Happy New Year! With the new year, comes new opportunities to move closer to your goals, and right now is the best time to start. If you need help with reaching you goals, the VET TEC Employer Consortium (EC) can help. The EC is comprised of various companies who have committed to helping Veterans like you to succeed. Visit the EC program page for a current list of EC partners.

To help you kick your networking game into full gear, be sure to request your free LinkedIn Premium Account. And make sure you upload or update your resume on Resume Engine. There you will find hundreds of military friendly employers.

Jumpstart your career with a free LinkedIn Premium account

Start 2023 off right with LinkedIn Premium account subscription, yet! As a VET TEC participant, you may be eligible to receive a one-time offer through the VET TEC program for a free one-year subscription. Email the VET TEC team to request one, today!

Pay for licensing and certification test fees with your GI Bill

Did you know that you can use your GI Bill benefits to help cover the costs of certain licensing and certification test fees? If 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 of certain tests and certification exams, up to $2,000, to become a licensed or certified professional. Learn more about this benefit and out what’s approved before you take any tests.

Work with VA

Have you considered a job in the Federal service? 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 IT VA job announcements here. VA is committed to helping VET TEC graduates find meaningful employment, continue the tradition of serving those who served, with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Employer-Partner Corner

Upcoming VET TEC Employer Consortium Events

Do you have resources to offer to VET TEC/VRRAP participants to assist them with their journey to find meaningful employment? Are you looking for highly skilled Veterans or service members to fill open job positions? If yes, volunteer to host an Employment Consortium event!  Email the VET TEC team for more information and to express your interest in doing an event with VA.

Employer-partners, schedule your 1-on-1 meeting with the VET TEC team, learn about your impact to the program in FY23! Email the VET TEC team to schedule, today!

ATTENTION! Submit your Q1 hiring data: Employer Partners, please be sure to submit your employment hiring data for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 to the VET TEC EC team by January 10, 2023. 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.

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