Your training and job experience in the military makes you a unique Northwest student and future candidate for jobs/internships. Consider these resources as you connect your military experiences with potential majors and future job targets.
Skills Assessment and Resume Preparation
It is important to transfer, “translate” and document your military skills in preparation for your future career and job/internship search materials. These resources will help you interpret and decode the military speak into descriptions more common to non-military audiences.
DOL, CareerOneStop - Helps veterans explore career options, locate training and find jobs.
Hiring Our Heroes - A nationwide effort to connect veterans, service members, and military spouses with meaningful employment opportunities.
Veterans Employment and Training Services (VETS) - Prepares America's veterans, service members and their spouses, for meaningful careers, provide them with employment resources and expertise, protect their employment rights and promote their employment opportunities.
VA Careers and Employment - Help for veterans who need to build a career and find the right opportunities.
Veterans Jobs Mission - The Veteran Jobs Mission is made up of 200+ private sector companies representing virtually every industry in the United States economy.
Go Government - This site is designed to be your guide as you consider, apply, and secure federal employment. Specific pages explain Veteran’s Preference, the GS pay scale and much more.
Military Social Work - Information about career options in social work with a military emphasis.
Veteran Job Listing Sites
usajobs.gov - Job and internship listings within the Federal Government
ZipRecruiter Veterans - ZipCares partners with companies to support veterans as they transition into civilian careers.
Veteran Recruitment Network (VRC) - Research companies, view/apply for jobs, chat with recruiters, and build your network as you seek your next opportunity
Feds hire vets - Federal employment information for Veterans, transitioning service members, and their families
ClearanceJobs.com - Matches job seekers that hold active or current Department of Defense, Department of State, and Department of Energy security clearances to hiring employers and recruiters looking for skilled cleared candidates
ClearedJobs.Net - A growing job board for professionals with security clearances looking for jobs in the defense and intelligence community
HireVeterans.com - Connecting U.S. military veterans with civilian careers
GI Jobs Magazine - A premier publication for military transition. It provides education, transition assistance, and job opportunities for military vets. This is a must see!
HireHeroesUSA.org - Career placement assistance to all returning service men and women
vetjobs.com - Resource for those transitioning from the military, National Guard, Reserve Component Members, and veterans that have separated over the last several decades and are now productive members of the civilian workforce in all disciplines
TAOnline.com - The largest single source of transition assistance information and tools for today's separating military. On this transition assistance web site service members, both prior and current, can find the resources needed to transition from their much appreciated military service to the perfect civilian career. Contains resume information, transition locator, job hunting advice, and relocation information
DoD Warrior Care - Resource to connect wounded warriors, service members, veterans, and those who support them, including information on benefits & compensation, education & training, and employment
Military.com (monster Veteran Employment Center) - Free resources to connect and inform the Americans with military affinity, including active duty, reservists, guard members, retirees, veterans, and family members
