Excellent Job & Training Services Provided by The U.S. Department of Labor

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Please check out the links below for Job and Training services that are provided by the U.S. Department of Labor.  These are excellent resources to utilize.

Job & Training Information

• Career Guide to Industries – From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an Occupational Outlook Handbook  for customers to find career information from an industry perspective.

• Career Tools & Services – Employment and Training Administration (ETA) programs, resources and online tools help workers in all stages of the job and career development.

• mySkills myFuture – helps laid-off workers and other career changers find new occupations to explore. Users can identify occupations that require skills and knowledge similar to their current or previous job, learn more about these suggested matches, locate local training programs, and/or apply for jobs.

Disney Announces Heroes Work Here — a Company-Wide Initiative To Hire, Train and Support Military Veterans

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Disney Announces Heroes Work Here — a Company-Wide Initiative To Hire, Train and Support Military Veterans “Heroes Work Here. Employ excellence. Hire veterans.”

 KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 13, 2012–

Today at The Walt Disney Company’s (NYSE: DIS) Annual Shareholder meeting in Kansas City, President and Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Iger announced Heroes Work Here, a new company-wide initiative to hire, train and support returning veterans. The new program continues Disney’s long history of respect and appreciation for the U.S. Armed Forces by expanding the company’s commitment to recognize and honor the sacrifice and service of these men and women.

As part of the initiative, Disney will provide at least 1,000 jobs and career opportunities for returning U.S. veterans over the next three years, support military families and veterans during their transition into civilian life, and launch a national public awareness campaign to encourage all employers across the U.S. to hire veterans.

Veterans: Convert your Military Experience into a Civilian Resume

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By Bill Murphy Jr., Stars and Stripes, Published: November 8, 2011

WASHINGTON — If you’ve been to a military job fair, you’ve seen them: battalions of freshly scrubbed candidates with folders of paper in all the conservative colors of the resume rainbow — white, off-white, light beige.

A killer resume is a veteran job-seeker’s secret weapon. It’s your first-impression maker, the page an employer will look at for just a few seconds — amid hundreds of others — before deciding who gets a shot at that coveted job.

So how do you make yours stand out? How do translate your experience from milspeak into civspeak?

Veterans – Get free job skills through Elevate America’s Veterans program

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Microsoft formed a coalition of public, private and non-profit organizations to help our country’s veterans and their spouses get the additional skills they need to succeed in today’s tough economy.   The initiative – Elevate America’s Veterans – is an extension of Elevate America.

Job Corps: Helping Transitioning Military Service Members Start a New Career

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From Job Corps website:

Transitioning from the military and starting a new career can be challenging. Job Corps can help. At Job Corps, transitioning military service members can train for a new and rewarding career. After training, our staff will work with you to find a job for up to 21 months.

The Veteran Labor Force in the Recovery – Posted by the Department of Labor

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From the US Department of Labor website:

Veterans are an honored part of the United States labor market. In the attached report (The Veteran Labor Force in the Recovery – PDF), veterans are defined as men and women who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were civilians at the time of their participation in the Current Population Survey (CPS).¹  In 2010, there were 11.8 million veterans working or looking for work, accounting for 7.7 percent of the U.S. labor force. Veterans are a broad population spanning from those who served in World War II (WWII) to recent veterans who were on active duty during the post-9/11 period known as Gulf War-era II.²  Although most veterans are men, women are a growing part of the veteran population, accounting for 8.1 percent of all veterans in 2010.³