Posted on Jun 3, 2020
VetXL: Hiring Together – live Q&A with VA and partners now hiring Veterans and Spouses. What are your questions?
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The Department of Veterans Affairs and our hiring partners at Amazon, ACP, Blue Star Families, LinkedIn, USAA, Walgreens, & Walmart will be here on June 16th at 3PM EST to answer hiring questions for Veterans and spouses. You can ask questions to the following people:
SMSgt Julieann Torres, Healthcare Recruitment Consultant - VHA Workforce Recruitment
TSgt Renetta Bradford, Manager at Veteran/Military Spouse Employment Program (VEMSEP)
Timothy Johnston, Supervisor, VBA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment
The Honorable Cheryl Mason, VA, Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
CPO (Join to see), Senior Program Manager, Global Military Affairs at Amazon
PO1 Nicholas Curry, Senior Program Manager, AWS Military Programs at Amazon
Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO and President at Blue Star Families
COL Brynt Parmeter, Senior Director Military Programs at Walmart
Maj James Wood, VP Federal Programs at Walgreens
Maj Michael Kelly, VP Military Advocacy at USAA
Cpl Tim Cochrane, SVP, Business Development at American Corporate Partners
CPT Sarah Roberts, Head of Military and Veterans Programs at LinkedIn
Learn more about each organization;
VA Careers-
https://rly.pt/VACareers
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has an unwavering commitment to support our Veterans, and that includes helping them build rewarding careers within our health care system. VA gives Veterans—particularly those with disabilities—hiring preference for any available positions. We value the special skills and unique perspectives Veterans bring to the table. And we understand that by sharing your experiences, you can continue a life of service, helping other Veterans heal and cope with being back home.
At VA, we also recognize that military spouses are educated, qualified and ready to serve the nation’s Veterans and their families. That is why VA partners with the Department of Defense Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) program to help recruit, hire, promote and retain military spouses in meaningful careers at VA. If you’re a military spouse looking for employment, consider working at VA. We offer competitive pay, premium-support group health insurance and remote work options. You can even earn up to $4,000 in tuition to pursue licensing in targeted fields through the My Career Advancement Account scholarship.
For more details on VA employment opportunities for Veterans and military spouses, visit: https://rly.pt/VACareers
Services for Veterans and Transitioning Servicemembers-
If you are a Veteran or transitioning Servicemember with a service-connected disability (of 10% or more) seeking career opportunities; the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program (VR&E) program (sometimes referred to as the Chapter 31 program) helps prepare for, obtain, and maintain suitable careers.
Apply online at:
https://rly.pt/VocRehab
Fill out VA form 28-1900 “Disabled Veterans Application for Vocational Rehabilitation”
You can find the form at: https://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/vba-28-1900-are.pdf
Mail the form to your closest VA Regional Office.
Services for Employers
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E), employs over 70 Employment Coordinators (EC) nationwide. ECs are here to partner with businesses in addressing their needs, We can assist in providing your company with motivated, well skilled work force, and also assist our nations Veterans in the process. If you are a business with recruitment needs please contact VR&E, Employment Services [login to see] .
Amazon-
https://rly.pt/Amazon
The Global Military Affairs team is focused on hiring, developing, and retaining the best and the brightest military talent available for positions within Amazon through various programs and initiatives. We seek to be the earth’s most military friendly company by also improving the lives of veterans, their families, and our communities through innovative solutions.
Military Spouse Programs at Amazon-
Amazon values the diversity in demographics and skills that military spouses bring to the workforce. The Military Spouse Program Manager is building internal programs to educate hiring managers, develop internal processes to allow for seamless PCSing, and external programs to connect Military Spouses to career at Amazon.
Blue Star Families-
https://rly.pt/BSF
BSF's Spouseforce program is a free career portal designed by military spouses to help military spouses in their career journey. We connect military spouses to training, mentoring and career opportunities through a variety of partnerships. To date, we've delivered over $55M in economic impact to our communities through this effort. Interested military spouses can begin their career journey with Blue Star Families by completing the simple 3-step process at our Spouseforce portal: https://rly.pt/spouseforce
Walmart-
https://rly.pt/Walmart
Walgreens-
https://rly.pt/Walgreens
USAA-
https://rly.pt/USAA
American Corporate Partners-
https://rly.pt/ACP
Nationwide nonprofit ACP (acp-usa.org) connects post-9/11 veterans with mentors at 80+ top-tier companies like Coca-Cola, Deloitte, IBM, Major League Baseball, Raytheon and Wells Fargo for one-on-one, customized, free yearlong mentorships. Whether you're new to the private sector, looking for advice about how to make a career change or feel stagnant in your current role, a mentor can help you find and maintain meaningful employment. In 2019, nearly 2,000 veterans found a new job with their ACP mentor’s assistance. Since 2008, more than 17,000 service members and veterans have already completed their yearlong mentorship with ACP, and 98% would recommend the program to fellow veterans. To start your mentorship, visit http://www.acp-usa.org/mentoring and complete a Protégé application today, as mentorship openings are limited.
LinkedIn-
https://rly.pt/LIpremium
https://rly.pt/LImilitary
DOL-
DOL VETS: http://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets and http://www.veterans.gov
DOL resources to help workers and employers: http://www.dol.gov/coronavirus
Unemployment Compensation FAQs: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/VETS/files/unemployment-benefits-for-student-veterans-fact-sheet.pdf
HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program: http://www.HIREVets.gov
SMSgt Julieann Torres, Healthcare Recruitment Consultant - VHA Workforce Recruitment
TSgt Renetta Bradford, Manager at Veteran/Military Spouse Employment Program (VEMSEP)
Timothy Johnston, Supervisor, VBA Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment
The Honorable Cheryl Mason, VA, Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals
CPO (Join to see), Senior Program Manager, Global Military Affairs at Amazon
PO1 Nicholas Curry, Senior Program Manager, AWS Military Programs at Amazon
Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO and President at Blue Star Families
COL Brynt Parmeter, Senior Director Military Programs at Walmart
Maj James Wood, VP Federal Programs at Walgreens
Maj Michael Kelly, VP Military Advocacy at USAA
Cpl Tim Cochrane, SVP, Business Development at American Corporate Partners
CPT Sarah Roberts, Head of Military and Veterans Programs at LinkedIn
Learn more about each organization;
VA Careers-
https://rly.pt/VACareers
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has an unwavering commitment to support our Veterans, and that includes helping them build rewarding careers within our health care system. VA gives Veterans—particularly those with disabilities—hiring preference for any available positions. We value the special skills and unique perspectives Veterans bring to the table. And we understand that by sharing your experiences, you can continue a life of service, helping other Veterans heal and cope with being back home.
At VA, we also recognize that military spouses are educated, qualified and ready to serve the nation’s Veterans and their families. That is why VA partners with the Department of Defense Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) program to help recruit, hire, promote and retain military spouses in meaningful careers at VA. If you’re a military spouse looking for employment, consider working at VA. We offer competitive pay, premium-support group health insurance and remote work options. You can even earn up to $4,000 in tuition to pursue licensing in targeted fields through the My Career Advancement Account scholarship.
For more details on VA employment opportunities for Veterans and military spouses, visit: https://rly.pt/VACareers
Services for Veterans and Transitioning Servicemembers-
If you are a Veteran or transitioning Servicemember with a service-connected disability (of 10% or more) seeking career opportunities; the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program (VR&E) program (sometimes referred to as the Chapter 31 program) helps prepare for, obtain, and maintain suitable careers.
Apply online at:
https://rly.pt/VocRehab
Fill out VA form 28-1900 “Disabled Veterans Application for Vocational Rehabilitation”
You can find the form at: https://www.vba.va.gov/pubs/forms/vba-28-1900-are.pdf
Mail the form to your closest VA Regional Office.
Services for Employers
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E), employs over 70 Employment Coordinators (EC) nationwide. ECs are here to partner with businesses in addressing their needs, We can assist in providing your company with motivated, well skilled work force, and also assist our nations Veterans in the process. If you are a business with recruitment needs please contact VR&E, Employment Services [login to see] .
Amazon-
https://rly.pt/Amazon
The Global Military Affairs team is focused on hiring, developing, and retaining the best and the brightest military talent available for positions within Amazon through various programs and initiatives. We seek to be the earth’s most military friendly company by also improving the lives of veterans, their families, and our communities through innovative solutions.
Military Spouse Programs at Amazon-
Amazon values the diversity in demographics and skills that military spouses bring to the workforce. The Military Spouse Program Manager is building internal programs to educate hiring managers, develop internal processes to allow for seamless PCSing, and external programs to connect Military Spouses to career at Amazon.
Blue Star Families-
https://rly.pt/BSF
BSF's Spouseforce program is a free career portal designed by military spouses to help military spouses in their career journey. We connect military spouses to training, mentoring and career opportunities through a variety of partnerships. To date, we've delivered over $55M in economic impact to our communities through this effort. Interested military spouses can begin their career journey with Blue Star Families by completing the simple 3-step process at our Spouseforce portal: https://rly.pt/spouseforce
Walmart-
https://rly.pt/Walmart
Walgreens-
https://rly.pt/Walgreens
USAA-
https://rly.pt/USAA
American Corporate Partners-
https://rly.pt/ACP
Nationwide nonprofit ACP (acp-usa.org) connects post-9/11 veterans with mentors at 80+ top-tier companies like Coca-Cola, Deloitte, IBM, Major League Baseball, Raytheon and Wells Fargo for one-on-one, customized, free yearlong mentorships. Whether you're new to the private sector, looking for advice about how to make a career change or feel stagnant in your current role, a mentor can help you find and maintain meaningful employment. In 2019, nearly 2,000 veterans found a new job with their ACP mentor’s assistance. Since 2008, more than 17,000 service members and veterans have already completed their yearlong mentorship with ACP, and 98% would recommend the program to fellow veterans. To start your mentorship, visit http://www.acp-usa.org/mentoring and complete a Protégé application today, as mentorship openings are limited.
LinkedIn-
https://rly.pt/LIpremium
https://rly.pt/LImilitary
DOL-
DOL VETS: http://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets and http://www.veterans.gov
DOL resources to help workers and employers: http://www.dol.gov/coronavirus
Unemployment Compensation FAQs: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/VETS/files/unemployment-benefits-for-student-veterans-fact-sheet.pdf
HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program: http://www.HIREVets.gov
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pI will work in any position, but I am limited by back injuries and can't stand for long periods of time? I wil work hard. earn my pay and don't need supervision. I will more than earn my pay.
Maj James Wood
Hi Eugene! Walgreens can work with you to ensure that you're allowed sufficient time to rest when needed. For openings, please check out our careers site: https://jobs.walgreens.com/
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Maj James Wood
For Walgreens positions, You can apply directly using our jobs page. You can then search by job titles in the "keyword" field and sort by location and radius that is best suited for you.
https://jobs.walgreens.com/
https://jobs.walgreens.com/
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COL Brynt Parmeter
Check out https://careers.walmart.com/ to learn more!
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Maj Michael Kelly
visit http://www.usaajobs.com you can search by location and job category
Browse available job openings at USAA
PO1 Nicholas Curry
Recommend you attend one of our weekly webinars. The Military Affairs teams hosts them and invites a variety of recruiters to each event. You can find the events in June here https://amazonmilitarywebinarseries.splashthat.com/
Amazon Military Affairs Webinair Series - Splash
Join our Veteran and Military Spouse Informational Webinars!If you are veteran, transitioning service member or military spouse, we encourage you to join our virtual hiring event. Amazon currently has over 40,000 open roles that can provide great careers in a wide variety of fields. Join the webinar to hear from different Amazon leaders about roles in Operations, IT, HR, Maintenance, Program Management and more. No matter your rank, MOS, or...
What opportunities might exists for veterans who left the service as a whistle blower? There are many dedicated former military-like myself- who want to continue to serve, but were forced to leave the military early because the role they played in revealing a problem and subsequent retaliation. Are veterans stigmatized when their careers seem to end abruptly after an incident or report of a crime? How does a future employee view these servicemembers? Are we employable?
Maj Michael Kelly
Most employers wouldn't even know about those experiences unless they were self revealed. At USAA we judge each candidate on their qualifications for the role applied for.
Maj James Wood
Hi Paula, For a list of all current positions: Please visit https://jobs.walgreens.com/ for a list of all current openings within Walgreens.
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I am disabled in my knees and back. So standing is not an option in a job. I have years of experience in the construction trades mostly in plumbing, also in supervision. Good with Microsoft word etc.
I’m having trouble finding something where I able to use my skills to enhance a companies output.
I’m having trouble finding something where I able to use my skills to enhance a companies output.
I am currently retired, but I’m interested in working part time (preferably mornings). My spouse had a stroke a few years back and typically sleeps mornings.
Maj James Wood
Hi Terry, Walgreens has part-time positions available. Scheduling needs vary store-to-store but can usually be flexible with part time workers. Please visit our careers site for openings in your area: https://jobs.walgreens.com/
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PO1 Nicholas Curry
We're a company of pioneers. It's our job to make bold bets, and we get our energy from inventing on behalf of customers. Success is measured against the possible, not the probable. For today’s pioneers, that’s exactly why there’s no place on Earth they’d rather build than Amazon.
I don’t believe that Amazon is a Veteran friendly company, I worked there last year. I has several shifts during the holidays and then only had one shift every two weeks. I started another job full time and was told that I could work their anymore unless I could work full time. I would not recommend spending any time or effort with Amazon. Several other employees had the same experience.
I too appreciate so very much the support on the hiring side. I would like to see more help offered during the new-hire integration period in the form of job coaching, or even peer mentoring for those veterans whose disabilities do not always show on the outside, meaning those resources would be already within that hiring organization. I am specifically talking about someone particularly trained to liaison with HR or a new hire's manager -- who can iron out early fears, or adjustments that may seem small or petty to a seasoned employee, but can be a big problem to a veteran who is suffering in silence after taking the huge step of joining a new team. Many times, I think that otherwise valuable employees become misunderstood when the issues of PTSD lead to peer ostracization, or leadership thinks "drug use" and sends the new hire out for a second test - when that is not the case at all. Veterans can integrate fully with just a little more understanding early on.
Maj James Wood
Hi Carolynn, Walgreens offers quality onboarding & training to our new hires. These issues aren't always fully understood by all parties but certainly deserves more time and consideration to ensure that veterans who may be suffering from these conditions are treated fairly. One of the great programs Walgreens has to offer is the HERO program, where our veterans are assigned a mentor throughout their orientation and onboarding experience to get the support they need that they are set up for success.
As the Spouse and Caregiver to a Service-Connected Disabled Veteran, I would think there are many others in my same position who would be interested in a Living-Wage telecommute position, that would enable the Veteran Spouse to work from home and still care for the Veteran. I would think that the desire to repatriate Customer Service jobs has never been greater. Are these positions available? If so, which Companies and positions? Telehealth is another area of growth. My personal experience with USAA and Amazon has been exceptional as far as the people providing Customer Service and assistance. Customers who are hard of hearing or older, can find it difficult to understand what is being said over a phone or VOIP. Clear English, spoken in a slower manner can be very helpful.
The Honorable Cheryl Mason
Kimberlee - the VA often hires for these positions. You can check out the VA Careers website or USAJOBS.
Kathy Roth-Douquet
Kimlerlee, Our Blue Star Careers team supports Caregivers by offering 1:1 support by identifying best career options to join the workforce while supporting their "Caregiver" role, making it a smooth transition. Find out more, https://spouseforce.bluestarfam.org/auth/signup
Kimberlee McDermott
The Honorable Cheryl Mason - USAJOBS seems to be a nightmare of Spam and tail chasing, but thank you.
Kimberlee McDermott
The two areas I am good in are 1) I know what I can do, and 2) I know what I am worth. Thank you for the comments and information.
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