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Get a jumpstart on school this fall and complete additional training on your own with no impact to your education benefits, through IBM SkillsBuild, currently available exclusively to VET TEC and VRRAP participants. Make sure to update your resume and don’t forget to upload a copy, highlighting your newly earned digital credentials, to the Resume Engine™.
Actively seeking employment? You’re in luck - we have an upcoming career panel event this month designed to connect you to readily available job opportunities with a valued employer-partner. See below for more details and how to register for this event.
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Upcoming Career Panel
Virtual Career Panel with Amazon
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
1:00-2:30 PM ET
Amazon, a VA employer-partner is hiring! Join us on Thursday, August 25, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET for a Virtual Career Panel event featuring Amazon to speak one-on-one with company representatives and learn about available job opportunities you can apply for today with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Register to secure your spot for this event.
Stay tuned to our Events Page as The VET TEC Employer Consortium Team continues to coordinate future events.
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Additional Events
Hiring Our Heroes Remote Work Virtual Hiring Fair
Thursday, August 11, 2022
1:00-3:00 PM ET
Wanting to work from home? Participate in Hiring Our Heroes’ virtual hiring fair, focused on employment in the remote work industry! Employers are looking to hire Veteran and military spouse talent now! Don’t miss this opportunity to meet, network, and interview with employers looking to fill remote positions. Register here.
Hiring Our Heroes Telecommunications Virtual Hiring Fair
Thursday, August 25, 2022
1:00-3:00 PM ET
Participate in Hiring Our Heroes’ virtual hiring fair, focused on career opportunities in telecommunications! Military community job seekers will meet, network, and interview with employers in the telecommunications industry during this interactive virtual hiring event. Register here.
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VA’s VET TEC and IBM’s SkillsBuild
Have you signed up for SkillsBuild? In collaboration with VA, IBM created a customized learning plan for veterans eligible for VET TEC and VRRAP training that includes a skills assessment and the option to complete one digital credential. Access an initial career assessment to help you identify your career interests and digital credentials available to help boost your resume and qualifications for employment. SkillsBuild is designed to supplement your VET TEC or VRRAP training.
Sign up to get started with SkillsBuild
VET TEC participants - click here for SkillsBuild access
VRRAP participants - click here for SkillsBuild access
To make sure you set up your account correctly, review IBM’s step-by-step setup guide.
Have additional questions about SkillsBuild? Please send an email to vettecpartner@va.gov for support.
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Use the GI Bill to pay licensing and certification test fees
Do you need to obtain certification or licensure for meaningful employment in your desired field? You can use part of your entitlement to cover the cost, up to $2,000, of certain tests and certifications to become a licensed or certified professional. Only tests approved for the GI Bill® are covered under this benefit. Learn more about this benefit and out what’s approved before you take any tests.
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Have you claimed your free 12-month LinkedIn Premium account subscription, yet? If not, what are you waiting for? Email the VET TEC team to request one today! |
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Connect to resources for employment through Hiring Our Heroes
Did you miss our Tools for Career Success event with Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) in July? During this event, HOH, an employer-partner of the VET TEC Employment Consortium, shared tips for effectively using the Resume Engine™ and resources available to help connect you to meaningful employment opportunities. Review the resources below to learn more about HOH and the resources available to members of the military community.
- For additional information on HOH – click here.
- HOH offers support for employment to both Veterans and military spouses. Resume Engine is designed to help connect Veterans to employment and Career Spark is designed to help connect military spouses to employment. To learn more about these tools – click here.
- Learn more about upcoming in-person and virtual career summits and hiring fairs. Don’t miss opportunities to connect with military-friendly employers and HOH Career Connectors. Click here to review HOH’s hiring events calendar.
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Hot Job Alert: Technical careers in the parking industry
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IT careers with VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is committed to helping VET TEC graduates find meaningful employment. A career at VA offers you an opportunity to use the education obtained with your GI Bill benefits to serve Veterans and their families. If you have student loan debt, you may be able to take advantage of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program through VA employment. VA also has several incentive programs including loan repayment programs for VA employees.
VA has thousands of position openings across the United States with hiring paths focused on Veterans, military spouses, members of the National Guard and Reserves, as well as the general public. Individuals can find current VA IT job announcements here.
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Free educational and career counseling
Could you benefit from additional educational or career guidance? If you’re eligible for VA education benefits, you’re also eligible for Personalized Career Planning and Guidance, a free benefit that provides:
• Career counseling to help you decide which civilian or military jobs you want
• Educational counseling to help you find a training program or field of study
• Academic and adjustment counseling to help you address issues or barriers that may get in the way of your success
• Resume support and goal planning
You can use this benefit more than once. Visit our website to apply!
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Important changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness
This is is a reminder that the waiver for the PSLF program will expire on October 31, 2022.
Oct. 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Now, for a limited period of time, borrowers may receive credit for past payments made on loans that would otherwise not qualify for PSLF. Under the new rules, any prior payment made will count as a qualifying payment, regardless of loan type, repayment plan, or whether the payment was made in full or on time. All you need is qualifying employment.
The changes also include making it easier for members of the military to get credit toward forgiveness while they serve, even if the Service member’s loans were on a deferment or forbearance rather than in active repayment. This change ensures that members of the military will not need to focus on their student loans while serving our country. More information can be found in this recent press release from ED. Information about PSLF program can be found here. For questions about PSLF, please reach out to the Department of Education or your loan service provider.
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The Employer Consortium (EC) team thanks IBM and Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) for a successful Tools for Career Success series in July! Participants rated these events a 4.75 out of 5 on average. These interactive events provided valuable insight additional training, resume, and employment support resources available to VET TEC and VRRAP participants. Participants were able to learn how to access SkillsBuild and Resume Engine to best prepare for employment in high technology fields and afforded opportunities to network with VA’s employer-partners.
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Employer-partners, schedule your 1-on-1 meeting with the VET TEC team, learn about your impact to the program in FY22! Email the VET TEC team to schedule, today! |
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ATTENTION! Submit your Q3 hiring data: Employer Partners, please be sure to submit your employment hiring data for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 to the VET TEC EC team. Not only is this an important part of your responsibilities, but this information enables VA to share your VET TEC graduate hiring success stories with stakeholders to include our Congressional partners and emphasize your commitment to supporting the VET TEC program and Veteran hiring.
In addition to reporting the metrics, we hope that you will help us in telling the success stories of VET TEC graduates. We invite you to share with us the names and email addresses of the Veterans that you have hired for a possible future feature. We want to share their VET TEC success story and highlight your organization’s commitment to helping our Veterans find meaningful employment with the rest of the VET TEC community.
If you need a copy of the hiring tracker, please email VETTECPARTNER@va.gov to request one. If you would like for VA to contact someone else in your organization for the hiring data, please provide their contact information.
VET TEC Webpage | Employer Consortium | Resume Engine | Student FAQs
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US Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits Administration
1-888-442-4551, TDD: 711
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