Published Work

A decade of published writing and master classes on military life and career transition.

Over the course of two decades, I authored 200+ published articles and developed 40+ master classes and live events examining military transition, veteran employment, spouse employment, senior leader recalibration, and the structural realities of high-stakes career change. Most of this work first appeared on Military.com.

For all of you who come up to me at events to tell me you remember me from the eight years I wrote for The Virginian-Pilot, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

This archive is being expanded to reflect more than a decade of published work. The list below represents a portion of that body of work.The record below reflects that longitudinal body of work..

Featured Articles for Job Hunters

Best Veterans Guide to Getting a Job Fast or Faster

29 Hard Truths About Getting Your First Civilian Job

 What Does It Really Mean When You Apply and Hear… Nothing?

Top 10 things to say to completely blow the interview

Is Veteran Employment a Rigged Game?

STOP! How Applying Before The Deadline Is Killing Your Job Application

9 Circles of Networking Hell—and how to escape!

When does your veteran status expire on the job market?

You Hate the Unwritten Rules of the Job Hunt—so I wrote them out for you.

Do you have any questions for me? Epic follow-up questions that make you sound brilliant

2025


8 great jobs for leaders after the military

AI: How To Weaponize AI for Your Post-Military Job Hunt

Top Veteran Employers 2025

Top Military Spouse Employers 2025

How to use your military job title to identify your civilian job

Project Manager Jobs: 13 Signs You Do NOT Need To Get Your PMP

Navigating Winter Unemployment: A Veteran’s Guide to Staying Productive, Positive, and Employable

5 Signs You Need to hire a career coach—what your dog wants you to know.

Here is a secret most job hunting veterans don’t know about about resumes: take our quiz.

10 Transition Decisions You Must Make One Year Before Leaving the Military

Should you research the interviewer before the interview? Or is that creepy?

Catch the Employment Wave: The Veterans Guide to the Recession Job Hunt

32 Reasons People Avoid Leaving the Military

6 movie clips every jobseeker must see before the interview

Civilian Jobs that sound so wrong (but could be so right) for miltiary jobseekers

How Veterans Can Win a University Professorship: The Chamberlain Project

Military to Civilian: What to do after you submit your application

Everybody Hates You When You Are 23…or 43—What Every Veteran Job Seeker Needs to Know

The 7 Harshest Critics of Veteran Jobhunters

Should veterans still apply for federal employment?

2024

2024 Top Veteran Employers

5 Signs that your job hunt deserves a do over

Guilt-free Flexibility: Do Top Spouse Employers Understand What Spouses Really Really Want?

Groot, Professor X or Dr. Strange: Guess Your Networking Personality in the Multiverse

What Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift Can Teach Veterans About Federal Resumes

That 70s Rule: How to Know You Should Get That Certification

How Veterans Bring Their Inner John Cena to Crush LinkedIn

If You Knew Me You Would Hire Me: The HOH Secret to Spouse Employment Happiness

Is physical work not respectable enough for veterans?

The Wake Up Call: 10 Excellent Reasons to Leave the Military

How do you get your wife (or husband) on board with your transition plan?

Dead To Me? What The Military Misses When They Cut SkillBridge

Your Most Asked Questions About LinkedIn: Military Transition Edition

7 Jaw Dropping Things Introverts Taught Me About Jobhunting

Looking for a job TODAY? Get our FREE Post-Season Playbook for Veteran Jobhunters

Can I Pick Your Brain? And Other Grisly Requests No One Wants to Hear from Jobhunters

ACP: Use Your Leadership Skills to Mentor Veterans

You Hate the Unwritten Rules of the Job Hunt—so I wrote them out for you.

Why too many veterans quit their first civilian job in less than a year

2023

25 Top Spouse Employers 2023 published on Military.com

Dear Bitter About Your Career: The Letter I Wish Someone Wrote Me

2019

Military Family Life Magazine: Knocking on Doors: Jacey Eckhart on Career Transitions

2014

Lessons I Learned From Our Military Kids

How to celebrate Mother’s Day Alone

Is Your Military Husband a Good Father?

Dear School Principal: Why Are You Against Veteran’s Day?

How Military Couples Marry Young and Stay Together

2013

Top 10 Reasons the Navy is the best service

2012

Why I Love Veterans

7 Things I Wish I Knew About Military Marriage

NPR Talk of the Nation: The Conversations About Infidelity On The Homefront

Hiring Katies Speaks Volumes

Online Military Boyfriend or Scammer?

2011

Mandatory Fun: Military Spouse Employment published in The Flagship, Norfolk, VA