All About Candorful
Upcoming Events
Patriot’s Day Half-Marathon Run Fundraiser
This year I am teaming up with one of Candorful’s awesome volunteer interview coaches, Dave Ventola, to run the Cocheco Challenge Half Marathon on 4/22 to honor Patriot’s Day 2023. Patriot’s Day is an important day in history, marking the beginning of the American Revolution and a new breed of freedom and democracy. Dave and I will run to honor ALL our Patriots, their spouses, and families from 1775 through 2023!
We are asking for your support raising money for Candorful.
Why?
Candorful’s mission is to provide practice interviews and prep for transitioning military, veterans, and military spouses.
Did you know….
- Veterans and military spouses who land phone interviews and fully participate in
- Candorful’s prep and practice are 2.5 times more likely to land the job?!
- Our candidates describe our impact as very positive over 97% of the time and often describe our impact with terms like “game changer”, “amazing”, “awesome”, and “eye-opening”.
- We maintain a Net Promoter Score of 98 (world class is 75)
- We supported over 1000 military job candidates in 2022 with a small team of 1.5 employees and 100+ amazing volunteers.
We need your support so we can impact EVERY veteran and military spouses who need our help.
We completed our migration to new technology in 2022 which means we are poised to scale and help even MORE military job candidates. BUT we need to grow our team to manage our growing candidate base!
To do this we need YOUR help!
Let’s raise $60,000. This is a leap BUT we have a RUNNING start (with your help) – We are absolutely blessed to have a board member who has pledged $30,000 if we can raise $30,000. I think we can do it if you will help.
Please make a donation so we can make a huge difference in the lives of transitioning military, veterans, and military spouses and inspire Dave and me to get over that finish line on April 22nd. Your dollars make a difference in the lives of our wonderful and deserving Veterans and Military Spouses!
Happy Patriots Day & Blessings,
Pat Hubbell
Past Events
In honor of Veterans Day 2022 Candorful presents: A SPACE Fireside Chat
Event Date: November 9, 2022 via Zoom
Event Time: 6:30 PM ET
Trivia Qs and prizes and a fun time ahead!
We’ve seen some amazing historical moments in Space flight in 2022 so it’s time to jump in and learn more about where we are headed from the experts. We’ll be discussing SPACE, its importance in our everyday lives as well as commercial use.
Also, given the diversity of our panel, we’re planning on hearing about the experiences of navigating this highly technical field and leadership of it, from all perspectives.
Our panelists are:
- Lt. General Nina Armagno, Director of Staff, United States Space Force
- Capt. Chris Ferguson, USN (ret.), Astronaut, CST-100 Director of Crew and Mission Systems, Boeing
- Col. Raj Agrawal, Incoming Commander, Delta 2, United States Space Force
- Lt. Col. Christopher Higgins, Deputy, Joint Task Force – Space Defense Future Operations Division, United States Space Command
Please remember, you must pre-register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LyzFMx4PR5mrTDe0i6FGnw
Note: This is also a great way to potentially network with Candorful’s event sponsors; Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Amazon, Booz Allen Hamilton, Groundswell, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA. Please note your interest during registration.
Candorful is a 501c3 nonprofit supporting transitioning military, veterans, and military spouses by providing job interview practice and preparation with a team of over 100 volunteer interview coaches from industry and across the country. Candorful has supported over 3000 military job candidates since launching in 2018. Interested in making a donation: https://donorbox.org/candorful-space-veterans-day-2022
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Why Did We Start Candorful?
Why are we passionate about Candorful? Because we are Candorful.
Pete, former US Army Captain, made his transition from the military via Business School. During the recruiting process, Pete, found himself facing unfamiliar challenges. Mastering the art of the job search and, in particular, having the confidence and comfort to connect with the interviewer was a skill that he had to practice and develop.
Later, after launching a successful finance career, Pete realized there was a lack of resources to directly support development of interview skills.
This led Pete to an idea. What if he could develop a coaching service focused on the piece of the job search where the rubber meets the road: The Interview. He also knew that the right place to initially focus this service was on transitioning military veterans. Being one himself, Pete knew the struggles this particular group faced when transitioning from the military to the civilian world.
The need to translate an esoteric set of military accomplishments and job descriptors into common language, combined with the reality that many service members have never interviewed before, make for an ideal opportunity to serve this community.
Pete reached out to Pat in 2016 with the idea, knowing Pat’s vast experience in career coaching, interview prep and mentoring, as Pete’s career counselor at Johnson. Pat also brought experience as a product development engineer and management consultant and therefore a history of process innovation to apply to Pete’s fantastic idea.
Pat and Pete put their heads together to conceptualize a platform where those transitioning from the military, or those in career transition, could meet experienced interview coaches for realistic interview experience and feedback. Together, their combined experiences and skill sets give their clients a competitive advantage in the transition and the job market.
Our Founders
Pat Hubbell
Co Founder
Pat has over 17 years of experience coaching soldiers, veterans and young professionals with career transitions at Cornell, PRTM (now PwC) and Keystone Strategy.
Peter Sukits
Co Founder
Pete transitioned from the military to B-School to the corporate world and knows what it’s like, firsthand.
Our Founders
Peter Sukits
Co-Founder
Pete transitioned from the military to B-School to the corporate world and knows what it’s like, firsthand.
Pete is a former Army officer and served five years on active duty, with service in the 82nd Airborne Division. He attained the rank of Captain and is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan. He is passionate about mentoring, coaching and giving back to the veteran community. He has an MBA from Johnson at Cornell, an MS in Business Analytics from Indiana University and a BS from Carnegie Mellon.
Pat Hubbell
Co-Founder
Pat has over 17 years of experience coaching soldiers, veterans and young professionals with career transitions at Cornell, PRTM (now PwC) and Keystone Strategy.
She has an SM/MBA from MIT Sloan and a BSME from the University of Rhode Island. Before Candorful, she was VP of Development at Keystone Strategy, Senior Assoc. Director at Cornell, Management Consultant for PRTM and an Engineer.
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CANDORFUL IS A 501(C) TAX EXEMPT, NATIONAL NON-PROFIT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. TAX ID #82-2947445
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