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Veteran's Services

Under federal law, veterans may receive preferential services for job placement services, as well as other programs. The Dubuque Workforce Development Center has a Veteran’s Employment Specialist – coordinating all services provided to veterans. Services include counseling, testing and identifying training and employment opportunities. The Veterans' Services Team monitors job listings from federal agencies and federal contractors to ensure that veterans get priority of service in referral to these jobs, and work closely with clients of Veterans Administration Vocational Rehabilitation. 

In addition, they conduct active outreach programs with employers, community and veterans’ organizations, unions, and local counseling and social service agencies to make sure veterans know about and receive the services for which they are eligible. They also work with veterans to place them in federally funded employment and training programs, develop job interviewing and résumé writing skills, help veterans conduct productive job searches and access job listings through electronic databases. 

Veterans and their families may visit the SAMHSA website which provides valuable information on prevention, treatment, and recovery support for mental health and substance use disorders. Publications, fact sheets, and links to relevant agencies are provided along with information on SAMHSA-funded programs, agency activities, and training and technical assistance opportunities.  

Veteran Services Region 1
Workforce Development Center
Please feel free to contact us with
your staffing needs or questions:
(563) 556-5800 or (866)227-9874
Fax: (563) 556-0154

Employer Related Links
Concerning Veteran Issues:

• America's Heroes at Work
  Supporting the Employment Success of Returning Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) & Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
  http://www.AmericasHeroesAtWork.gov/

• U.S. Department of Labor
  Veterans' Employment and Training Service - your best resource for veteran employment information.
  http://www.dol.gov/vets/welcome.html

• Transition Assistance Online
  http://www.taonline.com
  The way to link transitioning military with employers. Lots of resources for employers.

• Military Rank Insignia
  http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/
  almanac/almanac/people/insignias/
  Military rank is more than just who salutes whom. Military rank is a badge of leadership. Responsibility for personnel, equipment, and mission grows with each increase in rank. 

• Military Pay Charts
  http://www.dod.mil/dfas/
  Use this site to discover what the veteran was earning while in the military.

• National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
  http://www.esgr.org/
  Assists reservists and national guardsmen with employer-employee conflicts; promotes increased communications between employers and their reservist employees.

• Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
  http://www.dtic.mil/
  If you don't understand the military terminology on a résumé check out this site. This data base holds the index to the DoD Dictionary Database.

• Operation Transition Home Page 
  http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/ot/index.html
  A résumé registry and referral system, provides résumés of military and federal civilian personnel and their spouses to potential employers -- free of charge. 

• VetJobs.com, Inc.
  http://www.vetjobs.com/
  As a chamber of commerce small business member, you are eligible to utilize this service at any time to post job openings or search the résumé database.

• Department of Veteran's Affairs Home Page
  http://www.va.gov

• Publication and Reports
  http://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/default.cfm

• Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
  http://www.esgr.org/userra.asp

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