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Texas College Credit for Heroes Program Searching for Takers

_{Seven (7) Texas colleges are offering a unique program where your Military Training and Expertise may be transferred into College Credits. The colleges will provide models for awarding college credit by evaluating military training, including testing and prior learning assessments which other Texas colleges may replicate. There will be a focus on allied health careers, and the initiative will partner with the Military Education Training Center (METC) in San Antonio to provide current active duty service members with an accelerated degree plan. To learn more and determine eligibility, contact the Texas Workforce Commission at (512) 463-8942}

Free Training For Veteran's – Prepare for your Next Step

By Barbara Adams, CPRW, CEIP, CMRC, CFRW
www.militaryresumewriters.com and www.careerproplus.com

CareerPro Global and Mindflash have teamed up to offer a powerful e-learning software platform. The reason for the partnership is that we are both offering our services for free as part of a much larger, high-visibility initiative for veterans that are coming soon from the White House.

The link to the free training is below, and it's really designed to get you thinking about some of the very first steps you should take as you transition out of the military and into the civilian world. With over a million people projected to get out of the military in the next few years, this training is more important than ever.

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Future courses will cover topics such as resume writing and interviewing, but as you'll see, we think that the first steps should be all about defining and refining your vision before developing your actual resume and other application materials.

We really value your feedback! This draft of the course is still a work in progress. We are inviting you to watch it today so that we can get your feedback and make the course even better in time for the White House initiative. Please take a look, enjoy, and then provide us with feedback either here or on our facebook pages.

Veterans Transition HQ facebook page

CareerPro Global's facebook page

And of course, you can always email me directly at badams@careerprocenter.net

Thank you for your service, and Happy Belated Veterans Day

Barbara Adams, President and CEO of CareerPro Global (CPG), the parent company of www.careerproplus.com and www.militaryresumewriters.com, has been a member of the careers community for the past 20 years. Ms. Adams holds four prestigious industry certifications. CareerPro Global is the only ISO 9001-2008 Certified Career Service in the industry, as well as one of the fastest-growing Military, Federal, and Civilian Resume-Writing and Careers-Coaching companies. The team of Certified Professional Federal and Military Resume Writers at CPG assist thousands of clients in applying for and gaining employment each year. We can help you land your military to civilian job.

US Labor Department, Microsoft announce new resources for veterans

Partnership will provide no-cost training and certifications to veterans in California, Florida, Texas, Virginia and Washington communities

WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced last week a new partnership with Microsoft Corp. to provide veterans with vouchers for no-cost training and certifications that can lead to important industry-recognized credentials. The voucher program will serve veterans in five communities with the highest number of returning post-9/11 era veterans: Seattle, Wash.; San Diego, Calif., Houston, Texas; Northern Virginia; and Jacksonville, Fla.

"In today's competitive, high-tech economy, specialized training is often a prerequisite for employment," said Secretary Hilda L. Solis. "The program will help our returning heroes gain access to the training and certifications they need to land good jobs in growing industries."

Each area will receive 1,000 vouchers per year for two years, totaling 10,000 vouchers. Microsoft will provide in-person support to ensure that the recipients succeed in the training and certifications. Additionally, the local workforce systems will help connect the veterans and their spouses with potential employers in their areas.

"Veterans have served our country bravely, have superb military training, and have developed valuable leadership, management and diplomatic skills," said Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel and executive vice president. "We hope that by providing additional access to training and other employment resources, we will help close the opportunity divide for more of our servicemen and women, as well as their spouses, who have also made great sacrifices."

Additional information about this initiative, including specific locations where the vouchers will be distributed, is available at www.dol.gov.vets.

Intel Launches Veteran's Employment Training Program

In support of the White House 'Joining Forces' initiative, Intel Corporation announced a partnership to launch the Intel Veteran's Employment Training program, or Intel VET, a new program designed to provide veterans with training and mentoring services as they transition from a military career to employment in the private sector.

Intel VET provides support to veterans by offering services such as behavioral interview training, mock interviews, mentor matching, one-on-one coaching and computer skills training. Resume decoding and translation training will also be provided, helping veterans translate military occupation specialties and career experience into key corporate language.

Intel is leveraging its existing Intel Computer Clubhouse Network (ICCN) to provide technology training and coaching for veterans and their partners looking for employment. ICCN is a community-based after-school technology learning program that allows youth to use professional hardware and software to create computer-based projects. The ICCN resources will be expanded to open up computer and technology training to veterans.

For more information, visit www.intel.com/jobs/careers/veterans.

Employer – Veteran Skills perceptions

As jobseekers and employers work to find the best fit for both, a new survey points out some differences in which skills each perceive as valued. Getting a handle on meeting the employers' skill needs could give you the advantage when it comes hiring time

Below are the skills Veterans see, according to the just released Monster Veteran Talent Index, as the most important the Veteran learned during their time of service. While employers agree military personnel bring relevant skills to civilian jobs, what employers' rate as valued differs from veteran perceptions. These are the skills veterans ranked in order, as important and in parenthesis how employers surveyed view those same skills:

Additionally, the top two undervalued skills employers' desire, don't even show up in the veterans' assessment; Concentrate for long periods and Creativity. One thing to keep in mind when looking at this list is it is data from all types of employers. But, it also isn't black and white information from all types of employers.

The best advice would be to research the employer and or type of employment and what skills are best desired, and then use the best examples of your skills in those desirable areas.