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Veterans Career Opportunity
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What is the role of employers and industry organizations?
Ready to Work Training Organizations ... must include employers ... and/or industry organizations ... in two ways:
1. ) as one of the entities included in the primary partnership, as defined in Section III.A Eligible Applicants, and ...
2. ) as part of a pre-condition - requiring documentation - that demonstrates the active involvement of at least three employers or a regional industry association with at least three employers representing the industry(ies)/occupations(s) and service areas targeted through the project, as defined in Section III.E.1 Pre-Condition: Required Documentation of Employer Commitment.
Department of Labor (DOL) particularly encourage partnerships that include multiple employers in an industry cluster, which is a concentration of interconnected businesses, suppliers, research and development, service providers, and associated institutions in a particular field that are linked by common workforce needs. Working with multiple businesses helps ensure that training prepares workers for a range of employer needs in a specific industry, making participants more employable and giving businesses a stronger employee pool.
The roles employers will play can include: defining the program goals and activities; identifying necessary skills and competencies; providing resources to support education/training (such as equipment, instructors, funding, internships, or OJT and other work-based learning activities); providing assistance with program design and implementation; hiring qualified participants who complete grant-funded education and training programs, and helping to solicit employer feedback on the skills and competencies of workers completing training and placed into employment.
Hiring veterans isn’t just the patriotic thing to do – it’s good for business.
Veterans and their spouses are among the most talented and skilled members of America’s workforce. However, due to the unique challenges they face, transitioning service members, veterans, and their spouses are confronted with obstacles impeding their employment prospects.
As the President has said, "no veteran who fought for this nation should have to fight for a job when they return home".
The President’s tax credits to help veterans get back to work, combined with additional steps the Administration has taken to improve the transition from military service to civilian employment, have started to reduce veterans’ unemployment.
In August of 2011, the President challenged businesses to hire or train 100,000 unemployed veterans or their spouses by the end of 2013.
Since then, businesses have hired and trained more than 380,000 veterans and military spouses. Companies have also committed to hire or train an additional 435,000 veterans and their spouses by the end of 2018.