Veterans'
specialists will:
- help you organize your job search,
- work with you to design your own personal employment plan,
a comprehensive and flexible way to help you manage your job search,
- assist you with writing your resume, and
- help you to develop your job leads.
Visit your nearest One-Stop Career Center to talk to a veterans'
specialist. You can also look for job leads in the state and across
the country through Massachusetts
JobQuest
Local
Veterans' Employment Representatives
Local Veterans' Employment Representatives (LVERs) are state employees
located in the state's One-Stop Career Centers. Their job is to
provide job search services to veterans by:
- supervising the provision of all services to veterans including
counseling, testing, and identifying training and employment opportunities;
- monitoring job listings from federal contractors to see that
eligible veterans get priority in referrals to these jobs;
- monitoring federal department and agency vacancies listed at
local One-Stop Centers processing complaints from veterans about
the observance of veterans' preference by federal employers;
- promoting and monitoring the participation of veterans in federally-funded
employment and training programs;
- cooperating with the Department
of Veterans Affairs to identify and aid veterans who need
work-specific prosthetic devices, sensory aids or other special
equipment to improve their employability; and
- contacting community leaders, employers, unions, training programs
and veterans' service organizations to be sure eligible veterans
get the services to which they are entitled.
For more information about U.S. Department of Labor employment
and training programs for veterans, contact the Veterans'
Employment and Training Service office nearest you, listed in
the phone book in the United States Government under the Labor Department.
Disabled
Veterans' Outreach
Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) specialists develop job
and training opportunities for veterans, with special emphasis on
veterans with service-connected disabilities.
DVOP specialists provide direct services to veterans to help them
to compete in the labor market. They provide outreach and offer
assistance to disabled and other veterans by promoting community
and employer support for employment and training opportunities,
including apprenticeship and on-the-job training.
DVOP specialists work with employers, veterans' organizations,
the U. S.Department of Veterans Affairs
and the U. S. Department
of Defense, and community-based organizations to link veterans
with appropriate jobs and training opportunities.
DVOP specialists serve as case managers for veterans enrolled in
federally-funded job training programs such as the Department of
Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation program, and other veterans
with serious disadvantages in the job market. DVOPs are available
to those veterans and their employers to help ensure that necessary
follow up services are provided to promote job retention.
The U.S. Department of Labor provides
funding for DVOP specialist positions. These specialists are located
in One-Stop Career Centers across the state.
DVOP specialists may also be stationed at regional offices and
medical or veterans' outreach centers of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, state or county veterans' service offices, community-based
organizations, and military installations.
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