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Praise for Remote Work for Military Spouses

This book is the guide military spouses have been waiting for Laura has not only created a step-by-step instructional manual to help military spouses get started with remote work, but she has also weaved in practical advice that employers can appreciate.

Military spouses who pick up this book will learn the importance of knowing what they want out of remote and flexible work, how to search for and apply for remote jobs, how to understand and manage expectations with their employer, and how to excel and grow in their new work environment.

I would recommend Lauras book to any military spouse considering remote work, because it has something for everyone. You might pick up this book and decide that remote work is not quite what youre looking for You may find the answers to jumpstart your remote career, or you might engage in some self-reflection that helps your already remote career progress to the next stage.

Danielle Lankford, milspouse employment advocate,
2020-2021 AFI Hill Air Force Base Spouse of the Year

the acceptance of remote work has never been more widespread in our society, and this is great news for military spouses who have long suffered unemployment and underemployment in their professional lives. In her new book, Remote Work for Military Spouses: Find and Grow Your Meaningful Mobile Career , Laura Briggs not only addresses remote employment simply as a viable option for military spouses, she takes care to fully explain why it may or may not be a fit for you and how you can best make it a reality in your career if it is for you. Briggs also emphasizes the importance of self-assessment, having the necessary tools to land a remote job, and how to do well in the interview process itself. Finally, she offers advice for advancing in your own career and minding the ethics around remote work situations. While the book is targeted toward spouses interested in remote work specifically, many of the spot-on and timely tips she offers can apply to spouses seeking employment remotely or not.

Janet Farley, EdM, author,
Mission Transition: Managing Your Career and Your Retirement

Remote Work for Military Spouses:
Find and Grow Your Meaningful Mobile Career
2022 Laura Briggs

All rights reserved.
All information and advice presented by the author is intended to inform and encourage military spouses. Each situation is unique, and individuals should seek professional support as appropriate. There is no actual or implied Department of Defense endorsement. Design by Andermax Studios Elva Resa Publishing.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022936499

ISBNs 978-1-934617-65-6 (pb), 978-1-934617-75-5 (epub)

Elva Resa Publishing
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To John,

for always supporting my career and dreams

Contents

Introduction

I spent eight years working toward a career in education, earning a masters degree in political science, and working on my PhD in public administration and policy at night while I taught during the day as a middle school geography teacher. Then, I submitted my resignation.

My decision was a hard one to make. I was walking away from years of training. I had planned to become a tenure-track professor at a university. But that career choice did not mesh well with the Navys plans for my then-boyfriends future. So I chose to pivot my career and start fresh when my now-husband got his next set of military orders.

I started by searching online: How to become a freelance writer. In the years that followedincluding the nine moves we tackled togetherI adapted my career into a fully remote mix of working as a home-based freelancer and a full-time remote marketing director. Working remotely empowered me to take my work anywhere and not let my career take a backseat just because my spouse was an active-duty service member.

While there were plenty of road bumps, rejections, mistakes, and career issues to navigate during that period, there were also incredible rewards, such as a bigger professional network, more opportunities to learn new things, and being considered for positions Id never thought of before.

This snapshot of my experience is just one of hundreds of thousands of stories from military spouses who have had to pause, pivot, give up on, or otherwise change their career plans because they married into the military. While each journey is unique, there are common threads. I wrote this book because of the common challenges military spouses face. Being a military spouse does not mean you arent deserving of a meaningful career. I want to help you find a career that moves with you when those orders inevitably come.

Why did you pick up this book? Did you seek it out intentionally or was it given to you by a friend or an organization helping you with your job search for remote employment? Knowing why you picked up this book is just as important as the contents. The first step to remote success is understanding why it interests you in the first place.

No matter how you landed here, this book is designed to give you the tools to make decisions about remote work: if its right for you, how you want to work remotely, what work-life balance looks like for you, and more. If youve decided that remote work is indeed a fit for you, youll uncover information in these pages about how to find jobs, apply for them, stand out in interviews, and even negotiate your employment offer. If you decide remote work is not a good fit, thats valuable to know too!

There is a lot of promise in the possibilities of remote work options, but it is not always an easy journey. It might take a month to find the perfect position or you may feel stuck in application mode for a few months, filling out endless forms in hopes of an interview. A final interview you nailed may end with an offer going to another candidate. Perhaps the hardest of these challenges is the waiting, since it can take a long time to get interest from a company and to move forward with the hiring process.

Stick with it. Your military lifestyle has prepared you to be resilient, adaptable, and savvy. If you want this, you will make it work, and these resources will help you get there.

Chapter 1

Why Remote, Why Now?

T he world of employment has changed significantly in recent years, largely due to advances in technology. Those advances have prompted many employers to rethink their work arrangements: Is it really necessary for everyone to be in a physical office every day to perform well?

Some employers choose to have a completely in-office workforce or multiple locations where all employees report to a physical place of work. Others choose to have a fully-remote or distributed workforce. Many land somewhere in the middle with hybrid teams.

With the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic, employers have been forced to realize the possibilities of remote work. Many had to pivot their teams to work remotely for an extended period of time during the pandemic, which meant they had to adapt their communication culture, technology, and overall strategies to be successful. However, even without the push of a global pandemic, many companies were already transitioning to a hybrid work environment, leveraging remote employees or independent contractors to get projects done. In general, this is good news for most military spouses.

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