The tools we used in the session, gathered in one place so you can find them after class.
Thank you for attending. Service Members have kept an "I Love Me" Book for generations. Military Spouses need one just as much, and almost nobody tells us that.
Yours holds the proof of a career that moved every two or three years: PCS orders, licenses and certifications, transcripts and training certificates, offer letters and evaluations, volunteer and board service, scholarship and MyCAA paperwork, and a copy of your marriage certificate. Those orders are not filler. They are what substantiates military spouse preference in Federal hiring, what supports license reciprocity when you cross a state line, and what explains a resume gap that was never a gap at all.
Everything below was mentioned during the workshop. Each item earned its place because it supports the work we practiced, not because it is the newest or the most expensive option on the shelf.
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These run from archive to everyday. Pick by how often you open the thing: papers you file once and rarely touch belong in the sturdiest option, papers you carry to appointments belong in the lightest. Most people end up with two, one that stays home and one that travels.
The archive end of the spectrum. Ten acid-free pockets with guided labels, built to hold the papers you should only have to file once: a copy of your marriage certificate, wills, legal and family records. Acid-free matters here, because ordinary folders yellow and brittle the documents inside them over the years. Around $50.
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An accordion folder with 24 pockets and 12 labeled tabs, sized for letter and A4 paper. Good for the sort-it-all-first stage, when papers are still in piles and every category needs somewhere to land before you decide what stays. Around $13.
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A hardcover three-ring folio with nine labeled pockets, built for the documents you grab and go: PCS orders, licenses, transcripts, a copy of your marriage certificate, insurance. Sturdier than an accordion folder and easier to hand to someone else. Around $20.
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A one-inch binder with a built-in clipboard, five tabbed pocket dividers, and a pen loop. The clipboard earns its keep at in-processing, the housing office, or a school registration desk, anywhere you are filling out forms with nowhere to set them down. Around $19. Treat it as a working binder, not an archive.
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