{"id":9540,"date":"2015-09-17T16:49:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T20:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/?p=9540"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:47:56","slug":"hired-veteran-richard-moran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/hired-veteran-richard-moran\/","title":{"rendered":"Hired Veteran Richard Moran"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b>Hired as an Operations Service Coordinator in Gilbert, AZ<br \/>\nUnited States Air Force E-7, Fuels Craftsman<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/USAFc1-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9541 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/hhusa.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/USAFc1-300x300.png\" alt=\"USAFc1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/a>As I was preparing to leave the Air Force after 23 years, I thought my experience would speak for itself. Working in fuels required me to constantly interact with every branch of the military and civilian contractors on almost a daily basis. However, it was hard for employers to understand my customer service skills, because they assumed I was only working with internal customers within the military.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After I registered for services with Hire Heroes USA, my Veteran Transition Specialist (VTS) helped me redo my resume in a more appealing and relatable format. He always made himself available to answer questions about my job hunting strategies and interviewing techniques, while providing tangible resources for me to reference. I also regularly received emails from my VTS about potential job opportunities, more than I knew what to do with!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It took a few months, but with the assistance and support from Hire Heroes USA, I was able to secure employment before my separation date. My VTS was fully engaged along the way, which gave me the motivation and confidence I needed to make the move into the civilian workforce. The team at Hire Heroes USA has my sincere gratitude for all their hard work.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hired as an Operations Service Coordinator in Gilbert, AZ United States Air Force E-7, Fuels Craftsman As I was preparing to leave the Air Force after 23 years, I thought my experience would speak for itself. Working in fuels required me to constantly interact with every branch of the military and civilian contractors on almost [&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-9540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9540","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=9540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}