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Episode 28: This Army Vet Applied to 400 Jobs with Zero Callbacks, but Here’s How He Finally Landed His Dream Job; Chuck Kluball, Military Relations for Home Depot

Boots About Business

English - May 19, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 90.5 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 27: This Veteran Started a Landscaping Business with Work Ethic and Organizational Skills Acquired in the Army; Michael Winters of ThirtySeasons LLC
Next Episode: Episode 29: One Step Back to Go Many Steps Forward; Army Veteran Starr Corbin of Diligent Robotics on Building a Career in Tech

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After Chuck Kluball transitioned out of the Army, he spent months applying for jobs and sending out resumes. In fact, he says he submitted about 400 applications and received no responses.
Zero.
Home Depot was at the top of his most wanted list and he sent some 40 applications to positions there and had the same result: No call backs. No interviews. And no job offers.
Still, he preserved, and he obviously is working for Home Depot today. On this podcast he explains what the experience taught him, how he finally landed a job, and shares advice he has for veterans seeking jobs in business.
Links discussed on the show:
Chuck Kluball on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-kluball/)
Home Depot Military careers (https://careers.homedepot.com/career-areas/military-2/)
Vetlanta (https://vetlanta.org/) and Vetlanta on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/vetlanta/)
DoD Skillbridge (https://dodskillbridge.usalearning.gov/how-to-apply.htm)
LinkedIn Group: DoD Skillbridge Community of Practice (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12257076/)
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After Chuck Kluball transitioned out of the Army, he spent months applying for jobs and sending out resumes. In fact, he says he submitted about 400 applications and received no responses.

Zero.

Home Depot was at the top of his most wanted list and he sent some 40 applications to positions there and had the same result: No call backs. No interviews. And no job offers.

Still, he preserved, and he obviously is working for Home Depot today. On this podcast he explains what the experience taught him, how he finally landed a job, and shares advice he has for veterans seeking jobs in business.

Links discussed on the show:

Chuck Kluball on LinkedIn

Home Depot Military careers

Vetlanta and Vetlanta on LinkedIn

DoD Skillbridge

LinkedIn Group: DoD Skillbridge Community of Practice