{"id":10614,"date":"2016-03-31T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/?p=10614"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:30:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:30:28","slug":"hired-veteran-dawn-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/hired-veteran-dawn-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Hired Veteran Dawn Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dawn-Martin-crop-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dawn-Martin-crop-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dawn-Martin\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hired by Lowe's Home Improvement<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">United States Marine Corps, Gunnery Sergeant, Administrative Chief<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 18 and served on active duty for almost 21 years. The work was fast-paced with high visibility across my different stations. After I separated, I spent another eight years working as a federal employee with the United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC). When I was finally ready for a change of pace, I began my job search for a laid back, part-time position. My only real challenge was to write a resume using civilian terminology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I got connected with Hire Heroes USA after my Veteran Transition Specialist (VTS) Yesenia, whom I met working at MARSOC, reached out to assist me in writing my resume. She was a great help with the resume. <strong>I told her what kind of job I was looking for, and she translated my military skills into a professional private sector resume. I couldn\u2019t believe how quickly she was able to do it!<\/strong> Even when I needed a separate tailored resume for a different job opportunity, she was always ready to help. Before I knew it, I had an interview and was offered my current position with Lowe\u2019s Home Improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I couldn\u2019t have done all of this on my own. My VTS helped me focus on positions that truly met my expectations, instead of a job that just pays the bills. <strong>In a month\u2019s time, I went through the entire Hire Heroes USA process and came out with a new job that I truly enjoy.<\/strong> What a great service provided to veterans! Thank you Hire Heroes USA!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hired by Lowe&#8217;s Home Improvement United States Marine Corps, Gunnery Sergeant, Administrative Chief I enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 18 and served on active duty for almost 21 years. The work was fast-paced with high visibility across my different stations. After I separated, I spent another eight years working as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}