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Sep

09

2023

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Devon’s Military Spouse Story

When we launched Twelve Million Plus, we wanted to give military spouses a safe place to connect and share their stories. We’re excited to highlight Devon’s experiences as a male military spouse and working father. (Did you know 8% of military spouses identify as male?)  Devon’s Story Devon and his family have moved all over – Read more…

Sep

09

2023

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Spouses Hiring Spouses

As a military spouse-founded/led corporation on a mission to employ military spouses, we’ve always strived for meaningful collaboration that brings value to all. When Liza and Erica started Instant Teams in 2016, many of the company’s first customers were fellow military spouse entrepreneurs.  As we’ve grown Instant Teams over the past 7 years (and launched Read more…

Sep

09

2023

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Empowering Women in Tech: Liza Rodewald’s Journey from Engineer to CEO

As a female-founded company, our CEO and Founder, Liza Rodewald, is a 4x entrepreneur and software engineer with more than 20 years of technical experience and has built multimillion-dollar enterprise software for the government and healthcare industry.

Jun

06

2023

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Instant Teams attends the Executive Order Signing for Military Spouse Employment

It’s a historic day for the ongoing fight to improve Military Spouse Employment. From the White House’s official announcement, “Today, at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, President Biden will announce a comprehensive set of executive actions to increase the economic security of military and veteran spouses, caregivers, and survivors. Joined by First Lady Jill Biden, alongside Read more…

Jun

06

2023

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Bipartisan Legislation Updates for Military Spouses

“We applaud the leadership of Senator Klobuchar and Senator Tillis for acting to provide critically needed resources to military spouses to better enable them to start companies and become entrepreneurs,” said Erica McMannes, co-founder of Instant Teams.

May

05

2023

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Instant Teams Success Story: Meet Rachel S.

We’re thrilled to share another employee success story! Rachel is a military spouse and working mom. She’s been with Instant Teams for more than two years and was recently hired full-time by one of our customers. Rachel’s been a huge asset to Instant Teams, and we wish her luck on her next adventure!  Rachel’s Remote Read more…

May

05

2023

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How to Own Your Remote Interview

Remote interviews – regardless if the job you’re applying for is 100% virtual or not – have become a more common practice for employers looking to add a new team member. Although the setting is different from an in-person interview, it’s important for candidates to remember that many of the same rules apply. As a Read more…

May

05

2023

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Twelve Million Plus: Charli’s Story

It’s Military Spouse Appreciation Month! Today, we’re highlighting a military spouse and one of our Twelve Million Plus community members. Charli is a military spouse born and raised in a military family. Her father served in the Army, her brother was in the Marines, and her husband was active-duty Army for 14 years. She and Read more…