SEIZE YOUR OBJECTIVE: FIND A JOB. GET A JOB.
Finding a job can be challenging and for some, very intimating. Getting started will be your first challenge to overcome. This site has been designed to provide you with the right tools and resources to gettting you started.
Current Job Opportunities
CTAP has partnered with many businesses and organizations which are interested in hiring veterans and service members of the Oregon Army National and Air Guard. Click on the JOB OPENING link above to see what opportunities are currently available.
Why do I need to translate military occupation titles into civilian words?
The simple answer is that not every employer or Human Resources assistant was in the military. Hence he or she will not understand the technical terms or jargon or lingo that you are using. A secondary reason is that even if an employer was in the service, it may have been in another branch or was in the same branch many years ago and job titles and terminology have evolved signific
Why do I Need a Resume?
A resume is the instrument that employers use to determine who they are going to interview for an available position. The resume does not get you a job. It only gets you an interview. Your resume should focus on what you’ll bring to the position. Remember, employers are going to hire someone who will enhance their company operations.
50 Worst of the Worst Interview Mistakes
by Karen Burns
Posted: March 10, 2010
You may have heard the horror stories—job hunters who take phone calls or text during an interview, or bring out a sandwich and start chomping, or brush their hair, or worse. You wouldn’t do any of those things, would you? Of course not.
How To Answer 10 Tricky Interview Questions
By Karen Burns
Posted: March 3, 2010
Does it seem as though some job interview questions are designed to trip you up?
It should, because they are. Here are 10 of the trickiest tricky questions you might be asked at a job interview, with ideas on how to handle them:
Fort Oregon
The newly launched Fort Oregon is now available for you to use. The site was designed and developed to help all service all service members to connect to subject matters that mean the most to you. Fort Oregon provides easy access to education, employment, health care issues and veteran’s services. This is a one stop service site for you and your family members.
For additional assistance with resumes, job searching and interviewing techniques, visit www.FortOregon.org . Search by county, city or zip code on Fort Oregon for available in your area, review resume formats, interviewing tips and upcoming TAP workshops and job fairs. It’s all on Fort Oregon.