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Your Final Marching Orders w/ Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach

Your Final Marching Orders w/ Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach

By Ritchie R Thomas

My name is Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach, and I help our brave men and women in the US Armed Forces mentally transition from a soldier's mindset to a business professional's mindset. Why, because civilians teach them to create a resume after they transition out of the military and not a life. I'm here to help with that.
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THIS is the #1 Website Veterans Need to be Using if Youโ€™re Transitioning Out of the Military ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

Your Final Marching Orders w/ Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's CoachJul 18, 2022

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 THIS is the #1 Website Veterans Need to be Using if Youโ€™re Transitioning Out of the Military ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

THIS is the #1 Website Veterans Need to be Using if Youโ€™re Transitioning Out of the Military ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

๐Ÿšจ YOU, Have a Billion $ Network ๐Ÿšจ ย 

THIS is the #1 Website You Need to be Using if Youโ€™re Transitioning Out of the Military ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ ย 

As a military speaker, almost weekly I am speaking to someone who is getting ready to transition out of the #military and I am noticing a huge INconsistency w/ how #veterans: ย 

๐ŸŽฏ see themselves
๐ŸŽฏ sell themselves
๐ŸŽฏ BRAND themselves to the marketplace ย 

And the reality is theyโ€™re โ€˜selling the image of a soldier, which is cool, but that is not what is going to get them hired. ย I am on a personal mission to help our brave men and women mentally transition from a soldierโ€™s mindset to a business professionalโ€™s mindsetโ€ฆ ย So the goal is I now need them to-- ย 

๐Ÿšจ see themselves ย 
๐Ÿšจ sell themselves ย 
๐Ÿšจ BRAND themselves to the marketplace ย ย 

As business professionals ย 

๐ŸŽฏ b/c soldiers donโ€™t get hired, business professionals do. ๐ŸŽฏ ย 

๐Ÿ“š It's why I encourage my veterans and soldiers to become a student, of business and I believe the best way to do that is to utilize the #1 website for job seekers, LinkedIn. ย ย 

ย ๐Ÿ“šThatโ€™s right, LinkedIn is the social website for business professionals and itโ€™d be the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd website Iโ€™d be on if I was beginning my military transition journey. ย What other website can you research a job, whose currently in the role, compare their skills to yours, learn about the company, AND connect w/ the hiring manager directly? ย As well as sell yourself, promote yourself, and brand your skillsets to that industry. ย ย 

ย ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ I believe most transitioning veterans have a visibility issue, in tath the market doesnโ€™t โ€˜see themโ€™ so how can the market โ€˜hire themโ€™ let's check out this workshop on Linkedin to do just that.ย 

ย This is just one of many strategies I coach, mentor, and train my soldiers on as I essentially created my own military transition program. ย 

You got this, and I got you โค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฝ ย 

๐‘๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ, ๐€ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿช–ย 

And I โค๏ธ to create the content I wish I had when I was transitioning out of the military ย 

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ)? ย 
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„/ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜? ย 
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป-๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ need a speaker at your next military transition event, please contact me in the info on my about page: ย www.ritchiethomas.com

Jul 18, 202239:27
Top 10 Ways Transitioning Military Veterans Can Build a Brand Using LinkedIn

Top 10 Ways Transitioning Military Veterans Can Build a Brand Using LinkedIn

To my #militarytransition team, check out these 10 Ways to Brand Yourself to the Marketplace Using #LinkedIn as your transition out of the #military begins. ย ย ย 

While I understand soldiers have a huge amount of resources built-in while they're in the military, I can't help but notice the statistics that show high veteran unemployment could be caused by poor health, selection, employer discrimination, skills mismatch, or job search. ย 

The reality is soldiers are trained for the combat battlefield and not the economic battlefield. ย 

So as America's #1 Military Speaker, I've developed my own military transition program to help our transitioning veterans mentally transition, from a soldier's mindset to a business professional's mindset. ย 

You got this and I got you โค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฝ ย 

And I โค๏ธ to create the content I wish I had when I was transitioning out of the military ย 

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ)? ย 

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„/ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜? ย 

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป-๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ need a speaker at your next military transition event, please contact me in the info on my about page: ย www.ritchiethomas.com ย 

Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach ๐Ÿช–ย 

America's #1 Military Speaker

Jul 11, 202254:58
What is Your Legacy Beyond the Uniform? โค๏ธ ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿฝ

What is Your Legacy Beyond the Uniform? โค๏ธ ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿฝ

What is Your Legacy Beyond the Uniform? โค๏ธ ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿฝ

Legacy, legacy, legacy...

Many soldiers tie their identity to the military uniform, which makes their military transition even harder. ย As a military speaker, it is my job to challenge and push you--

So I ask, how are you loving on the world, supporting the world, and showing up for the world as Bety White, John Madden, and Bob Saget did?

We need your leadership...
We need your voice...
We need your example...
We need your love...
We need you...

This and more, on another 'Saturday Session w/ A Soldier's Coach'
#militarytransition #transitioningmilitary #military

๐‘๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ, ๐€ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿช–
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฝ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ ๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ)?

๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„/ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜?

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป-๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป) ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝย 

#๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐Ÿ‘ˆ๐Ÿฝ

Jan 15, 202222:48
Military Transition to Civilian Life in 2022

Military Transition to Civilian Life in 2022

These are the 5 Things I would be thinking about if I were beginning my military transition to civilian life in 2022. ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 

As a veteran motivational speaker, a large part of my role is to help the audience go on an emotional journey, in this case, a journey of #militarytransition ... ย 

My name is Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach and after serving 6 years in the US Army and walking right into The Great Recession of 2008 (COVID-19 of 10 years ago), I realized I made a ton of mistakes in transitioning out of the US Army. ย It is my goal to minimize your mistakes and maximize off of mine for your personal development. I re-worked and compiled the biggest issues in career & military transition and created a list of relevant military transition videos, courses, ย coaching engagements, military speaking engagements, and awesome military transition workshops. ย 

For more info. on the #1 military transition workshops or to request Ritchie to speak to your troops visit:ย 

www.ritchiethomas.com ย 

You got this โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฝ ย 

This is Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coachย 

America's #1 Military Speaker

Jan 08, 202224:49
Top 10 Ways I'd Invest My Military Deployment $

Top 10 Ways I'd Invest My Military Deployment $

What's up all! ย My name is Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach (America's #1 Military Speaker & Trainer) and after serving 6 years in the US Army I transitioned out in 2007 and walked right into The Great Recession. ย I've spent the last 12 years during my career transition rebuilding my business skillset and a large portion of that has been w/ a focus on finances. ย I walk through 10 Ways I'd invest my military pay, salary, and deployment if I could do it all over again. ย Utilizing such resources as LinkedIn to help get the job done. ย Check it out.

Military transition, Military transition, Military transition... ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฝโค๏ธ

Apr 23, 202135:09
Top 10 Websites for Remote Jobs for Military Veterans During Their Military Transition

Top 10 Websites for Remote Jobs for Military Veterans During Their Military Transition

What's up everyone... I'm Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach (America's #1 Military Speaker & Trainer) and after serving 6 years in the US Military (Army) I transitioned out and walked right into The Great Recession (2007). It was a roller coaster to mentally transition from a soldier's mindset to a business professional's mindset, but I've learned some valuable lessons and in this video wanted to show how our veterans (and transitioning active duty) can find remote jobs and which of the best 10 websites to do just that.

--Military Transition, Military Transition, & Military Transition...๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฝโค๏ธ

Apr 23, 202149:31
Top 10 Mistakes Army Soldiers Make Transitioning Out of the US Military

Top 10 Mistakes Army Soldiers Make Transitioning Out of the US Military

My name is Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach (America's #1 Military Speaker) and after serving 6 years in the US Army and walking right into The Great Recession of 2008 (COVID-19 of 10 years ago), I realized I made a ton of mistakes in transitioning out of the US Army. ย It is my goal to minimize your mistakes and maximize off of mine for your personal development.

--Military transition, Military transition, Military transition...๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝโค๏ธ

Apr 23, 202129:21
My Top 10 Books Every Military Soldier Should Read Before Transitioning Out of the US Army

My Top 10 Books Every Military Soldier Should Read Before Transitioning Out of the US Army

My name is Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach (America's #1 Military Speaker & Trainer) and after spending 6 years in the US Army and transitioning out of the military in 2007 I realized I was in a world of hurt financially, professionally, and just all around. ย I knew I had to rebuild myself and often wished I had a guide to do so; after repeatedly hearing how many books millionaires and billionaires read, I started to study them. ย I wanted to know what made them successful, leaders, and how I could rebuild myself after serving in the US Military. After researching and compiling dozens and dozens of the most sought after books, I narrowed it down to 10 for numerous reasons: economics, understanding the dollar, understanding business, mentally toughness, and yes, even crafting a life plan.

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Apr 23, 202117:25
My Top 10 Reasons You're Not Getting Hired After You Transition Out of the Military

My Top 10 Reasons You're Not Getting Hired After You Transition Out of the Military

My name is Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach (America''s #1 Military Speaker & Trainer), and after serving 6 years in the US Military (Army) I transitioned out and right into The Great Recession (2007) and it was a roller coaster to mentally transition from a soldier's mindset to a business professional's mindset.


So Here Are My Top 10 Reasons Why You're Not Getting Hired After You Transition Out of the Military

Apr 23, 202139:59
How I Would Transition Out of the Military Today

How I Would Transition Out of the Military Today

What's up everyone... My name is Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach (America's #1 Military Speaker) and after serving 6 years in the US Army and walking right into The Great Recession of 2008 (COVID-19 of 10 years ago), I realized I made a ton of mistakes (in both business & life) in transitioning out of the US Army. ย It is my goal to minimize your mistakes and maximize off of mine for your personal development. I re-worked the biggest issues in career transition and compiled a list of My Top 10 Moves to Successfully Transition out of the Military


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Apr 23, 202126:36
My Top 10 Lessons Learned in the Military

My Top 10 Lessons Learned in the Military

What's up all? ย My name is Ritchie Thomas, A Soldier's Coach (a military speaker and trainer) and after spending 6 years in the US Military and countless hours in military training and career transition, ย I wanted to sum up my Top 10 lessons learned in the US Army. ย Utilizing such resources as ย LinkedIn and business 101 is a primary focus for you all here.

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Apr 23, 202120:47