Website helps veterans find work

AP via LA Times ^ | 6/14/07

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Wednesday that it has created a website to help veterans who face difficulty returning to jobs or finding new ones after deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Michael Dominguez, principal deputy undersecretary of Defense, said the program, dubbed TurboTAP, seeks to improve on the Transition Assistance Program by letting National Guard and Reserve members get job data, build a resume online and do a job search, all in one place.

Veterans also can access "helpful checklists" regarding key things they should be doing after leaving the military and get direct e-mail access to Labor Department career centers at the site, http://www.turbotap.org .

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I assert as fact from experience that the finest employees are those who wore the uniform of our country. These are the best Americans of all. Give them a chance and you will not be sorry, period. Thank you troops, way to go! The only question for you, "When can you start?"

[Thrownatbirth]

Defense contractors always want enlisted expertise in technical and admin. areas. Your advice is sorely needed to help these civilian firms navigate DoD paperwork, military specs and just dealing with active duty customers. A lot of Nam E-3s and above are doing very well these days.

[Little_shoe]

Ill tell you trying to find a good employer has been one of the major problems since I got out a year and a half ago. Ive tried career fairs, headhunters, and the state job assistance people. No luck.