Here's What's New!  

 VA's Veteran's Employment Toolkit is here

Applying for Federal Jobs

• Applying for federal jobs. Read about how federal jobs are filled here

• Your military ==> federal resume. While civilian resumes are necessary for applying to corporate and private industry jobs, you can tune your military to federal resume to feature your mission critical skills to position you as the best qualified candidate. Read more about preparing your military-to-federal resume (coming soon) or click here for OF 306 which can be used in place of a resume.

• What is Veterans Preference and do you qualify? Download the brochure here.

Sample Military to Federal Resumes

More coming soon! But here are some samples to get you started.

Translating Military Skills into Civilian Descriptions

Many veterans have amassed a signifcant amount of marketable skills and experience, but don't know how to translate the military jobs into civilian in-demand skills. O*NET's Military Crosswalk Search allows users to search military occupations to determine knowledge, skills, abilities, and more, and give a clearer picture of a civilian equivalent occupation. Try it here

Job Sites for Federal and other Jobs for Veterans

usajobs.gov

NJ Veterans Employment Office

United States Department of Labor

Department of Veterans Affairs Job Search Widget

US Veterans Pipeline

Hire Veterans

Hire Heroes Job Board

100,000 Jobs Mission