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Military spouses face unique career challenges resulting from a lifestyle that involves frequent relocations to isolated posts, high-cost areas and often areas where opportunities for employment are less than ideal. These moves not only have an impact on the spouse’s employment prospects and family income, but also the spouse’s career progression.
Thanks to the growth of the Internet and the emergence of the virtual professional industry, many military spouses with expertise in administrative support and related areas are finally finding it easier to spread their entrepreneurial wings and develop viable, portable careers.
Virtual Professionals are self-employed individuals who provide off-site business support services to their clients. Services provided by VPs may vary depending on their level of expertise in areas such as day-to-day administrative tasks, competitive research, Web site design, resume writing, accounting, bookkeeping services, marketing support, translation and graphic design. Work assignments are communicated through e-mail, phone, fax, mail and real-time online messaging. The virtual nature of the relationship between VPs and their clients lends itself easily to the transient or “nomadic” lifestyle that is so much a part of military family life.
Staffcentrix LLC is a company that specializes in training military spouses to become virtual professionals. They deliver their exclusive Portable Career & Virtual Professional Training Program™ through the Ramstein Airman & Family Readiness Center. As the name implies, this program is designed to teach military spouses how to launch and grow their own virtual professional businesses, and thus embark on a rewarding, challenging and truly portable career.
The Ramstein A&FRC is offering two separate workshops. The first is a three-session evening class Oct. 7 to 9. The second class will be a daytime class and will be conducted in two sessions Oct. 22 and 23. The application deadline for both classes is Sept. 22. Participation is limited to 20 participants per class and selection will be based on the information provideed in applications.
Candidates for the program should have a minimum of two years of administrative support experience, Internet access, a good working knowledge of basic software, a computer with a Windows 95 or newer operating system, and above all, a strong desire for employment or a change in employment.
If you are a spouse of an active duty military member, regardless of service, and would like to participate in this free training program, complete and submit the online application at www.msvas.com/application_ramstein.htm or contact the Ramstein A&FRC at 480-5100 or 06371-47-5100 for more information.
(Courtesy of Ramstein Airman & Family Readiness Center)
