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By Amanda Miller - Staff Writer
Some veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have a harder time finding work than their non-military counterparts, statistics show.
But few segments of the population have access to the considerable career support that veterans do.
The government, nonprofit groups, recruitment companies and even civilians such as Mark Baird and wife Tori are stepping in to help.
Mark Baird couldn’t enlist in the Marine Corps during Vietnam for health reasons, but the way some civilians treated returning service members still made a big impact on him.
“Some of those guys were my dear friends, and I knew them to be kind, good people,” Baird said.
When U.S. troops started fighting wars in the Middle East in 2001, the Bairds decided that this time, they could make a difference. They created HirePatriots.com, a job board where military-friendly employers post open positions, including part-time and weekend work.
So you don’t have to become another negative statistic. Take advantage of the services the Bairds and others have created for you.
Just be careful to protect your personal information and your references’ personal information when posting résumés online.
Employment groups helping veterans
The following government organizations, nonprofit groups and private companies make it their business to help veterans find jobs. If you don’t see your group listed here, send an e-mail to agmiller@militarytimes.com.
Army Career and Alumni Program
Provides transition services, including job-search, résumé and interview help, to Army soldiers, retirees, veterans and family members as well as Army civilian employees.
Places military officers, non-commissioned officers and technicians from all service branches in the jobs in engineering and engineering management, technician and technician supervision and sales and sales management.
Screens résumés of veterans and transitioning service members and matches them with client companies.
Allows security-cleared job seekers to post résumés and search job postings and provides information and statistics on hiring companies.
Asks your level of security clearance and searches for jobs that match; organizes job fairs specifically for positions requiring a security clearance.
Matches job seekers with employers using the Web, military-friendly job fairs and series of transition books, including the transition classic, “From Army Green to Corporate Gray.”
Emphasizes networking — placing veterans in touch with each other and connecting veterans with military-friendly employers.
Posts job openings for employers as well as résumés for job hunters. Includes postings for daily and weekend work.
Advertises job postings in construction, government, health services, accounting, engineering, customer service, high technology and other fields.
Connects veterans with hiring companies and offers links for résumé-writing tips and One-Stop Career Centers; run by the President’s National Hire Veterans Committee.
Helps National Guard, reserve and transitioning active-duty military personnel find jobs and training opportunities in the construction industry.
Allows users to search for jobs in centers of the defense industry, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
A new site that includes networking guides, interview advice and job postings.
Provides links to job openings posted by its seven military-friendly corporate sponsors, including Allstate Insurance, BAE Systems, Boeing, Curtiss-Wright Corp., Ford Motor Co., Northrop Grumman, Spencer Stuart and USAA.
Organizes job fairs in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., areas.
Kaye/Bassman Military Specialty Practice
Specializes in placing junior military officers, non-commissioned officers and technicians.
Offers job searches by category, including aviation/defense, casino, technical, retail, food service, security clearance, law enforcement and health care.
Prescreens applicants and chooses 60 to 90 in diverse fields to attend its military hiring conferences.
Allows current and former military personnel to post résumés, features selected jobs and offers tips among its career tools.
Reviews job-seekers’ résumés and passes them on to recruiters in the appropriate fields.
Military Officers Association of America
Offers résumé critiques and career counseling to members, and organizes career fairs open to any current or former service member.
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Schedules career fairs across the U.S.
Military Overseas Recruiting Events
Organizes job fairs at U.S. military installations in North America and abroad.
Operates several regional career fairs each month.
Non Commissioned Officers Association
Posts job openings for veterans and hosts job fairs.
Advertises jobs for former or transitioning service members.
Invites pre-screened job seekers to attend hiring conferences.
Allows former and transitioning service members to search job openings, apply for jobs online and create and post résumés; has already scheduled 104 job fairs in 44 cities for 2008.
Places highly qualified, transitioning military veterans into corporate careers.
Offers job fairs specializing in engineering and technology for people with active security clearances.
Gives tips on employers with reputations for hiring veterans and links to search for jobs with companies such as Home Depot, Lowe’s and General Electric.
Produces career fairs for the technology and engineering fields and those requiring security clearance.
Transition Assistance Management Program
Provides career-change assistance to Marines and their families.
Features a job search, links to military-friendly employers and the “Jobsaurus” résumé-prep tool to help with job titles and descriptions of previous jobs.
Specializes in placing former military personnel in the U.S. defense, intelligence and contractor communities.
Helps eligible service members start new careers as public school teachers.
Helps veterans with service-connected disabilities.
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