Jan 22, 2020
Michael McCoy is the Community Engagement Manager for Operation Stand Down Tennessee and a staff logistics officer for an armored squadron with the Tennessee Army National Guard. His team manages communications, volunteers, strategic relationships, and events including monthly and quarterly meet-ups and job seeker networking. Operation Stand Down Tennessee helps over 300 service members find employment in Tennessee each year, working directly with local employers, base and installation managers, and veterans and service members within the local military and National Guard communities.
This conversation covers:
- How veterans should embrace the adventure of the next chapter of their career.
- Feeling comfortable at a new company where you might have less seniority than you did in the military.
- Balancing life, work, and service in the Army National Guard, while also helping soldiers to do the same.
- Giving yourself permission to start with, "No," and the natural process of elimination during a job-search.