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NCDOT Helps Military Spouses Find Employment With New Partnership

Author KC Atkins
NCDOT has a new partnership that should help military spouses find job opportunities.

If you are among the large group of military spouses seeking gainful employment in North Carolina, a whole world has now become available to you. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has entered a partnership with the Department of Defense to develop new career opportunities for military families.

NCDOT is now a member of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership, which will help to provide valuable resources for military spouses looking to work within the organization. NCDOT’s Human Resources director Amanda Olive expressed enthusiasm about the new partnership in a recent news release.

“We’re excited to enter this partnership to help connect military families to good careers and to continue to develop our workforce,” said Olive.

In addition to providing connections and materials to help NCDOT recruit and retain military spouses, the partnership also gives NCDOT’s Human Resources staff access to the online portal to source resumes from prospective candidates.

This partnership seems to be the latest development in NCDOT’s ongoing efforts to help our military men and women in North Carolina. A few months ago a study revealed that 7% of the department’s entire full-time staff had varying levels of prior military experience. Click here to find out more about NCDOT’s job opportunities for military members transitioning to civilian life.

These programs are invaluable for military members and their partners to easily transition into a steady and reliable work schedule. You can visit the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s website and take a look at the many job opportunities that they have available. And for added bonus, a state law allows the department to give special preference to eligible veterans.

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Fayetteville Has Some of the Worst Credit Scores in the Country

As the economic world continues to see ebbs and flows, many people are relying on credit to help them get by. But in Fayetteville, that might be harder than most everywhere else, as the city has some of the worst credit scores in the country, according to one study.

Researchers at WalletHub.com analyzed credit scores across 182 cities in the United States, and found that the median credit score in Fayetteville was 628. That landed our community at 176 out of the 182 cities in the study.

Good credit scores are important for a variety of reasons, including buying a home or a car, or even getting approved to rent an apartment.

“Having a good or excellent credit score opens up so many doors for you,” said Cassandra Happe, an analyst with WalletHub. “Not only does it help you get approved for future loans and lines of credit, but it also reduces your interest rate and increases the amount you’re able to borrow. A good credit score can even make you a stronger candidate for employment, help you with renting housing, and make you a more attractive dating partner.”

Improving the Worst Credit Scores

Before we get into the rankings, it’s important to know that there are a lot of factors at play here. And that it’s never too late to do things to improve even the worst credit scores.

WalletHub says these tips are the best for improving your credit scores:

  • Always pay your credit accounts on time;
  • Keep your credit utilization as low as possible;
  • Regularly check your credit reports;
  • Avoid opening multiple accounts at once;
  • Don’t close unused accounts.

So let’s get to some of the rankings for the worst credit scores in the country. We’ll look at the top three cities, the bottom three cities, and where a couple of our North Carolina counterparts fall for worst credit scores.

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