A Family Hoedown event is planned for Sunday, March 11, from 3-7 p.m. at the Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott. There will be live music, dancing, and entertainment, raffles and silent auction to raise funds for Blue Star Mothers' non-profit organization, serving military families in Yavapai County. Join the fun - show your support for local military families - and donations are always appreciated.
If you want to see heart-warming Welcome Home videos from returning soldiers, or share your own story, see the Welcome Home Blog at: http://welcomehomeblog.com/
Do you want to build your credentials for advancement or employment? Yavapai College now offers an online Management Certificate option to help you get ahead. The courses for this certificate also build into the Associates in Management and beyond. See more information on the Yavapai College Fast-Track Management webpage at: http://www.yc.edu/fast-track
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Friday, March 9, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Jobs and Education for Veterans
If you want to view some of the many resources to help veterans obtain jobs, this website from the White House has several in one handy place:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces/resources
There are links to connect you to veteran-friendly employers, virtual job fairs, careers that match with your goals, and opportunities for military spouses too.
If you’re job hunting, in addition to your local job service agency and job fairs, you might want to check out any of the following resources. **Be very careful of Internet job postings, as many of them are tools for
identity theft: if an online job application asks for an SSN or bank information, it is probably fraudulent. Here are some legitimate job search sites: http://vetjobs.com, www.vacareers.va.gov, www.militaryhire.com, www.hireheroesusa.org, http://job.irs.gov, http://jobs.vetfriends.com, and www.monster.com
From www.Military.com, “Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced legislation, US Senate Bill 2116, the Military and Veterans Education Protection Act, which is intended to improve the current laws
regarding educational benefits for our nation's military service members and veterans. The proposed legislation focuses on what some in Congress believe to be a remedy for for-profit schools targeting and aggressively recruiting service members and veterans, in order to ‘make a quick buck off of (the military's) hard-earned benefits.’ " Read more at:
http://www.military.com/education/content/keys-to-success/senators-move-to-protect-student-veterans.html?ESRC=education.nl
http://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces/resources
There are links to connect you to veteran-friendly employers, virtual job fairs, careers that match with your goals, and opportunities for military spouses too.
If you’re job hunting, in addition to your local job service agency and job fairs, you might want to check out any of the following resources. **Be very careful of Internet job postings, as many of them are tools for
identity theft: if an online job application asks for an SSN or bank information, it is probably fraudulent. Here are some legitimate job search sites: http://vetjobs.com, www.vacareers.va.gov, www.militaryhire.com, www.hireheroesusa.org, http://job.irs.gov, http://jobs.vetfriends.com, and www.monster.com
From www.Military.com, “Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced legislation, US Senate Bill 2116, the Military and Veterans Education Protection Act, which is intended to improve the current laws
regarding educational benefits for our nation's military service members and veterans. The proposed legislation focuses on what some in Congress believe to be a remedy for for-profit schools targeting and aggressively recruiting service members and veterans, in order to ‘make a quick buck off of (the military's) hard-earned benefits.’ " Read more at:
http://www.military.com/education/content/keys-to-success/senators-move-to-protect-student-veterans.html?ESRC=education.nl
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