Veteran Jobs Mission

Private sector coalition of more than 230 companies focused on hiring and retaining veteran talent.

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America's Best Leaders: U.S. Junior Officers, Military

Junior Military Officers (JMOs) have earned undergraduate and advanced degrees. This education joins with their military experience to help them gain a foundation of leadership unmatched by their civilian peers. Read more about how JMOs fit in the civilian job market in the US News & World Report article that names U.S. Junior Military Officers as "America's Best Leaders". 

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Applying Your Risk Assessment Skills in the Business World

In the military, you learned how to assess risks. You became skilled at identifying risks and assessing their magnitude. Even more importantly you learned to mitigate risks. These skills may have saved your life in Afghanistan and Iraq. Are you aware that these risk assessment skills are critically important in business?

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10 Questions Military Members and Families Should Ask Themselves Before Transitioning

Veteran service members and families have a lot to consider as they separate from service and return to their civilian lives. Due to a lack of emphasis on what comes next for the prospective veteran and family, we offer these 10 questions for transitioning veterans to ask themselves to prepare for what’s next.

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Without Help, Navigating Benefits Can Be Overwhelming For Veterans

Back in 2010, a VA survey found that nationwide fewer than half of veterans understood their benefits, whether it was medical care, college tuition or pension and disability payments. 

And without help, filing a VA claim can be tough.

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From Soldier to Start Up: Soldiers for Life Use Military Skills as Entrepreneurs

Veterans make ideal entrepreneurs because they have the team-building, problem-solving and leadership qualities necessary to start and run a business ingrained in them. Entrepreneurs want to hire them to work at their start-ups for those same reasons.

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The Service Member’s Military Transition Checklist And Timeline

One of the most helpful steps you can take during the transition process is to create a timeline. This timeline will show you the milestones you need to hit at specific times in order for you to achieve your ultimate career goals. Read Hirepurpose's tips in their article to learn more about how to create yours.

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Veterati > 31 Books I Read During My Transition

Reading should be a significant component of your military transition and there are many reasons why. It’s imperative to build and sustain daily or weekly habits of improving oneself through reading and introspection. Those that stop learning will become stagnant in other areas of their lives. How do you expect to push your limits past your uncomfortable boundaries into success without persistence, discipline, and determination?

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VetNet > Intro to Business Ownership

A guide for starting and maintaining your own business. You'll find checklists, financing resources and guidance to set yourself and your business up to succeed.

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Feds Hire Vets > How to Work with People You Don't Like

Work would be easy if it weren’t for the people. Unfortunately, or fortunately, there’s no getting around dealing with others. To succeed, you’ve got to work at creating productive relationships, even with individuals you find distasteful.

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Heroes Get Hired > Use Military Experience to Master the Interview

In Heroes Get Hired: How to Use Your Military Experience to Master the Interview, author Michelle Tillis Lederman addresses the particular issues, questions, fears, and mental roadblocks that you as a veteran may encounter as you re-enter the civilian workforce, and how you can overcome these challenges to acquire the skills you need to excel at the interview process.

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