About the Owner
Bernard
E. Palmer has dedicated a lifetime to the professional development and education
of personnel at the city, state and government levels of employment, which includes
military personnel and eligible spouses. As a Navy Career Counselor, Bernard’s efforts
were instrumental in the advancement and occupational success of hundreds of service
members - officer and enlisted. He worked as a government contractor in the Tidewater
Virginia area and taught core employment programs which include: Military Spouse
Employment, Effective Resume’ Writing, Career Planning, the
Federal Employment System, Job Search Strategies and Interview Techniques.
Bernard worked with the Commonwealth agency - Virginia Employment Commission as a Workforce Service Representative where he assisted hundreds of displaced workers’ identify alternate employment. He facilitated the Navy’s Transition Assistance Program (TAP) to military personnel from all branches of service. He is a graduate of the National Veterans Training Institute (NVTI) and worked as a Disabled Veterans Outreach Specialist (DVOP) and Customer Service Representative (CSR), providing insight and information on job training and employment services to military and civilian personnel. Bernard was the government contractor who directly managed the Department of Veteran Affairs Disability Benefits Review registration process for military personnel and family members who were interested in attending VA workshops and applying for service-connected disability ratings and benefits. Bernard’s experiences in the federal government also included duties as a Regional Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist, where he coordinated return-to-work efforts of injured workers sanctioned under the U.S. Department of Labor standards. Bernard holds a Masters’ degree in Education; and is a Certified Federal Job Search Trainer (CFJST) and Certified Federal Resume’ Writer (CFRW) trained and qualified by Kathryn Troutman - a leading expert in federal government employment. Bernard uses her very successful and highly coveted Ten Step Method.