Yahooooo! Wow, it feels good to be back on the air! This was our first show on our new station, CONTACT TALK RADIO, with our brand new sponsor, Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center.

I learned so much from this week’s episode. My guests were Terry Howell, Managing Editor for Benefits for Military.com, and Rebecca Leyson, founder of RallyPoint Consulting and Staffing. Together they covered both obstacles and success strategies for how veterans transition into the civilian workplace, including:

• the top 3 difficulties facing veterans in the civilian workplace
• resources for veterans seeking to make the civilian transition
• 5 key points every military person needs to know about how to land a civilian job

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In addition to all of that we had a great discussion about whether or not to drop the ‘D’ from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (what’s your opinion??)

MEET MY GUESTS:

Terry Howell is the Managing Editor for Benefits for Military.com and the author of The Military Advantage, an annually updated guide to military and veteran benefits. Widely regarded as the leading expert on military education and retirement benefits, Terry joined the Military.com team in 2003 after 20 years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard. Terry has provided career, finance, education, benefits and transition counseling to service members and their families for more than 10 years. He worked directly with the Department of Defense to create content for their online transition assistance program known as TurboTAP. In 2009 he met with White House staff to provide input on issues surrounding the implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

Rebecca Leyson is former 1^st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army serving as a maintenance management officer in South Korea and Ft. Bliss, TX. Recently, she spent time as a corporate recruiter again before deciding to pursue her passion of helping veterans find career success in business through her refocused RallyPoint Consulting & Military Staffing firm. The company website will be available soon. In the meantime, Rebecca can be reached at beccaleyson@yahoo.com or 302.286.1434.