevity, so
you can make something of your family, so
you all can be stable. So very important
to me that when I have clients, we look at
careers. I don't do jobs. I do careers to
make sure that they are stable within
their family. As one unit. As one unit.
That's real good. Because homelessness in
the military community happens more often
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than people realize. And I live outside of
Fort Hood. It's the biggest military
installation out of all of the branches,
bar none, it's the biggest one. And we
have an amazing amount of homeless
veterans. And to be fair, even some active
duty and reservists. And people might be
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listening to this and thinking to
yourselves, well, how are you homeless and
you affiliated with the military? Life
happens. Yes. They don't care. Life
happens. And it happens without your
permission. Correct. And a lot of times
they have to be prepared. So, again, you
have to prepare that service member. You
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have to prepare them so that they are
ready to transition and people forget who
they are talking to. That's why it's
important to know your audience. What I
mean by that is when they are talking to
transitioning service members, they stand
up and they let them know, you can do
anything that you want to do. That is not
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a true statement. You cannot. Come on, we
need to hone in on what you are really
great at and talk to them for less than 15
minutes. I can already do their career
path and tell them what jobs they can do
and pretty much create that resume for
them so that when they look at that
resume, they sit up like this instead of
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like this. Yes. Come on. Pride in
themselves. I show them. This is what you
have accomplished out of one year, four
years, ten years, one years, 30 years.
It's no little people or big people. And
what I mean by that is a specialist is
just as important as my three star
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general. Come on now. That's real good.
That's real good. Is treated the same
across the board, which is called. And
that is what we have to make sure that
these families understand about
transitioning. You have to know who you
are. Talking to, because if I'm still a
green suitor and I'm talking to someone
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who's transitioning and they're not fully
out, and I say to them, I want you to do
ABCD and never get a resume done, they're
still in the mindset of still being a
service member. Yes. So they're going to
believe what you tell them. I wait two
years to come back to me to ask for help
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because people told them, don't do this,
don't do that. Come on, that's real good.
You have to know your audience. So when
I'm speaking to individuals, I make sure
they understand. Here is what I can give
you. You want my help, right? And even if
they don't use vet tech business services,
I still give them tips to help them in
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their next. Like, I remember when my
husband was going through the tap process
and I went to a couple of sessions with
him that was recommended to bring your
spouse. And we purposely signed up. At
that time, it was called Boots to Business
because we knew that one of the things we
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wanted to do upon his retirement would
become successful entrepreneurs. But we
needed to know what was the good place to
start. We wanted to know what was the
military offering in way of assistance and
who could set us up guided tracking. So
with that, that helped us a great deal.
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But I also noticed in some of those
classes, especially the resume writing and
all of that, it was highly recommended
that you don't pay for a resume. Correct?
And then we happened to have some
conversations. My husband was a coach for
the football team for Cys and had some
conversation with some of the parents who
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had already transitioned out and they were
civilians. And so the information that we
got from them was the exact opposite of
what was given to us in Taps. It's like,
no, you need to pay for that. You need to
pay for that because there's so many
nuances to this. And the translation of
your active duty certificates, your job
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descriptions, the different things that
you have on how to write it in a way that
it won't get kicked out. At that time, it
was resumes for USA Jobs. It was easier,
though, with resumes. It was easier
because that's how I started my company in
Germany. I heard two service members say
they couldn't make a list and I told them
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I could help them. And that's how I
started overseas with doing resumes. And I
started helping enlisted because at one
point, and I'm very compassionate about
enlisted, they would always tell enlisted
that you could be a GS five or seven or
nine. And so I wanted to go against the
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ODS, and so I did. So I made sure that my
enlisted are 13, 1415 and on, up and on.
Because really, depending upon what your
career field is, what certifications you
made sure you got while you were on active
duty, civilian education, military
education, experience, all of these great
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things, especially as you get to be senior
noncoms, it didn't make sense to nothing
wrong with a GS five, GS six, GS seven,
eight, or not. Nothing wrong with that. I
was when I came in and I had an MBA.
Exactly. That makes sense. Yes. Right. You
have to look at it and understand TDAs and
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manpower. So when I speak about manpower,
I'm talking about what is your TDAs, what
is the highest grade in that area? And
sometimes the highest grade in that area
is a GS six. So you got to know different
things about the government side as far as
GS, because you will be thinking, well,
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I'm equivalent to a 13, but they only have
a nine, so you may have to apply for a
nine. So you have to understand the TDA
manpower. What does that really look like?
Before you just decide to say, I don't
want to do this, but then back to the
resume. You have to be able to talk your
resume back. It wasn't that big of a deal,
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but as they changed the systems,
everything got kicked out. If you didn't
have this, if you didn't have that. But
they start making mistakes as well. So you
have to know what you want before you even
get out of the military. They may not tell
you this, but 120 days is not enough time
to have a resume. Come on. Now. Clients
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had resumes, and they was 15 years in 20
years. Come on. Their resume was already
there. All we had to do is go back and
retweak it. And I'd already taught them
how to understand USA jobs. So most of my
clients don't come back because I have
them set up for the grade that they're in
the next grade and the grade after that.
So they don't need to come back because
they already prepped and prepared for the
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future. For the future difference. With
Vet Tech, we try to sit down and make sure
that in most cases, you have to keep
coming back and forth. I don't need to see
you four or five times, because if I don't
five times, I haven't done my job. Come
on, that's good. I have to make sure that
resume is where your family connect sale,
and you can make profit and you can get
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promoted. Listen, you all, if you just
tuned in, you're missing some gems. But
don't worry. This is a podcast. It's a
live stream. Hashtag replay is in effect.
You can go back, rewind this thing and
listen to it, because I already knew Miss
Francetta was going to drop gems on us.
Listen, military family, the family
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members of military families share this
broadcast. She is giving great wisdom for
military families. And what you just said,
look, you all hit them like share and
subscribe. Get this out, because this can
bless some people. It can bless a whole
lot of people, because that 120 days.
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That's a drop in the bucket. You own crash
mode. Like you're trying to do too many
things in such a short amount of time. And
I know, like, when Ben was getting ready
to come to retirement, the recommended
time at that point to start your process
was two years out. But we also know that
just because that's recommended don't mean
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you was going to get in them classes. So
if we already know the standard says you
need two years out before you do it,
before you drop that packet, start doing
these things, then you probably should go
into if you at 15 years and you know
you're going to do 20, you need to look at
what you're doing at year 15. Do I need a
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degree? What do I need a degree in? What
can I be doing in these last few years to
prepare me for where I want to go? And
that's something that Ms. Francella just
dropped on you. But one of the other
things that she just really explained was
she gave a little bit of insight into how
the GS system really works. And so what
I'd love for you to do right now is either
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dispel the error let me say it like this.
Give us some truth on well, just take this
GS position now and you can work your way
up in the system. Okay, that's a true and
false statement. Come on, let's talk about
it. Now, depending on how you was picked
up, if you picked up from the VRA or Veoa,
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different statuses allow you to do
different things. Yes, VRA. Three years.
Veoa, ten years. Now you're going into a
whole different area. So you have to know
how they picked you, if they picked you
off of this list or that list, and what
was the status? Was it VRA? Was it
military spouse? Was it veoa? How were you
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picked up? Okay, so a lot of people don't
ask that. They just get it. And then when
I ask them, they don't know. I mean,
people don't even know to ask it, though.
But the reason why they don't know,
because during the 120 days while you out
processing and taps, you are on your phone
looking at, I need to get housing. I need
to make sure everything is being moved. Do
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my daughter's son have school ready?
That's not top priority for them is to
look at that resume. Priority is that I'm
about to retire. I got to make sure
retirement is ready. If we buy in a home,
is my family safe? Right. Resume writing
is important, but normally it kind of just
kind of passes by because I've went to
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Taps and stood outside the door and
watched them. In my class, you wouldn't
have a phone, but when you walked out, you
would have a government resume. A
government resume to apply for a position
when you walked out the door. I love that.
Now break that down in the difference of
the resume types, whether you're going in
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to apply for because I know. Let me just
talk about for probably when our spouses
were in, and we're talking old army, 30,
40. Years ago but seem like current army.
That way of thinking is still lingering
and it's having some negative impact on
some senior noncoms and probably even some
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field grade officers or junior officers
who thought that my bachelor's degree was
just going to be enough. It'll get me
where I need to go in my rank or with the
senior noncoms. I don't have to worry
about getting my bachelor's or my master's
or whatever. I'm going to just stay in my
field and if I can't get into GS, I'm
going to walk into the contracting. Help
us get rid of that erroneous, way of
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thinking. You have so many people that
they're in the government, so the
government system, so when they say that
to service members who are getting out,
they're going to take their words. I
worked at CPAC, I've been manpower, I've
been a personnel assistant. I've done in
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out processing. I've downsized a whole
finance battalion. I've done TDAs, I've
done it all. The problem is you need to
understand that in some cases I know they
say this a lot on LinkedIn, that if you're
this rank, then this is your GS level.
They go by ranks. But what would you say
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if you have a person that has an associate
degree that's a GS 14 that retired as a
master sergeant? Oh, that's one of my
clients. Or first class that got some
education. He's a 13. So for me, I go
against the ODS. I'm the one that go
against the ODS. That's why I call myself
a badass military spouse. Come on now.
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Someone tell me how to take care of my
clients. Come on, that's real good. So a
lot of people are going to agree with me
and a lot of them won't. But guess what?
I'm okay with it. I'm still not going. But
you can't argue with results. So what I do
is I look at what they have to offer and
then I can tell them what career path they
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need to go and what grade level they need
to be at. Right. I sit down with every
family member after I break them down. So
it depends because a lot of times they're
going to tell you, you have to have a
doctorate for this master's and BS in some
cases, certain things do need to have a
degree. It depends on the position that
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you're applying for. You have to have
certain certifications. But before you
just go panicking, you need to come talk
to me. I'll give you 30 minutes for free,
but that's all you get between 15 minutes
and 30 minutes. After that, the clock
starts ticking. Okay. Right. Come on. Now.
But this is information that you need to
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invest in. Yes. But you have to take time
out and close out everybody and pick the
company that's best for you to have
transition. And a lot of times, yes, they
will tell you don't pay for a resume and
guess what? Don't if that's what you want
to do. But no one ever told me what I
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could not do because offered to help me.
No one offered to tell me these things. I
had to research and learn off a trial and
error. And in nine years being overseas
military spouses, I never interviewed for
a job. I knew how to network. Come on. How
to network and you do it correctly by the
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book. Believe me. When my husband was
moving to and and he was in Grappling
deer, I was actually already reaching out
to people. Hello. I am Francetta Daya. I
know you need an admin assistant. I can do
RPA. All I need is yes or no. Yes. Okay.
Thank you. So you have to know how to
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network. And a lot of times your pride is
on your shoulder because of your degrees.
Foreign country, you need to play by the
rules and understand that you're going to
have to do some work. Yes. GS four for me.
I started out as a GS four, but the things
that I've done, some of the things that
I've been in and saw, most military
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spouses have not seen them, but probably
officers have. Yeah. So again, you have to
understand the right attitude. You have to
have the right attitude when you are
transitioning because you was called sir,
when I speak to you, I'm going to call you
by your first name. Either Keith, Bob,
Joe, Harry, because in the civilian in
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corporate America, they're not about to
call you colonel or general. Not at all.
Now they're going to give you that respect
because you are general. But most of the
time some people who have never heard
about the military or like the military,
it's not going to give you that type of
respect. Come on. That's real good thing
you have to think about as you writing
your resume is who are you presenting it
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to? Please stop putting secret claimants
on all of your resumes and not applying
for. A job that requires it. Yeah. Because
you're telling too many people I was in
Germany doing 911. So that's why I'm very
adamant about don't put all these secret
clearances and stuff. And another gem that
you really need to remember is just.
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Because certain awards you've got, they
don't need to be on the resume. I talked
about this before. I had a client that did
not want to take off his Purple Heart. And
I told him, I said, It's not that it's not
important, but I need you to understand
that's going to open some doors. He
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suffered with PTSD. He left it on there
because at the end of the day, I can't
make you do anything. Now, I'm not a
bully, but I'm 411, and I kind of know
some things. I kind of been around for a
while. You're 411? Well, when you went to
the interview, guess what they started
asking? Oh, you got a purple horse. So how
did you get it? What happened? They
started asking some questions that took
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his PTSD to a whole different level.
Another level? Yeah, because guess what?
They weren't in the service, and this was
something new to them. They'd heard about
it. But can you tell me your experience?
No. And he said, Ms. Dyer, I think we need
to take that off. I said, are you sure?
Yes. So you have to know what to put on
the resume and what to leave off as well.
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Right. So I love that what you've covered
there, because that has me thinking about
not just the resumes, but the LinkedIn
profiles, your other social media
profiles, where your header, that first
thing that people are going to see that
describes who you are and what you bring
to the table. What's your value? How can
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you be of value to the company? And I love
that. I see a lot of times because my
husband is in that intel community, a lot
of my LinkedIn friends are, of course,
from our time as a military family. And I
guarantee you 99.99% of them have that TSI
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poly or whatever they have. You know what
I'm saying? Tstcsi. They have all of that
in their LinkedIn descriptions. But what
does that have to do with anything on your
LinkedIn? I understand that companies want
to see that because some companies look
for that. That is what they are
researching for. But you may want to hide
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it within the resume so they can still.
See it, like within your about section.
Yes. But again, everyone will have their
own opinion on a resume. So let's make
sure we understand that. And also, if one
of my clients, I do a resume for them and
then a recruiter tell them, I don't like
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this resume. I want it done like ABCDEFG.
We flip real quick and put it ABCDEFG
because they're trying to get a job. So
understand that a resume is never hear
this clearly is never written in stone.
You have to change it. So the resume that
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you would use for USA Jobs, is it in the
same format or layout as the resume that
you would use with a contractor? Because
you're mentioning, know, getting getting
your information in the hands of the
recruiter in these big contracting for the
contracting world, how different does that
resume need to look? Something that I'm
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going to submit to USA Jobs versus
something that I'm going to submit to one
of these contracting companies. It's going
to vary because and I'll give my example,
when I went for my contracting job in DC,
my government resume was good for them. I
didn't professional resume, it's going to
be determined. So what I would do is I
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would ask what is the format that you
prefer for my resume to be in? Because you
can ask that question because they may say
we just want two pages. Bullet point.
Well, some people want to see what you've
done for the military and that's good
because they can look at it and say, okay,
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yes, they actually did hold this position.
Yes, they did do this. And others will
only want two pages. So it will vary. It
will vary. Yes, ma'am. Because I think
every contract company is different. Some
contract companies, just like I said, they
took my USA Job resume. But then another
contract company, I had only wanted two
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pages, only wanted two pages on who you
are applying with and what is their format
for resume submission for resumes. So
basically my takeaway is it depends upon
the employer's preference. Whether we're
trying to stay in the GS world, whether we
are trying to go into the government
contracting world, and even maybe in the
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true civilian sector. Coming into
corporate America and just walking away
from federal government. Well, state
government or into true civilian world
corporate America. It depends upon what
the company wants or needs or what the
state government might want or need to see
from you. So it's not a one size fits all.
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No, because even in the USA Jobs part of
it, USA job has a little format that you
can put your information in. And my format
is different than theirs. I upload my
resume so it's different. And sometimes
they'll have it where it should look more
like a professional resume, which I know
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for a fact has none of the words in it.
And people who have gotten normally people
who have put a two page resume in for a
USA job had to hook up. They won't tell
you that, but nine times out of ten,
that's what they have because the job was
already designed. For them in the
beginning. They just had to go through the
formality. So let's talk about that a
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little bit. I know we winded down on our
time, but that's important. I'm really
glad you said that. Because to me, as a
military spouse, we understand that there
are some unwritten things that go on in
our culture and that certain jobs are left
for certain spouses of certain key
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leaders. And so even though those jobs are
open and available for a short period of
time, or they may never close. Like it's
just always open. But you got 99,000
spouses applying, but nobody's getting the
job. I really love that you said that. So
to help other military spouses, military
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dependents, don't get discouraged if your
resume if you're not picked up for
certain. You know, as Francetta just said,
sometimes those positions have been
designed specifically for a particular
individual, but the law got to be
followed. Yes. They got to open it. They
got to accept applications. Yes. And
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normally I can read a job announcement and
tell you what rank that job announcement
is for because I really pause them. I'm
like, okay, no, that's not what they read.
Okay. This is for this level of
individual. Because I had a client, it was
funny, I did a resume for her and she
wanted to apply for a position, and I
guess she was testing me and I didn't
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know, so I told her the rank it was for
and she said, that's funny because that is
for my colonel. That's his position out
there. They're not going to pick anyone
but him. Yep. So, again, don't get
discouraged because of that. It is little
tricks that you have to do in USA jobs,
whereas before you did not have to and
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people are going to say, well, don't say
that. Yes, you need to know that. You need
to know that upright. Yes. Because if you
don't, you will not make a list most of
the time and depending on that resume and
how you answer questions. So you have to
know what you want and make sure that when
you put that resume out there, that you
check the check mark that says searchable
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because I've had too many people tell me,
ms. Dyer, I'm not making the referral
list. And when I go look at everything,
they don't even have a check mark checked
to make their resume. Searchable.
Searchable. Okay, that's real good. Look,
y'all, we have been having a great
conversation. I see we had a couple of
more people pop in. Ms. Lori, thank you
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for coming onto the live. Chris Sanders,
my brother, thank you for coming on the
live. We've got a few more Facebook users
that have come into the conversation. We
appreciate you. Miss Lachelle Atkins,
America super mom and fellow military
spouse, thank you for coming into the
live. I hope you guys have been blessed by
this conversation. Ms. Francetta has been
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dropping tools, usable, practical tools,
y'all, military family, y'all need this
information. Family members of other
military families, you all get this in
their hands. I really love how you just
broke that down and reading the position.
My sister in law is a relatively new
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military spouse to me. My brother in law
hasn't been active duty very long and she
had applied for a couple of positions and
she was discouraged because she couldn't
understand. She was overqualified for some
of the positions and we had a
conversation. And what we ended up talking
about in that conversation is exactly what
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you just said, baby, this was written for
a particular person. Don't be discouraged.
You saw it, and then it was gone for a
reason. It's not that you didn't qualify
because you're not you're not capable of
doing the job. It wasn't meant for anybody
else. But it's two things that you need to
remember, okay? Make the resume
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searchable, but if you should happen to
get the hookup, please go back and do a
resume that is a USA job. Resume. Resume.
What happens if the person who hooked you
up decides to leave and you don't like
that position no more and you have a
crappy resume? Come on, you better talk
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about it. So you might as well go ahead,
pay someone, go free, but do something and
have it professional, because that's a
representation of you. So if you want to
be lazy and give a two page resume that
looks like crap that represents you, that
don't represent them, because then when
you get tired of that position, you still
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got to go back and get a resume done. And
you could have done it right the first
time. Right the first time. Even you make
me think about especially those that are
stationed overseas, not that Spousal
preference doesn't work in country, but
that's usually and please correct me if
I'm wrong, but that's usually something
that's a really big thing when we're
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overseas. And if you've got that position
under Spousal preference and you got the
hookup and your service member, either ETS
is because they got a job and you stayed
in country, or they retired and got a job
with Sofa agreement and you stayed in
country, and now you have to reapply for
your job. Yes. Well, it's not even
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reapplying because you have to, again, see
if your management is willing to see if
they can get you on your own status. And
that normally means that you have to
reapply for your job. And if you're not in
the top three and a vet blocks you, you
could lose your job. So normally they'll
just close it out. They wanted me to get
my status, and I was a management analyst,
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and two veterans blocked me, but they
really hadn't been doing the job. A lot of
times, servicemen would just put stuff on
their resume so they can make the list. So
they can make the list of them. They still
active duty, and I think that's why they
start putting different rules into place.
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But it allowed them also to see where
their grade level was as well. And if
their resume was good to go, then they
just put it aside. The second thing is
this. Just because you don't get on a
referral list, you need to check why they
told you you didn't make it. This is a
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free gym now. Not going to do it. Look she
doesn't gave you a lot of free gyms
tonight. So you all better reach out to
her when she give you her contact
information that's no need to ask. So
really what happened was one of my
clients, they told her she didn't make the
list. I looked at it and I was like go ask
them this specific question. And she did,
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she got her twelve. Come on, look at that.
I'm telling you. Is this just because they
tell you they don't do some homework? Get
off your butt. This is your resume, this
is your career path and do some work. Yes.
Come on. Don't just rely on USA job and
someone telling you that you didn't
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qualify. Go back and look and say hold on,
I do have this, I do have that. Here you
go. Yes, it is important that you
understand that because if you don't many
people have let individuals tell them they
didn't make the list and they leave it at
that. My clients, no, I give them
questions to ask so they understand if
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they truly didn't make it. And some of
them have come back to say, ms. Daya, I
got the job because they didn't see this,
this or this. Yes, it's accountability as
well. When you're doing resumes with me
and I'm talking to the whole family,
everybody is held accountable and that's
very important. And another thing is that
when you on USA jobs, I know you all like
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to have 15 different resumes, but you have
to pick one resume to have searchable.
Just understand that it has to be only one
resume wisely. Remember the reason why I
said that you need to come have a meeting
with me to find out that answer. But you
need to have one resume searchable.
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Searchable. Look you all, this has been
the most impactful interview that I've
had. Like, I've had several great
interviews in this 2023 that the Lord has
made. But this right here has been truly
impactful because just as the military
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family, because of the prevalence of
homelessness is your motivation the same
thing with me as a military spouse? My
motivation is there was a lot of years
that I was a military spouse and could not
figure out why. I couldn't get a GS job, I
couldn't get a NAV job, I couldn't get a
wage grade job. Then I switched over to
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contracting. I couldn't get a contracting
job until somebody sat down and gave me
some wisdom and gave me an opportunity,
opened a door for us. I went ten years
thinking I wasn't good enough to get into
these jobs. It really messed with my head
until somebody took the time, as they say,
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put me on game and then I got into these
positions. So I'm very passionate about
giving information and being a point of
contact for military spouses. You don't
have to have that struggle. You do not
have to have that struggle that a lot of
military spouses have today because they
don't understand how the system works.
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Yes, they don't know how to work within
it. So you all look, get in contact with
Francetta. There is no excuse. There is no
excuse. She already told you she's going
to give you 30 minutes for free and in the
30 minutes you're going to want to make
the investment. Look, she didn't gave you
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I can't see because I'm on this phone you
all she gave us about 47 minutes for free.
Let's say she didn't gave us 45 count of
two minutes for my little commercial. No,
but also you can go to my website and get
a free professional resume. My daughter
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went and did a free professional resume
and she got her job at a really good
night. Well, a very Fortune 500 company.
Come on. You said that's a free resume.
Yes, a free resume is on my. You don't got
no excuses now. But once you need to reach
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out to me because I'm going to train you
on how to use it and show you some other
areas that can help you look for a job as
well. Listen, come on now. Ms. Candy
Martin, thank you for popping in the line.
Candy says she done shared this in her
group and she has an amazing group on
Facebook. Y'all, look, share this more,
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y'all, that's popping in on the live and
the replay. Share this to as many people
as possible because it's going to be a
blessing in more ways than you know,
because it got to a point where it wasn't
even about the financial need that we had
or didn't have. It really had to do with
my mental and spiritual well being. Where
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this is why my service member is growing
in rank. Our family is growing. I got the
education, I'm doing these things. Lord,
what is happening? I didn't understand the
system. This is going to be so much more
of a blessing, way greater than money that
you were being able to give to a military
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family by hitting that share button. It's
free. You all hit the Share button. It's
free. It don't cost nothing. It takes like
3 seconds. Click share and send it to
somebody. We got Miss Linda Gray just
popped in. Hello, Miss Linda. Thank you.
And thank you for the LinkedIn family that
has popped in. She says yes, this is such
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a blessing. Her husband served in Vietnam
and her daughter is a disabled veteran.
And this information is valuable.
Absolutely, Ms. Linda. This information is
valuable. Look, Ms. Francetta, what is
your contact information? How can the
people reach out to you and get on your
calendar? You can find me on LinkedIn.
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Francetta Dyer. You can go to my website,
www vetechbusiness. Vetechbusiness
servicesalloneword.com connect with me on
Instagram is the same thing. Franketta
Dyer. And then if you want to talk to me
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on LinkedIn, reach out to me. Again, it's
a free resume there for the whole family.
So even if you don't use my services, have
a conversation with me, and I will leave
you with some tips that can help you get a
career. Because, again, I don't do jobs. I
do careers. So I don't believe in hopping
around unless it's a know that I'm very
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excited know, helping the military.
Awesome. Awesome. Ms. Francetta. Thank you
again. I really appreciate your yes. And
your patience. And I know absolutely
without a shadow of a doubt why the enemy
was fighting this conversation. Okay.
Thank you. I know why the enemy was
(50:37):
fighting this conversation. It has been
such a blessing to have you. Before we go,
is there anything else that you would like
to share with the Toolbox audience? The
one thing I would like to share is before
you even transition, start looking at
yourself as someone that has value in
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different positions in your family. Just
because you're transitioning doesn't mean
that you're not valued anymore because you
service them. Just because you transition
over. You are still important to us. Come
on. Remember 911? We remember it well to
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every service member. Vietnam. My father
was World War II. He had PTSD. My mother
taught us how to handle it when he was
sleep because he would still have
conversations. And the thing that I love
most about doing this job is you, all the
service members and their families
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understand that you still have value. Yes.
You still have a mission. You still have a
purpose. Yes. Don't let no one a recruiter
tell you that because they take 10 seconds
to look at your resume that you're not
qualified. Come on. Because, again, maybe
if they would take a little bit more time
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with some of our service members and
military spouses, they wouldn't be having
turnovers right now in these different
companies. Let's talk about it. I'm going
to always push for the military family,
and I'm always going to push for us having
employment. Military spouses, you have a
voice, speak it. Come on. Yes. That is so
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wonderful. Look, y'all, we're going to
have to have Ms. Francetta on for a part
two. As long as you open, SIS. I'm open.
We're going to have to have you back. Yes.
We're going to have to have you back on
for a part two, because that right there
was a mic drop. I don't think a lot of
people realize how when you've spent 20,
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30, 40 years of service as a family and
then you come into the civilian world, how
that impacts your total self, especially
in the area of knowing I have value. My
value did not decrease simply because I'm
no longer serving my country in this
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capacity. Correct. I'm no longer serving.
But I still am that same valuable person
that I was when I was sitting in these
command positions. And even as a military
spouse, if I'm transitioning and you've
discovered in this transition you can no
longer keep that GS, that nap, that
contracting or whatever, and you go home
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to your small town America and you're
know, who am I? What value do I have to
bring? What can I do? No, we have value
always. We have value always. I love it. I
love it. Thank you so much Ms. Francetta.
Y'all, I know this broadcast looked a
little strange because I'm on this camera
(53:53):
and normally I'd be putting some things in
the chat, but don't worry about it. I'm
going to go back and make sure that all of
Ms. Francetta's contact information is in
the comment section of everywhere that
we're broadcasting live to. So if you
didn't get it, check the chat. If you did
not get it, check the chat. Give me about
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30 minutes. You all to get to everything,
to all these places, we stream it, but all
of her information will be out there and I
highly recommend, rewatching, share and
reach out to Ms. Francetta. I see that Ms.
Linda says ms. Francetta, thank you for
encouragement. Laquita, thank you for your
platform and she will share as well. Thank
you so much Ms. Linda. Yes, we appreciate
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you. We appreciate you. Look guys, it has
been a blessing. I don't want to overrun
my time with Ms. Francitta because I'm
trying to get her to agree to come back on
for a part two so she can share some more
wisdom and reemphasize this wisdom.
Because I know for me, watching the replay
is great, but I like to ask questions to
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people so we might reshare some of this
information again and give the people who
didn't get a chance to catch it live this
time. An opportunity to catch you live
next time and get some questions answered.
Amen. Amen. Well, listen, you all be
blessed and have an amazing rest of your
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evening. Take care. Everything hinges on
identity. It is the compass of our faith
that aligns with the Holy Spirit to
fulfill the Father's will. Wrapped up in
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(01:27):
back to another amazing episode of
Laquita's Toolbox Live. I am your host,
Laquita Monley and Y'all. Let me tell you,
I'm just going to say this is the day that
the Lord is made and we are rejoicing and
we are glad in it. Listen everybody, thank
you. I'm going to give a few more people
(01:48):
the opportunity to come on into the room,
but I've got an amazing guest in studio
with me today, and she is going to be
giving us some great gems on what? It
means not only we're going to be talking
about not only what it means to be a
military family, but the topic of the hour
is this what do we need to do to prepare
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ourselves for properly transitioning from
active duty service as a military family
into full on civilian life? And those
changes, many people are going through
that. And my guest today, Ms. Francetta
Dreyer. She is a subject matter expert on
this, a fellow military spouse. I'm happy
(02:30):
to have her. And y'all, I know this is
going to be good. I know this is going to
be so good. Not just because Frenchetta is
the boss, but y'all would not believe the
amount of drama that it took today to get
on this broadcast. I'm like, oh my God,
the devil is alive. So look, you all I
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without further ado, Ms. Francetta, how
are you doing today? How is your day? I am
doing fantastic. Thank you for having me
tonight. Thank you for your yes and your
patience. We're military spouses, so we're
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used to this. We have to know how to
transition resiliency, right? Resiliency.
You got to keep it moving in the midst of
transition. Keep it moving. Find the
solutions as you go. But look, take a
moment to let everyone know who you are
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and what you do. As you know. I'm
Francetta Dyer, and I'm the CEO and
founder of Vet tech business services. And
what we do here at Vet Tech Business
Services is that we transition families.
We first sit down with that service member
and we make sure that we have a career
path for them. Because Vet Tech Business
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Services, we don't do jobs. We do careers.
That's the first thing you need to
understand about us because we have to
look for the future for you, because
sometimes you can't see it. So the first
thing we do is make sure that that service
member is taken care of and make sure that
they're on the right path to their goals.
Then we go to the military spouse. And I
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feel that every military spouse should
have a resume no matter what you do,
because you have to be prepared for the
AHA moments. And AHA moments sometimes do
come. So we want to give them a free
resume and then we go to their dependent.
Most people forget about the dependence,
but if you have 11th and twelveTH graders
that are out there looking to go to
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college, they need a free resume. And that
is what we also give to them. And we sit
them down. If they need help looking for
scholarships, grants, thinking about
certain degrees, they pick the right
degree for their career path as well later
on down the line. And then we even take
care of your animals. We have other
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military spouses that can talk to your
animals if they need help or they're
acting up. So we transition families from
the military. We don't transition just a
service member. We do families. That's
what makes us different. And we do it as a
group and we ask those hard questions amen
a resume writer, but I am a coach. I am an
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influencer. I am a resume. That is what I
want my clients to walk around looking at
is hashtag, I am a resume. That's awesome.
Look, you just dropped some gems right
there. Because as you were speaking, it
made me think about every time we talk.
And I'm just always amazed at the value
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that you bring to the military family. The
transition process is not an easy process,
and I know we've had several conversations
about it, and I love that you help the
entire family transition because as I
shared me and my family story as we were
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preparing for the transition, our total
mindset was, how is this going to impact
my husband? How is this going to impact
him psychologically, emotionally? How is
that going to impact him shifting into a
completely different lifestyle? Because
for almost 25 years, he was a soldier. In
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my opinion, he was the best non
commissioned officer in the United States
Army. And I'm entitled to that, and I will
argue anybody about that. Okay? And so was
mine. He was number one. Go army. Right?
So we were focusing on that that we didn't
put a lot of energy into thinking about
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how was that transition into civilian life
going to impact me and even more into it,
as you were saying, the services and the
coaching that you provide as it related to
our children. We didn't think about them
at all until we were at Frankfurt on the
plane, and they said some things to us.
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They spoke to us. And they were teenagers
at the time. The two older ones were in
college, but they had been going to
college at the education center on
Raffenbier. The youngest one was a
freshman. All of my children had never
known anything outside their dad being in
the army. And so the questions that they
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asked us, well, will we still get to go on
post? Do we still get to keep our ID card?
How will this work? It's like you don't
think about how that impacts that move
will impact your entire household and the
dog. Yes. We didn't think about how that
would impact the dog. No. Because the
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animals start acting up and you're
thinking they're being bad, but they're
not. They have anxiety differently. It's
not that no one thinks about the
dependence. When you say dependent, they
normally think of the military spouse.
They normally say the military kid. No,
the dependents are the military spouse.
And the children. And the children. And to
the family pet. The family pet. Very much
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so. Because when we got here, not thinking
about know, we figure Inga is going to be
okay. Inga is our know, Inga is going to
be okay. She's been with us. She's coming
home with us. But just because Inga was
with us did not mean that Inga was okay
with being in this new environment. And we
ended up eventually having to take her to
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the vet to find out she had anxiety and
separation and the things that she was
doing was a result of that because we had
her in this brand new place that she did
not want to be in because she had spent
her whole life in Germany. And now you
bring me to Texas and it's two degrees
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cooler than hell. Like, what are you
doing? Exactly? Everybody transitions so
people forget that when you're
transitioning, it is the entire family.
It's not just that service member because
when he transitioned, he's not the mission
anymore. Now who is his battle buddy? His
battle buddy is the military spouse and
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his children or her children or just a
spouse, depending on if you have
dependence. So everything changes. The
dynamic in the family changes. Everyone
has an opinion, but everybody is afraid to
say it, to say something and ask those
hard questions we ask about your finances.
Before you even start trying to find a
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job, I need to know that you can be
focused on that. If your monies are good
now, most people are going to worry about
that. And so they can't start doing it now
because vet tech business do it. So don't
start asking about your money. We do that
because they're going to get tired of it.
I've been doing age of 16, so this is
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something that my parents taught us. And
certain things you can't get in a book you
either have. Don't you have to have that
experience? Yes. So vet tech businesses
have that experience because we've been
doing it for over 30 something years. So
it's important that we understand about
transitioning the entire family. That is
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some value to this conversation. Now, I
know that we're both military spouses and
there's millions of military spouses
across the globe and we do a number of
different things for both our vocations
and our occupations. But you have chosen
to specifically focus in on transitioning
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and helping the entire family transition.
What ignites your passion for the military
family in that way? Like, what pushes you
and what's your why? The reason why I
focus on the military family is one word
homeless. All right? That's a powerful
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word. It is no reason that a family of a
military family should ever be homeless.
Not even a service member. Yeah, because
we're very compassionate about that. And
what I mean by that is when I say that we
take care of the whole family. We ask them
about benefits, we make sure that, are you
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going to the VA? And if they're not, we
know people who can help them. That's
good. So homelessness is my word, because
it's no excuse for a military family to be
homeless or without a career. I don't want
to say jobs because vet tech business like
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to do careers. So that for longevity, so
you can make something of your family, so
you all can be stable. So very important
to me that when I have clients, we look at
careers. I don't do jobs. I do careers to
make sure that they are stable within
their family. As one unit. As one unit.
That's real good. Because homelessness in
the military community happens more often
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than people realize. And I live outside of
Fort Hood. It's the biggest military
installation out of all of the branches,
bar none, it's the biggest one. And we
have an amazing amount of homeless
veterans. And to be fair, even some active
duty and reservists. And people might be
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listening to this and thinking to
yourselves, well, how are you homeless and
you affiliated with the military? Life
happens. Yes. They don't care. Life
happens. And it happens without your
permission. Correct. And a lot of times
they have to be prepared. So, again, you
have to prepare that service member. You
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have to prepare them so that they are
ready to transition and people forget who
they are talking to. That's why it's
important to know your audience. What I
mean by that is when they are talking to
transitioning service members, they stand
up and they let them know, you can do
anything that you want to do. That is not
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a true statement. You cannot. Come on, we
need to hone in on what you are really
great at and talk to them for less than 15
minutes. I can already do their career
path and tell them what jobs they can do
and pretty much create that resume for
them so that when they look at that
resume, they sit up like this instead of
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like this. Yes. Come on. Pride in
themselves. I show them. This is what you
have accomplished out of one year, four
years, ten years, one years, 30 years.
It's no little people or big people. And
what I mean by that is a specialist is
just as important as my three star
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general. Come on now. That's real good.
That's real good. Is treated the same
across the board, which is called. And
that is what we have to make sure that
these families understand about
transitioning. You have to know who you
are. Talking to, because if I'm still a
green suitor and I'm talking to someone
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who's transitioning and they're not fully
out, and I say to them, I want you to do
ABCD and never get a resume done, they're
still in the mindset of still being a
service member. Yes. So they're going to
believe what you tell them. I wait two
years to come back to me to ask for help
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because people told them, don't do this,
don't do that. Come on, that's real good.
You have to know your audience. So when
I'm speaking to individuals, I make sure
they understand. Here is what I can give
you. You want my help, right? And even if
they don't use vet tech business services,
I still give them tips to help them in
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their next. Like, I remember when my
husband was going through the tap process
and I went to a couple of sessions with
him that was recommended to bring your
spouse. And we purposely signed up. At
that time, it was called Boots to Business
because we knew that one of the things we
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wanted to do upon his retirement would
become successful entrepreneurs. But we
needed to know what was the good place to
start. We wanted to know what was the
military offering in way of assistance and
who could set us up guided tracking. So
with that, that helped us a great deal.
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But I also noticed in some of those
classes, especially the resume writing and
all of that, it was highly recommended
that you don't pay for a resume. Correct?
And then we happened to have some
conversations. My husband was a coach for
the football team for Cys and had some
conversation with some of the parents who
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had already transitioned out and they were
civilians. And so the information that we
got from them was the exact opposite of
what was given to us in Taps. It's like,
no, you need to pay for that. You need to
pay for that because there's so many
nuances to this. And the translation of
your active duty certificates, your job
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descriptions, the different things that
you have on how to write it in a way that
it won't get kicked out. At that time, it
was resumes for USA Jobs. It was easier,
though, with resumes. It was easier
because that's how I started my company in
Germany. I heard two service members say
they couldn't make a list and I told them
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I could help them. And that's how I
started overseas with doing resumes. And I
started helping enlisted because at one
point, and I'm very compassionate about
enlisted, they would always tell enlisted
that you could be a GS five or seven or
nine. And so I wanted to go against the
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ODS, and so I did. So I made sure that my
enlisted are 13, 1415 and on, up and on.
Because really, depending upon what your
career field is, what certifications you
made sure you got while you were on active
duty, civilian education, military
education, experience, all of these great
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things, especially as you get to be senior
noncoms, it didn't make sense to nothing
wrong with a GS five, GS six, GS seven,
eight, or not. Nothing wrong with that. I
was when I came in and I had an MBA.
Exactly. That makes sense. Yes. Right. You
have to look at it and understand TDAs and
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manpower. So when I speak about manpower,
I'm talking about what is your TDAs, what
is the highest grade in that area? And
sometimes the highest grade in that area
is a GS six. So you got to know different
things about the government side as far as
GS, because you will be thinking, well,
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I'm equivalent to a 13, but they only have
a nine, so you may have to apply for a
nine. So you have to understand the TDA
manpower. What does that really look like?
Before you just decide to say, I don't
want to do this, but then back to the
resume. You have to be able to talk your
resume back. It wasn't that big of a deal,
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but as they changed the systems,
everything got kicked out. If you didn't
have this, if you didn't have that. But
they start making mistakes as well. So you
have to know what you want before you even
get out of the military. They may not tell
you this, but 120 days is not enough time
to have a resume. Come on. Now. Clients
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had resumes, and they was 15 years in 20
years. Come on. Their resume was already
there. All we had to do is go back and
retweak it. And I'd already taught them
how to understand USA jobs. So most of my
clients don't come back because I have
them set up for the grade that they're in
the next grade and the grade after that.
So they don't need to come back because
they already prepped and prepared for the
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future. For the future difference. With
Vet Tech, we try to sit down and make sure
that in most cases, you have to keep
coming back and forth. I don't need to see
you four or five times, because if I don't
five times, I haven't done my job. Come
on, that's good. I have to make sure that
resume is where your family connect sale,
and you can make profit and you can get
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promoted. Listen, you all, if you just
tuned in, you're missing some gems. But
don't worry. This is a podcast. It's a
live stream. Hashtag replay is in effect.
You can go back, rewind this thing and
listen to it, because I already knew Miss
Francetta was going to drop gems on us.
Listen, military family, the family
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members of military families share this
broadcast. She is giving great wisdom for
military families. And what you just said,
look, you all hit them like share and
subscribe. Get this out, because this can
bless some people. It can bless a whole
lot of people, because that 120 days.
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That's a drop in the bucket. You own crash
mode. Like you're trying to do too many
things in such a short amount of time. And
I know, like, when Ben was getting ready
to come to retirement, the recommended
time at that point to start your process
was two years out. But we also know that
just because that's recommended don't mean
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you was going to get in them classes. So
if we already know the standard says you
need two years out before you do it,
before you drop that packet, start doing
these things, then you probably should go
into if you at 15 years and you know
you're going to do 20, you need to look at
what you're doing at year 15. Do I need a
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degree? What do I need a degree in? What
can I be doing in these last few years to
prepare me for where I want to go? And
that's something that Ms. Francella just
dropped on you. But one of the other
things that she just really explained was
she gave a little bit of insight into how
the GS system really works. And so what
I'd love for you to do right now is either
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dispel the error let me say it like this.
Give us some truth on well, just take this
GS position now and you can work your way
up in the system. Okay, that's a true and
false statement. Come on, let's talk about
it. Now, depending on how you was picked
up, if you picked up from the VRA or Veoa,
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different statuses allow you to do
different things. Yes, VRA. Three years.
Veoa, ten years. Now you're going into a
whole different area. So you have to know
how they picked you, if they picked you
off of this list or that list, and what
was the status? Was it VRA? Was it
military spouse? Was it veoa? How were you
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picked up? Okay, so a lot of people don't
ask that. They just get it. And then when
I ask them, they don't know. I mean,
people don't even know to ask it, though.
But the reason why they don't know,
because during the 120 days while you out
processing and taps, you are on your phone
looking at, I need to get housing. I need
to make sure everything is being moved. Do
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my daughter's son have school ready?
That's not top priority for them is to
look at that resume. Priority is that I'm
about to retire. I got to make sure
retirement is ready. If we buy in a home,
is my family safe? Right. Resume writing
is important, but normally it kind of just
kind of passes by because I've went to
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Taps and stood outside the door and
watched them. In my class, you wouldn't
have a phone, but when you walked out, you
would have a government resume. A
government resume to apply for a position
when you walked out the door. I love that.
Now break that down in the difference of
the resume types, whether you're going in
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to apply for because I know. Let me just
talk about for probably when our spouses
were in, and we're talking old army, 30,
40. Years ago but seem like current army.
That way of thinking is still lingering
and it's having some negative impact on
some senior noncoms and probably even some
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field grade officers or junior officers
who thought that my bachelor's degree was
just going to be enough. It'll get me
where I need to go in my rank or with the
senior noncoms. I don't have to worry
about getting my bachelor's or my master's
or whatever. I'm going to just stay in my
field and if I can't get into GS, I'm
going to walk into the contracting. Help
us get rid of that erroneous, way of
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thinking. You have so many people that
they're in the government, so the
government system, so when they say that
to service members who are getting out,
they're going to take their words. I
worked at CPAC, I've been manpower, I've
been a personnel assistant. I've done in
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out processing. I've downsized a whole
finance battalion. I've done TDAs, I've
done it all. The problem is you need to
understand that in some cases I know they
say this a lot on LinkedIn, that if you're
this rank, then this is your GS level.
They go by ranks. But what would you say
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if you have a person that has an associate
degree that's a GS 14 that retired as a
master sergeant? Oh, that's one of my
clients. Or first class that got some
education. He's a 13. So for me, I go
against the ODS. I'm the one that go
against the ODS. That's why I call myself
a badass military spouse. Come on now.
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Someone tell me how to take care of my
clients. Come on, that's real good. So a
lot of people are going to agree with me
and a lot of them won't. But guess what?
I'm okay with it. I'm still not going. But
you can't argue with results. So what I do
is I look at what they have to offer and
then I can tell them what career path they
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need to go and what grade level they need
to be at. Right. I sit down with every
family member after I break them down. So
it depends because a lot of times they're
going to tell you, you have to have a
doctorate for this master's and BS in some
cases, certain things do need to have a
degree. It depends on the position that
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you're applying for. You have to have
certain certifications. But before you
just go panicking, you need to come talk
to me. I'll give you 30 minutes for free,
but that's all you get between 15 minutes
and 30 minutes. After that, the clock
starts ticking. Okay. Right. Come on. Now.
But this is information that you need to
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invest in. Yes. But you have to take time
out and close out everybody and pick the
company that's best for you to have
transition. And a lot of times, yes, they
will tell you don't pay for a resume and
guess what? Don't if that's what you want
to do. But no one ever told me what I
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could not do because offered to help me.
No one offered to tell me these things. I
had to research and learn off a trial and
error. And in nine years being overseas
military spouses, I never interviewed for
a job. I knew how to network. Come on. How
to network and you do it correctly by the
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book. Believe me. When my husband was
moving to and and he was in Grappling
deer, I was actually already reaching out
to people. Hello. I am Francetta Daya. I
know you need an admin assistant. I can do
RPA. All I need is yes or no. Yes. Okay.
Thank you. So you have to know how to
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network. And a lot of times your pride is
on your shoulder because of your degrees.
Foreign country, you need to play by the
rules and understand that you're going to
have to do some work. Yes. GS four for me.
I started out as a GS four, but the things
that I've done, some of the things that
I've been in and saw, most military
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spouses have not seen them, but probably
officers have. Yeah. So again, you have to
understand the right attitude. You have to
have the right attitude when you are
transitioning because you was called sir,
when I speak to you, I'm going to call you
by your first name. Either Keith, Bob,
Joe, Harry, because in the civilian in
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corporate America, they're not about to
call you colonel or general. Not at all.
Now they're going to give you that respect
because you are general. But most of the
time some people who have never heard
about the military or like the military,
it's not going to give you that type of
respect. Come on. That's real good thing
you have to think about as you writing
your resume is who are you presenting it
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to? Please stop putting secret claimants
on all of your resumes and not applying
for. A job that requires it. Yeah. Because
you're telling too many people I was in
Germany doing 911. So that's why I'm very
adamant about don't put all these secret
clearances and stuff. And another gem that
you really need to remember is just.
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Because certain awards you've got, they
don't need to be on the resume. I talked
about this before. I had a client that did
not want to take off his Purple Heart. And
I told him, I said, It's not that it's not
important, but I need you to understand
that's going to open some doors. He
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suffered with PTSD. He left it on there
because at the end of the day, I can't
make you do anything. Now, I'm not a
bully, but I'm 411, and I kind of know
some things. I kind of been around for a
while. You're 411? Well, when you went to
the interview, guess what they started
asking? Oh, you got a purple horse. So how
did you get it? What happened? They
started asking some questions that took
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his PTSD to a whole different level.
Another level? Yeah, because guess what?
They weren't in the service, and this was
something new to them. They'd heard about
it. But can you tell me your experience?
No. And he said, Ms. Dyer, I think we need
to take that off. I said, are you sure?
Yes. So you have to know what to put on
the resume and what to leave off as well.
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Right. So I love that what you've covered
there, because that has me thinking about
not just the resumes, but the LinkedIn
profiles, your other social media
profiles, where your header, that first
thing that people are going to see that
describes who you are and what you bring
to the table. What's your value? How can
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you be of value to the company? And I love
that. I see a lot of times because my
husband is in that intel community, a lot
of my LinkedIn friends are, of course,
from our time as a military family. And I
guarantee you 99.99% of them have that TSI
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poly or whatever they have. You know what
I'm saying? Tstcsi. They have all of that
in their LinkedIn descriptions. But what
does that have to do with anything on your
LinkedIn? I understand that companies want
to see that because some companies look
for that. That is what they are
researching for. But you may want to hide
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it within the resume so they can still.
See it, like within your about section.
Yes. But again, everyone will have their
own opinion on a resume. So let's make
sure we understand that. And also, if one
of my clients, I do a resume for them and
then a recruiter tell them, I don't like
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this resume. I want it done like ABCDEFG.
We flip real quick and put it ABCDEFG
because they're trying to get a job. So
understand that a resume is never hear
this clearly is never written in stone.
You have to change it. So the resume that
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you would use for USA Jobs, is it in the
same format or layout as the resume that
you would use with a contractor? Because
you're mentioning, know, getting getting
your information in the hands of the
recruiter in these big contracting for the
contracting world, how different does that
resume need to look? Something that I'm
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going to submit to USA Jobs versus
something that I'm going to submit to one
of these contracting companies. It's going
to vary because and I'll give my example,
when I went for my contracting job in DC,
my government resume was good for them. I
didn't professional resume, it's going to
be determined. So what I would do is I
(35:02):
would ask what is the format that you
prefer for my resume to be in? Because you
can ask that question because they may say
we just want two pages. Bullet point.
Well, some people want to see what you've
done for the military and that's good
because they can look at it and say, okay,
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yes, they actually did hold this position.
Yes, they did do this. And others will
only want two pages. So it will vary. It
will vary. Yes, ma'am. Because I think
every contract company is different. Some
contract companies, just like I said, they
took my USA Job resume. But then another
contract company, I had only wanted two
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pages, only wanted two pages on who you
are applying with and what is their format
for resume submission for resumes. So
basically my takeaway is it depends upon
the employer's preference. Whether we're
trying to stay in the GS world, whether we
are trying to go into the government
contracting world, and even maybe in the
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true civilian sector. Coming into
corporate America and just walking away
from federal government. Well, state
government or into true civilian world
corporate America. It depends upon what
the company wants or needs or what the
state government might want or need to see
from you. So it's not a one size fits all.
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No, because even in the USA Jobs part of
it, USA job has a little format that you
can put your information in. And my format
is different than theirs. I upload my
resume so it's different. And sometimes
they'll have it where it should look more
like a professional resume, which I know
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for a fact has none of the words in it.
And people who have gotten normally people
who have put a two page resume in for a
USA job had to hook up. They won't tell
you that, but nine times out of ten,
that's what they have because the job was
already designed. For them in the
beginning. They just had to go through the
formality. So let's talk about that a
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little bit. I know we winded down on our
time, but that's important. I'm really
glad you said that. Because to me, as a
military spouse, we understand that there
are some unwritten things that go on in
our culture and that certain jobs are left
for certain spouses of certain key
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leaders. And so even though those jobs are
open and available for a short period of
time, or they may never close. Like it's
just always open. But you got 99,000
spouses applying, but nobody's getting the
job. I really love that you said that. So
to help other military spouses, military
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dependents, don't get discouraged if your
resume if you're not picked up for
certain. You know, as Francetta just said,
sometimes those positions have been
designed specifically for a particular
individual, but the law got to be
followed. Yes. They got to open it. They
got to accept applications. Yes. And
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normally I can read a job announcement and
tell you what rank that job announcement
is for because I really pause them. I'm
like, okay, no, that's not what they read.
Okay. This is for this level of
individual. Because I had a client, it was
funny, I did a resume for her and she
wanted to apply for a position, and I
guess she was testing me and I didn't
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know, so I told her the rank it was for
and she said, that's funny because that is
for my colonel. That's his position out
there. They're not going to pick anyone
but him. Yep. So, again, don't get
discouraged because of that. It is little
tricks that you have to do in USA jobs,
whereas before you did not have to and
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people are going to say, well, don't say
that. Yes, you need to know that. You need
to know that upright. Yes. Because if you
don't, you will not make a list most of
the time and depending on that resume and
how you answer questions. So you have to
know what you want and make sure that when
you put that resume out there, that you
check the check mark that says searchable
(39:19):
because I've had too many people tell me,
ms. Dyer, I'm not making the referral
list. And when I go look at everything,
they don't even have a check mark checked
to make their resume. Searchable.
Searchable. Okay, that's real good. Look,
y'all, we have been having a great
conversation. I see we had a couple of
more people pop in. Ms. Lori, thank you
(39:39):
for coming onto the live. Chris Sanders,
my brother, thank you for coming on the
live. We've got a few more Facebook users
that have come into the conversation. We
appreciate you. Miss Lachelle Atkins,
America super mom and fellow military
spouse, thank you for coming into the
live. I hope you guys have been blessed by
this conversation. Ms. Francetta has been
(39:59):
dropping tools, usable, practical tools,
y'all, military family, y'all need this
information. Family members of other
military families, you all get this in
their hands. I really love how you just
broke that down and reading the position.
My sister in law is a relatively new
(40:19):
military spouse to me. My brother in law
hasn't been active duty very long and she
had applied for a couple of positions and
she was discouraged because she couldn't
understand. She was overqualified for some
of the positions and we had a
conversation. And what we ended up talking
about in that conversation is exactly what
(40:40):
you just said, baby, this was written for
a particular person. Don't be discouraged.
You saw it, and then it was gone for a
reason. It's not that you didn't qualify
because you're not you're not capable of
doing the job. It wasn't meant for anybody
else. But it's two things that you need to
remember, okay? Make the resume
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searchable, but if you should happen to
get the hookup, please go back and do a
resume that is a USA job. Resume. Resume.
What happens if the person who hooked you
up decides to leave and you don't like
that position no more and you have a
crappy resume? Come on, you better talk
(41:23):
about it. So you might as well go ahead,
pay someone, go free, but do something and
have it professional, because that's a
representation of you. So if you want to
be lazy and give a two page resume that
looks like crap that represents you, that
don't represent them, because then when
you get tired of that position, you still
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got to go back and get a resume done. And
you could have done it right the first
time. Right the first time. Even you make
me think about especially those that are
stationed overseas, not that Spousal
preference doesn't work in country, but
that's usually and please correct me if
I'm wrong, but that's usually something
that's a really big thing when we're
(42:05):
overseas. And if you've got that position
under Spousal preference and you got the
hookup and your service member, either ETS
is because they got a job and you stayed
in country, or they retired and got a job
with Sofa agreement and you stayed in
country, and now you have to reapply for
your job. Yes. Well, it's not even
(42:26):
reapplying because you have to, again, see
if your management is willing to see if
they can get you on your own status. And
that normally means that you have to
reapply for your job. And if you're not in
the top three and a vet blocks you, you
could lose your job. So normally they'll
just close it out. They wanted me to get
my status, and I was a management analyst,
(42:47):
and two veterans blocked me, but they
really hadn't been doing the job. A lot of
times, servicemen would just put stuff on
their resume so they can make the list. So
they can make the list of them. They still
active duty, and I think that's why they
start putting different rules into place.
(43:07):
But it allowed them also to see where
their grade level was as well. And if
their resume was good to go, then they
just put it aside. The second thing is
this. Just because you don't get on a
referral list, you need to check why they
told you you didn't make it. This is a
(43:27):
free gym now. Not going to do it. Look she
doesn't gave you a lot of free gyms
tonight. So you all better reach out to
her when she give you her contact
information that's no need to ask. So
really what happened was one of my
clients, they told her she didn't make the
list. I looked at it and I was like go ask
them this specific question. And she did,
(43:47):
she got her twelve. Come on, look at that.
I'm telling you. Is this just because they
tell you they don't do some homework? Get
off your butt. This is your resume, this
is your career path and do some work. Yes.
Come on. Don't just rely on USA job and
someone telling you that you didn't
(44:08):
qualify. Go back and look and say hold on,
I do have this, I do have that. Here you
go. Yes, it is important that you
understand that because if you don't many
people have let individuals tell them they
didn't make the list and they leave it at
that. My clients, no, I give them
questions to ask so they understand if
(44:29):
they truly didn't make it. And some of
them have come back to say, ms. Daya, I
got the job because they didn't see this,
this or this. Yes, it's accountability as
well. When you're doing resumes with me
and I'm talking to the whole family,
everybody is held accountable and that's
very important. And another thing is that
when you on USA jobs, I know you all like
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to have 15 different resumes, but you have
to pick one resume to have searchable.
Just understand that it has to be only one
resume wisely. Remember the reason why I
said that you need to come have a meeting
with me to find out that answer. But you
need to have one resume searchable.
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Searchable. Look you all, this has been
the most impactful interview that I've
had. Like, I've had several great
interviews in this 2023 that the Lord has
made. But this right here has been truly
impactful because just as the military
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family, because of the prevalence of
homelessness is your motivation the same
thing with me as a military spouse? My
motivation is there was a lot of years
that I was a military spouse and could not
figure out why. I couldn't get a GS job, I
couldn't get a NAV job, I couldn't get a
wage grade job. Then I switched over to
(45:56):
contracting. I couldn't get a contracting
job until somebody sat down and gave me
some wisdom and gave me an opportunity,
opened a door for us. I went ten years
thinking I wasn't good enough to get into
these jobs. It really messed with my head
until somebody took the time, as they say,
(46:17):
put me on game and then I got into these
positions. So I'm very passionate about
giving information and being a point of
contact for military spouses. You don't
have to have that struggle. You do not
have to have that struggle that a lot of
military spouses have today because they
don't understand how the system works.
(46:38):
Yes, they don't know how to work within
it. So you all look, get in contact with
Francetta. There is no excuse. There is no
excuse. She already told you she's going
to give you 30 minutes for free and in the
30 minutes you're going to want to make
the investment. Look, she didn't gave you
(46:58):
I can't see because I'm on this phone you
all she gave us about 47 minutes for free.
Let's say she didn't gave us 45 count of
two minutes for my little commercial. No,
but also you can go to my website and get
a free professional resume. My daughter
(47:18):
went and did a free professional resume
and she got her job at a really good
night. Well, a very Fortune 500 company.
Come on. You said that's a free resume.
Yes, a free resume is on my. You don't got
no excuses now. But once you need to reach
(47:40):
out to me because I'm going to train you
on how to use it and show you some other
areas that can help you look for a job as
well. Listen, come on now. Ms. Candy
Martin, thank you for popping in the line.
Candy says she done shared this in her
group and she has an amazing group on
Facebook. Y'all, look, share this more,
(48:02):
y'all, that's popping in on the live and
the replay. Share this to as many people
as possible because it's going to be a
blessing in more ways than you know,
because it got to a point where it wasn't
even about the financial need that we had
or didn't have. It really had to do with
my mental and spiritual well being. Where
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this is why my service member is growing
in rank. Our family is growing. I got the
education, I'm doing these things. Lord,
what is happening? I didn't understand the
system. This is going to be so much more
of a blessing, way greater than money that
you were being able to give to a military
(48:45):
family by hitting that share button. It's
free. You all hit the Share button. It's
free. It don't cost nothing. It takes like
3 seconds. Click share and send it to
somebody. We got Miss Linda Gray just
popped in. Hello, Miss Linda. Thank you.
And thank you for the LinkedIn family that
has popped in. She says yes, this is such
(49:07):
a blessing. Her husband served in Vietnam
and her daughter is a disabled veteran.
And this information is valuable.
Absolutely, Ms. Linda. This information is
valuable. Look, Ms. Francetta, what is
your contact information? How can the
people reach out to you and get on your
calendar? You can find me on LinkedIn.
(49:30):
Francetta Dyer. You can go to my website,
www vetechbusiness. Vetechbusiness
servicesalloneword.com connect with me on
Instagram is the same thing. Franketta
Dyer. And then if you want to talk to me
(49:51):
on LinkedIn, reach out to me. Again, it's
a free resume there for the whole family.
So even if you don't use my services, have
a conversation with me, and I will leave
you with some tips that can help you get a
career. Because, again, I don't do jobs. I
do careers. So I don't believe in hopping
around unless it's a know that I'm very
(50:15):
excited know, helping the military.
Awesome. Awesome. Ms. Francetta. Thank you
again. I really appreciate your yes. And
your patience. And I know absolutely
without a shadow of a doubt why the enemy
was fighting this conversation. Okay.
Thank you. I know why the enemy was
(50:37):
fighting this conversation. It has been
such a blessing to have you. Before we go,
is there anything else that you would like
to share with the Toolbox audience? The
one thing I would like to share is before
you even transition, start looking at
yourself as someone that has value in
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different positions in your family. Just
because you're transitioning doesn't mean
that you're not valued anymore because you
service them. Just because you transition
over. You are still important to us. Come
on. Remember 911? We remember it well to
(51:24):
every service member. Vietnam. My father
was World War II. He had PTSD. My mother
taught us how to handle it when he was
sleep because he would still have
conversations. And the thing that I love
most about doing this job is you, all the
service members and their families
(51:44):
understand that you still have value. Yes.
You still have a mission. You still have a
purpose. Yes. Don't let no one a recruiter
tell you that because they take 10 seconds
to look at your resume that you're not
qualified. Come on. Because, again, maybe
if they would take a little bit more time
(52:04):
with some of our service members and
military spouses, they wouldn't be having
turnovers right now in these different
companies. Let's talk about it. I'm going
to always push for the military family,
and I'm always going to push for us having
employment. Military spouses, you have a
voice, speak it. Come on. Yes. That is so
(52:25):
wonderful. Look, y'all, we're going to
have to have Ms. Francetta on for a part
two. As long as you open, SIS. I'm open.
We're going to have to have you back. Yes.
We're going to have to have you back on
for a part two, because that right there
was a mic drop. I don't think a lot of
people realize how when you've spent 20,
(52:48):
30, 40 years of service as a family and
then you come into the civilian world, how
that impacts your total self, especially
in the area of knowing I have value. My
value did not decrease simply because I'm
no longer serving my country in this
(53:09):
capacity. Correct. I'm no longer serving.
But I still am that same valuable person
that I was when I was sitting in these
command positions. And even as a military
spouse, if I'm transitioning and you've
discovered in this transition you can no
longer keep that GS, that nap, that
contracting or whatever, and you go home
(53:32):
to your small town America and you're
know, who am I? What value do I have to
bring? What can I do? No, we have value
always. We have value always. I love it. I
love it. Thank you so much Ms. Francetta.
Y'all, I know this broadcast looked a
little strange because I'm on this camera
(53:53):
and normally I'd be putting some things in
the chat, but don't worry about it. I'm
going to go back and make sure that all of
Ms. Francetta's contact information is in
the comment section of everywhere that
we're broadcasting live to. So if you
didn't get it, check the chat. If you did
not get it, check the chat. Give me about
(54:16):
30 minutes. You all to get to everything,
to all these places, we stream it, but all
of her information will be out there and I
highly recommend, rewatching, share and
reach out to Ms. Francetta. I see that Ms.
Linda says ms. Francetta, thank you for
encouragement. Laquita, thank you for your
platform and she will share as well. Thank
you so much Ms. Linda. Yes, we appreciate
(54:39):
you. We appreciate you. Look guys, it has
been a blessing. I don't want to overrun
my time with Ms. Francitta because I'm
trying to get her to agree to come back on
for a part two so she can share some more
wisdom and reemphasize this wisdom.
Because I know for me, watching the replay
is great, but I like to ask questions to
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people so we might reshare some of this
information again and give the people who
didn't get a chance to catch it live this
time. An opportunity to catch you live
next time and get some questions answered.
Amen. Amen. Well, listen, you all be
blessed and have an amazing rest of your
(55:20):
evening. Take care. Everything hinges on
identity. It is the compass of our faith
that aligns with the Holy Spirit to
fulfill the Father's will. Wrapped up in
identity is who we are, the purpose of our
being, and every God breathed promise that
manifests as our success. Hello, I'm
(55:41):
LaQuida Monloy, and I'm the author of
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journey. So no matter where you are and.
No matter where you see yourself in. The
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