MSCCN Applicant Virtual Job Placement at Gant Travel
A message from MSCCN President and CEO, Deb Kloeppel:

MSCCN holds a very successful job placement record regarding our MSCCN military
applicant workforce. Recently, MSCCN began to place our military spouse applicants into
virtual corporate jobs. I’d like to introduce our most recent "virtual" job placement success
story, Melissa Connell.



Pictured (Left to Right):

JoAnne Little, Gant Travel
Vice President


Melissa Connell

Donna Schmidt, Gant Travel
Operations Manager





In the Words of Melissa Connell, Army Spouse, Fort Campbell

I have been a travel agent for 12 years prior to my husbands’ first deployment. I stopped
working in 2002 due to starting a family and deployment. We have moved every year
since 2004 and I could not commit to a company. I then decided to pursue a work from
home position.

While searching I came across the MSCCN web site and posted my resume. A few months
later I received a call about a position with a company out of Chicago to work virtually
from home. Approximately 2 weeks later I was offered the position.

I believe that if not for the help of MSCCN I would not have found this opportunity.

Thank you!
   

   
MSCCN Applicant Successfully Place at Concentra
A message from MSCCN President and CEO, Deb Kloeppel:

I am proud to announce the job placement of our MSCCN applicant, San Hains, into the
Concentra organization. Hains was born and raised in Louisiana, and is a proud, prior
military servicemember of the United States Coast Guard. Hains came to MSCCN with
excellent X-Ray technician experience and credentials.

Our MSCCN Job Placement Specialist, Celeste Snyder, submitted Hains resume directly
to a Concentra recruiter in December of 2007, and stayed involved within Concentra’s
hiring process of Mr Hains during a 2-month timeframe. In February 2008, Concentra
interviewed Hains and the rest is history, as they say. “I tried Monster, as well as all
of the usual job boards and employment services available to the military,” said Hains,
“MSCCN was the only organization that actually called me and offered personal
one-on-one guidance into my job request.”

“I knew the career field I wanted to be in and I knew the organization I wanted to work
for, I found an open job position from the MSCCN web site that satisfied all of my
employment wish list items,” continued Hains. “MSCCN worked for 2 months diligently
to get me hired with Concentra. MSCCN never gave up.”

Hains is gainfully employed at Concentra to this very day.
   

Kristina Kakadelis in Charlotte

Recruit Military and MSCCN teamed up for job fair located
in Charlotte, North Carolina with stellar results.

Kristina Kakadelis came to us with a broad background in
sales and marketing. Her fiancee is currently serving our
country with a tour in Iraq.

Kakadelis awaits his safe return and, in the meantime, has
joined MSCCN as our Charlotte representative. She reported
that the job fair was a remarkable success and had an
excellent turnout.

MSCCN is proud to have Kakadelis represent us and to be
able to provide her with this job opportunity!

San Francisco Job Fair

MSCCN continues our meteoric rise regarding resume
collection and job placement!

The Recruit Military / MSCCN Job Fair in San Francisco
on October 25th, brought out the best in our military
spouse group with 325 candidates in attendance.

MSCCN's Representative, Iran Ponce, pictured here
with his wife, did a great job when handling the continuous flow of applicants and
employers. Great job, Iran!
   

Randolph AFB Students Score a 100% CAI Course
Pass Rate!

MSCCN and Community Association Institute teamed
up to provide training. MSCCN is very pleased that the
pass rate of the course was 100% and that each candidate
may pursue a career and certification in the exciting
field of community association management.

MSCCN would like to thank the staff of CAI and those who were involved from Randolph Air Force Base
for their willingness and effort that helped make this event so successful.

CAI and MSCCN Congratulate Tyrone Copeland,
Our First CAI Job Placement

Retired Army Major Tyrone Copeland, who is also the military
spouse of U.S. Army Master Sergeant Dorothy Copeland,
landed a great job with excellent benefits 15 days after our
CAI training course and certification.

"Through MSCCN and CAI, I was given the opportunity to
attend a course in Community Association Management. Later
I was offered a job as manager of a community association.
I hope to turn this job into my second rewarding career.
We have been blessed and we hope that in time we can truly
be of benefit to others," said Tyrone.

"The Copeland's are an amazing military couple! We
salute their dedicated military service," Deb Kloeppel,
President, MSCCN.

Mona Khurana in San Diego

Recruit Military and MSCCN teamed up for job fair located in
San Diego, California with excellent results.

Mona Khurana came to us with a background in Diversity and
Intercultural Communication as well as a sincere desire to help
individuals and organizations with the communication challenges
involved in today's increasingly diverse workplaces. Her husband is in the US Navy.

Feedback on the MSCCN and CAI Training/Certification Program

Jessica T. Moore-Tyson's Comments:
I am a proud Marine spouse from the Camp Lejeune, NC area.

I really appreciate the hard work and dedication that MSCCN shows military spouses.
The CAI training that I received allowed me to obtain a much sought after credential and
opened an entirely new career field to me. As a result of this training, I was contacted
by the Homeowner Associations of North Carolina, which helped me make important
contacts in this field and alerted me to upcoming career opportunities.

Meet the Carpenters

Jody Carpenter, a Reserve HM2, did not know the
difficulties he would face when he volunteered
to fill a billet for an eight-month deployment.
HM2 Carpenter felt he was doing his job to support
a Marine unit in need of a medic.

While he was preparing for the deployment, his wife,
Jennifer, was preparing to receive a kidney
transplant.

Read the Carpenter's Story

Meet Wilmer and Sandra Ferrer

Sandra Ferrer’s Comments:
As a reservist spouse, I do not face all of the same
difficulties that an active duty spouse does but we do
have similar situations that we share.

One of those situations is deployment and activation.
Wilmer was activated and sent to Iraq for a 15-month
tour.

Read the Ferrer's Story