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HOT JOBS

LinkedIn®

VA has partnered with LinkedIn® to add their robust job search services to the toolkit VA provides through the Transition Assistance Program. Servicemembers, Veterans, and their spouses can import their LinkedIn® profiles directly to the Veterans Employment Center™ (VEC). LinkedIn® is also offering a one-year Job Seeker Subscription, valued at more than $360, at no-cost for all Veterans.

Transitioning Servicemembers, Veterans, and their families are encouraged to create a

The Bunker

The Bunker is a network of Veteran-focused start-up business incubators. Through a partnership with VA, The Bunker will support Veteran entrepreneurship throughout the country by improving access to resources, funding, and a network of fellow Veteran entrepreneurs. The Bunker will provide entrepreneurship learning materials for VEC™ and entrepreneurship-based training at select future Learning Hub locations.

The Mission Continues

The Mission Continues is a non-profit organization that provides Veterans with community service opportunities and paid fellowships in communities nationwide.

Through our partnership, local chapters of The Mission Continues, called Service Platoons, will work with VA to support and amplify Veteran economic opportunity efforts. As previously mentioned, The Mission Continues will also play a critical role in deploying Learning Hubs later this summer.

profile on the VEC™ to connect directly to employers who have made a commitment to hire them. VEC™ users can search more than 2.2 million job postings, access the Military Skills Translator to translate their military skills into language civilian employers understand, and find information on special government and partner programs.

To learn how to take advantage of the Job Seeker Subscription, visit https://specialedition.linkedin.com/veteran-job-seeker/.

To create a profile on the VEC™, go to https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/jobs.