{"id":18893,"date":"2022-05-11T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/?p=18893"},"modified":"2024-03-24T08:11:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T12:11:19","slug":"military-appreciation-month-meet-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/military-appreciation-month-meet-louis\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Appreciation Month: Meet Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Military Appreciation Month: Meet Louis<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Louis separated from the Air Force, his experience reflected that of many transitioning service members: he didn\u2019t know where to begin in his civilian career search.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18894 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Louis-Aircrew-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"341\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Louis-Aircrew-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Louis-Aircrew.jpeg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As he looked toward his civilian life, his biggest concern was finding a career related to his military experience. Louis specialized in aircrew operations during his four years in the Air Force, but he couldn\u2019t find work that matched his previous experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louis also felt the required transition programs he attended did not give him adequate preparation. \u201cI didn't feel prepared nor comfortable to go out and find a job. It felt more like a checklist item to check off than quality coaching,\u201d Louis explained. \u201cBefore Hire Heroes USA, I was unable to create a quality resume, and I had no direction on where to look for quality careers. I was undervaluing experience, my skill sets and my ambitions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once Louis signed up for services with Hire Heroes USA, his life changed. \u201cI was given the tools to market myself\u2014build a strong resume, find the opportunities that were right for me and I received coaching for interviews. The culmination of the assistance provided through Hire Heroes USA enabled me to find multiple life-changing opportunities.\u201d<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18895 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Louis-Group-Photo-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Louis-Group-Photo-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Louis-Group-Photo.jpeg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Louis\u2019 Transition Specialist Mike was integral to his success. \u201cI can't express how grateful I am to have worked with my Transition Specialist. Mike asked the right questions\u2014he helped me draft a resume, gave me resume\/application\/interview advice, and helped me realize that my experience was not only marketable, it was valuable,&#8221; said Louis. \u201cMike encouraged me every step of the way. His guidance put me on a trajectory that has altered my life&nbsp;immensely.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to Louis and Mike\u2019s partnership, Louis accepted a role as a Purchasing Support Specialist at General Atomics. Finding a rewarding civilian career has provided Louis with a new purpose and a positive outlook on this new chapter.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Military Appreciation Month, honor service members and veterans like Louis with the gift of empowerment and professional success. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/Give_MilAppreciation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donate today<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hire Heroes USA is delighted to announce that Boeing has increased its commitment to empowering veterans and military spouses in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,59],"tags":[393,394,38,395,341,396,30,34,35],"class_list":["post-18893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-success-stories","tag-air-force-veteran","tag-general-atomics","tag-hire-heroes-usa","tag-hire-heroes-usa-transition-specialist","tag-is-hire-heroes-usa-legit","tag-military-appreciation-month","tag-military-spouse","tag-veteran-jobs","tag-veterans"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18893","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}