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#26: Balancing Veteran Career Representation with Kim Lott

Kim Lott, a former U.S. Navy veteran, oversees the Veterans’ Program at CareerSource Palm Beach County, where auxiliary services are easily accessible to people with disabilities and equal opportunity is a given for veterans. As she has served her country, Kim has been helping veterans find jobs since the early 2000s and helping businesses find the qualified and engaged workers they need for long-term success.

Summary

A former veteran of the U.S. Navy, Kim Lott serves as the Supervisor of the Veterans’ Program at CareerSource Palm Beach County. CareerSource Palm Beach County is an equal opportunity program and veteran’s preference employer that ensure auxiliary services are available upon request to disabled individuals. Kim’s job consists of helping connect businesses in Palm Beach County, Florida, with U.S. military veteran talent. She aspires to continue using her and CareerSource’s services to help veterans (current and retired) reach their professional goals and to allow businesses to find the qualified and dedicated workers they need for long-term success.

Having graduated from Saint Leo University before serving as an Operations Specialist in the U.S. Navy for almost 10 years, Kim garnered the analytics and supervisory skills she needed before starting her job as a Career Consultant at CareerSource Florida back in 2019. Since then, Kim has flourished in helping the local veterans of the Palm Beach community seek career representation and equal opportunity for employment.

Episode Highlights

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0:18 – 07:16: Kim starts by talking about her nine years in the U.S. Navy and how she earned her college degree. She also talked about balancing enlisting in the military with starting a family with her husband. From here, she starts talking about how she got into a career helping veterans find careers.

07:45 – 15:36: Kim talks about moving into the role of a supervisor overseeing workstations. From here, she talks about her career evolution in the post-military period of her life. She also discusses her job and role in growing the Veterans Program at CareerSource Palm Beach County.

15:45 – 20:08: Kim spends the last 5 minutes of the interview talking about her experience of raising a family with her husband while taking bachelor’s degree-level classes at St. Louis University. She emphasizes the concept of taking personal responsibility and moving forward with one’s life. She ties this directly to her career goal of helping veterans find freedom and choice in careers they love and qualify for.

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