It is no secret that military spouse careers are a frequent topic of discussion for military spouses. You will often see military spouses posting on Facebook groups asking questions like, “What kind of jobs are out there that I can do from home?” or “Does anyone know of someplace that’s hiring that is flexible?”
There are certain obstacles that military spouses face when looking for valuable careers than most of our civilian counterparts. Frequent moves, expensive childcare, high re-licensure fees, and being at the mercy of our service member’s unpredictable schedule often makes many military spouses feel as though finding a career that works for them and their family worth it.
But those obstacles, in turn, give military spouses a set of valuable skills that, with the right training and education on how to hone those skills, can be used to create a formidable career that is flexible and remote. That is where MilSpo Academy comes in.
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MilSpo Academy is a virtual training course that helps military spouses take some of the skills they inherently have as a military spouse and develop them into valuable, portable, remote careers that are flexible to bend and flow with the military lifestyle. They have several different course offerings including business development and sales, virtual assistant, recruiting, and social media manager and digital marketer. All of their courses are designed to take a person’s personal skills and interests, couple them with skills that military spouses often learn while living in the military lifestyle, and hone them into a career that works for military spouses.
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How MilSpo Academy is Different from Other Military Spouse Career Online Courses
You see those courses on your Facebook feed of an influencer or social media “guru” telling you that “in 5 easy steps you can be making six figures in 2 months.” If you have ever taken one of these courses, you would quickly see that they are full of gimmicks and quick “tricks” (some of which you probably already know), and at the end of the course you are out a couple of hundred dollars and you still don’t have a job.
With MilSpo Academy, you are not only learning valuable skills and information from experts in the field of business development who are focused on your personal growth, but they also focus on ensuring you secure a job after the course is over. This hands-on preparation will give you opportunities to work on your interview skills and your resume, as well as give you tips on how to look for a job. They will also look over your social media accounts to ensure that they looked polished for prospective employers and they offer direct referrals to partnering companies for possible employment. All of the course offerings are virtual and self-paced because they know what it’s like to have an unpredictable schedule with military life.
In addition, MilSpo Academy offers payment plan options and is now MyCAA accredited.
Military Spouse Career Courses with MilSpo Academy
MilSpo Academy offers 4 different career courses for military spouses. Each of the courses is designed to take the skills you already have as a military spouse like task management, outreach skills, and time management skills, and couple them with your own personal skills to create a career platform that works best for you. The four different course offerings are virtual assistant, recruiting, and business development and sales, and social media managing and marketing. So which course should you choose?
Business Development Course with MilSpo Academy
The business development and sales course with MilSpo Academy is a great option for those who have a physical product or service that they would like to promote remotely or for those looking to join other businesses in remote sales or business development positions. The course offers a 7-week, self-paced online training course complete with video lectures, guided reading and writing assignments, as well as live 1-on-1 or group video conferences to help aid in your personal growth. You will have access to MilSpo Academy’s Career Center to help you land the perfect job once the course is complete.
Recruiting Course with MilSpo Academy
A recruiter is often someone who will work for a company to help find eligible employees for open positions. You may work in the Human Resources department of a company, or you can work as a freelance recruiting helping several different clients find employees or contracts for business. With MilSpo Academy, you will engage in a 6-week self-paced course that offers video lectures, guided reading and writing assignments, as well as live 1-on-1 or group video conferences to help aid in your personal growth. You will have access to MilSpo Academy’s Career Center and you will learn from experts with decades of experience in recruiting as a military spouse and on the civilian side.
Virtual Assistant Course with MilSpo Academy
A virtual assistant is a remote assistant that may fill a variety of roles for a client. They may answer emails, write content, do copywriting, do public relations outreach, manage social media, and more. With Milspo Academy, you will be able to learn these basic skills as well as how to market yourself as a virtual assistant to different clients. It is a 12-week online course, and you will be given access to MilSpo Academy’s Career Center as well as monthly coaching calls from partner affiliates and a personal mentor to help you along the way
Social Media Manager and Digital Marketing
A social media manager helps clients to manage their social media platforms including, but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and more. A social media manager often creates content including graphics and captions, schedules content, and analyzes social media accounts to find the most effective reach to an audience for a client. With MilSpo Academy, you will have 42 or more hours of online training modules to complete that will help you gain the knowledge and experience to become an effective social media manager. You will be given access to MilSpo Academy’s Career Center as well as monthly coaching calls from partner affiliates and you will have access to the coursework for up to one year to help you as you navigate your first year in your new career.
Why You Should Invest in MilSpo Academy Over Traditional Education or Other Online Courses
One of the many questions that come up on military spouse forums like Facebook groups is how to manage, both in terms of time and finances, going back to school as a military spouse. There are several four-year degree options available as well as certifications that can get you on the career path that you desire, but many of these career paths result in the same problems: remote work isn’t possible, it is difficult to move with these careers, and they put you in a mountain of debt. Regular college degrees take years to complete, there are often issues with transferring credits, and you are at the mercy of the school’s or the program’s class schedule which often does not mesh with the unpredictable schedule of military life.
MilSpo Academy launches March 1st! Sign up here for updates!
MilSpo Academy offers a completely virtual and self-paced program that not only provides you with the skills to create a career that works best for you, but they are more affordable than a 4-year college degree or many certification courses. They are also now MyCAA accredited which opens the door to many military spouses looking for financial help when developing their career.
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MilSpo Academy also provides more than those quick bootcamp type courses that you see flooding your Facebook newsfeed. They offer real, valuable education and training using your innate skills and knowledge as a military spouse, and they will continue to work with you until you find a job.
Their Career Center is something you won’t find with those bootcamp courses, or even regular college degree or certification courses. The Career Center will help you develop your resume by taking all of your volunteer work and years-long gaps to help you look like a valuable asset and employee. They will take a look at your personal social media accounts, and they will offer direct referrals to partnering companies to help you secure a job faster.
If military spouses are anything, they are creative, innovative, and inspiring. MilSpo Academy recognizes these traits and the valuable career skills that military spouses have learned over the years and transfers them into portable, remote, and flexible careers that work for the military lifestyle. Their courses are a great option for military spouses looking for long-term careers, not just jobs, that they can have control over and grow as it aligns with their passions, goals, and desires.
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