{"id":533,"date":"2016-02-07T16:50:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T00:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hiringourheroes.org\/hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T11:24:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:24:47","slug":"hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiringourheroes.org\/stories\/hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Our Heroes Staffer Up for Military Spouse of the Year Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1452\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1452\" src=\"https:\/\/hiringheroes.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/HOH-Liz-OBrien.png\" alt=\" width=\"800\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth O&#8217;Brien, director of Hiring Our Heroes&#8217; Military Spouse Program, speaks at an event in February at Fort Bragg, NC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you ask Elizabeth O\u2019Brien about all of the places she\u2019s lived, she might have to pause to try and remember them all. Hawaii. Kansas. Missouri. Germany. There are seven in all, including her latest stop in Washington, D.C., where her husband, an Army major, is stationed at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, O\u2019Brien has raised three young daughters, coached basketball, done some motivational speaking, and served as an advocate for military spouses in the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of her dedication, she was\u00a0recently nominated as Military Spouse of the Year, a national contest presented by Military Spouse Magazine and Armed Forces Insurance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many great nominees, it\u2019s an honor to be among them,\u201d said O\u2019Brien, who works as Director of the Military Spouse Program at\u00a0Hiring Our Heroes. \u201cThis is an opportunity to bring the issue of military spouse employment to the national level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two of her colleagues nominated O\u2019Brien for the award. They touted her work in advising companies on how to connect with military spouses seeking good jobs, and for developing communities and professional networks at military locations across the United States and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiz O\u2019Brien is an absolute superstar,\u201d Hiring Our Heroes senior advisor Noreen O\u2019Neil wrote in a nomination letter.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien\u2019s nomination comes at a time when Hiring Our Heroes has placed a new emphasis on addressing the employment challenges facing military spouses. Unemployment among spouses remains stubbornly high\u2014as much as 25%, according to some measures\u2014and HOH has worked to reduce that figure through targeted hiring fairs and other resources. Most recently and under Liz\u2019s guidance, HOH brought\u00a0In Gear Career, an established nonprofit, under its umbrella of resources. In Gear Career offers chapter-based career development and networking opportunities at military locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working really hard on building communities and support networks,\u201d O\u2019Brien said. \u201cThose are the keys to success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Military Spouse of the Year\u00a0nominations were collected and organized by base, district, or state. The public can now vote through February 9, and the base winners will move on for consideration to the top 18. The National winner will be announced on May 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you ask Elizabeth O\u2019Brien about all of the places she\u2019s lived, she might have to pause<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,53],"tags":[67,69],"service_role":[],"class_list":["post-533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-stories-of-success","tag-awards","tag-military-spouses"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hiring Our Heroes Staffer Up for Military Spouse of the Year Honor - Hiring Our Heroes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiringourheroes.org\/stories\/hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hiring Our Heroes Staffer Up for Military Spouse of the Year Honor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you ask Elizabeth O\u2019Brien about all of the places she\u2019s lived, she might have to pause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hiringourheroes.org\/stories\/hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hiring Our Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hiringourheroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-08T00:50:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-09T15:24:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hiringourheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HOH-Liz-OBrien.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hiring Our Heroes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hiringourheroes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hiringourheroes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hiring Our Heroes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hiringourheroes.org\\\/stories\\\/hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hiringourheroes.org\\\/stories\\\/hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hiring Our Heroes\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hiringourheroes.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ccb0aa655bfa069275fb0d3241e3415\"},\"headline\":\"Hiring Our Heroes Staffer Up for Military Spouse of the Year Honor\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-08T00:50:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-09T15:24:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hiringourheroes.org\\\/stories\\\/hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":18,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hiringourheroes.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hiringourheroes.org\\\/stories\\\/hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hiringourheroes.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/HOH-Liz-OBrien.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Awards\",\"Military Spouses\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\",\"Stories of Success\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hiringourheroes.org\\\/stories\\\/hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hiringourheroes.org\\\/stories\\\/hiring-our-heroes-staffer-up-for-military-spouse-of-the-year-honor\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hiring Our Heroes Staffer Up for Military Spouse of the Year Honor - 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