One of the most devastating things we’ve experienced as military spouses was being a part of the staggering 22% unemployment rate.
There’s a handful of reasons used to explain why this rate is as alarmingly high as it is, but instead of talking through the “why” it’s happening, we’d rather chat through what you, as a milso, can do to pivot around it!
Here are three of our favorite programs to get you started in careers that move with you, give you flexibility in hours (read: ideal schedule for adapting around a servicemember’s wild schedule or when kids enter the chat and you become the default parent due to the mil member’s schedule), pay you well and require no degree, experience or knowledge about the field to get started!
Virtual Assistant (VA) Course
This is the most versatile and affordable program available on this list, we love it because you can ease into it and really learn what you love. This course will train you in email inbox management, podcast production, social media content curation and so much more! It gives you the basics for a lot of different useful skillsets as a VA, so you can find what you love most (by actually doing it!) and then scale your business from there.
Learn more about this program and how to get a mil discount in THIS post.
Digital Business Manager (DBM) Course
If your favorite compliment is how organized you are and you thrive in creating processes or seeing obvious ways to make a system more efficient, this is a great fit for you! Think of this like the VA course on steroids, with the goal of exiting this course prepared to help a business owner manage their business. You’ll learn how to prepare product launches, manage products, and most importantly…manage other people (yes, that even includes managing owners/founder who are historically known as the most difficult people in existence to pin down).
Learn more about the course and Kirst’s experience going through it HERE.
Website Design Course
Creative or not, there is some serious money to be made in this industry! We know this firsthand because we ourselves have outsourced for the skills you’d learn in this course. This course will walk you through everything you need to know to successfully start designing websites (no previous design experience necessary). That’s not even the best part – you’ll not only learn how to design, but you’ll get in-depth training on how to set up your business (anyone else get a headache trying to think through taxes?) AND get clients.
Click HERE for more info on this course and how to get started.
