Career and Life Tips

The JOAG Communications and Publications, Career and Life Tip Subcommittee is dedicated to providing junior officers with development tips. Both personal and professional improvement lead to a more well-rounded officer.

The published Career and Life Tips include:

2023     

• • Leadership: Importance of Listening (July 2023)
  • Setting Healthy Workplace Boundaries Tactfully (April 2023)
  • Time Management (Febuary 2023)

2022

• • Resiliency (July 2022)
  • Healthy Diet and Climate Sustainability (April 2022)
  • Tips for Goal Setting (January 2022)

2021

• • Summer Safety - Heat Illness (July 2021)
  • Importance of Focusing on Your Strengths (June 2021)
  • Preventing Burnout with Selfcare (May 2021)
  • Deep Breathing Techniques to Destress (April 2021)
  • 2021: A New Year (January 2021)

2020

• • Starting the New Year with a Positive Attitude (December 2020)
  • Healthy Eyes (November 2020)
  • Volunteer, It’s Good for You & for Your Neighbor! (October 2020)
  • Practicing Yoga (September 2020)
  • Recognizing & Preventing Identity Theft (August 2020)
  • Skin Cancer Awareness (July 2020)
  • Practicing Self Care (June 2020)
  • Practicing Gratitude (May 2020)
  • Fundamental Qualities of Leadership (April 2020)
  • Landing Your Next Duty Assignment (March 2020)
  • Nail Your Next Interview (February 2020)
  • VARK Learning Preferences (January 2020)

2019

• • CPR Review (December 2019)
  • Be A Good Friend To Your Productivity (November 2019)
  • Proper Prescription Drug Disposal (October 2019)
  • Combatting Email Overload (September 2019)
  • Hurricane Preparation and Safety (August 2019)
  • Presentation Skills (July 2019)
  • Mental Health (June 2019)
  • To-Do Lists (May 2019)
  • Avoid Distracted Driving (April 2019)
  • National Nutrition Month (March 2019)
  • Increasing Meeting Productivity (February 2019)
  • Meeting New Physical Activity Guidelines (January 2019)

2018

• • Getting Enough Sleep (December 2018)
  • Holiday Eating Tips (November 2018)
  • Habits of Successful People (October 2018)
  • Naloxone: Heed the Call to Action (September 2018)
  • Tier 3 Deployment (August 2018)
  • Combatting Heat Related Illness (July 2018)
  • How to Reduce Plastic (June 2018)
  • Emotional Intelligence (May 2018)
  • Personality Typing for Success (April 2018)
  • Spring Yourself from the Annual Clean Clean (March 2018)
  • Visualization (February 2018)
  • Building Self Discipline (January 2018)

2017

• • Travel Safety Tips (December 2017)
  • Workplace Wellness - Take 5 (Or More!) (November 2017)
  • Planning Ahead (September 2017)
  • Benefits of Volunteering (August 2017)
  • Identity Theft - Protect Yourself (July 2017)
  • Flood Preparedness (May 2017)
  • Spring into Self-Reflections (April 2017)
  • Retirement Planning (March 2017)
  • Teleconference Etiquette (January 2017)

**Tip of the Month publications prior to 2017 are available on the TOTM Archive Max page (Max.gov log in required)**