Job Seekers - Veterans Services

Veterans receive priority services at Jobs ETC.

Veterans Registration for Services

Veteran's Preference

Eligibility

Description of Services

Frequently Used Telephone Numbers

Helpful Websites

Job Search Web Sites

Jobs ETC has staff assigned to help U.S. military veterans and other eligible persons with employment, counseling and job/career training services. 

Veteran's Preference

Veterans and Disabled veterans are given preference over non-veterans in the provision of services available at the Jobs ETC.

Eligibility

Vet Eligibility

An eligible veteran is any person who served on active duty for a period of more than 180 days beyond training and was discharged or released with other than a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, or was discharged or released from active duty with a service-connected disability, or as a member of a reserve component who served under an order to active duty during a period of war or a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge is authorized, and was discharged or released from such duty with other than a dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge. There is no time limit to receive veteran’s employment benefits; however, certain other veteran’s benefits (education, G.I. Bill, health care, and others) are time limited.

Eligible Veteran's receive:

• employment counseling and job/career training services

• job registration

• vocational guidance

• career counseling

• résumé preparation and critique

• referrals to supportive services (VA health care/Vocational Rehabilitation, Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Readjustment Counseling, etc)

• vocational and interest/aptitude testing

• career exploration, and

• job/employment opportunity development

Veterans are encouraged to participate in all Job Seeker activities at Jobs ETC. 

• Job Club is a series of skills workshops to help job seekers develop effective job search techniques, develop a resume and refine interviewing skills. Calendar of Events. 

• Meet employers at a Job Fair near you.

Certain Veterans (minorities, disabled Veterans, female Veterans, recently separated, economically disadvantaged and homeless Veterans) are eligible to receive intensive services and who are experiencing the greatest incidences of unemployment or who otherwise are in need of case management services. Contact your LVER or DVOP for more information.

Frequently Used Telephone Numbers

Helpful links for more information:

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 

• Florida Department of Veterans Affairs

• U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans Employment and Training Services

• Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

• Additional Links for Veteran Services

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