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 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
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
7 Things I Wish I Knew About Military Marriage
NPR Talk of the Nation: The Conversations About Infidelity On The Homefront
Online Military Boyfriend or Scammer?
2011
Mandatory Fun: Military Spouse Employment published in The Flagship, Norfolk, VA