Active Duty Military & Veterans
The CSUSM Career Center is committed to offering veterans and active duty students
and alumni opportunities to find meaningful and enjoyable employment. We offer a variety
of services to help you throughout your education and as you transition into the workforce.
In addition to full time career positions, we can assist students in the search for
part time or internship positions to compliment your educational experience. Whether
you need help with choosing a major/career, writing a resume, learning job search
skills, negotiating salary, or finding employment, we are here to help.
The role of the Career Center is to act as an education agency rather than an employment/placement
agency. We want to help veterans and active duty students and alumni in determining
career goals to launch their careers. We can play an important supportive role in
this process to ensure you maximize your potential and take advantage of the vast
resources available to you.
EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES/VETERANS JOB RESOURCES:
- Best for Vets
Military Time's EDGE surveyed companies and top government contractors in three areas:
recruiting, corporate culture and reserve policies.
- Corporate Gray
A step-by-step approach to the military-to-civilian job search process, with many
helpful tips along the way. Many employment opportunities offered by military firms.
- Helmets to Hardhats
Helps military, reservists, guardsmen to transition from active duty to a career
in the construction industry.
- Hire Heroes USA
Provides a personal approach for creating job opportunities for veterans and their
spouses where each veteran receives dedicated assistance from staff members.
- Military Hire
A military hiring network where former military personnel can seek careers and utilize
their professional skills.
- Military to Civilian
For employers and job seekers who can use multiple sites to find jobs or to find
someone who is in need of a job. Military officers, non-commissioned officers and
technicians can expect to be placed in civilian career fields.
- New Directions, Inc
Resources to ease the transition of veterans from combat to civilian life, and to
help men and women avoid problems such as drug or alcohol abuse, serious mental illness,
poverty and homelessness. Operation Welcome Home offers a broad array of services
to OEF/OIF veterans, including case management, legal assistance, job training and
referrals, family reunification, individual and group therapy, and assistance with
housing.
- Project Return to Work
Provides career counseling services to Americans with disabilities interested in
returning to the workforce. R2W incorporates advanced technologies, methodologies,
and an online evaluation process to assist clients with finding the jobs they enjoy
doing most.
- Reboot
Consists of a three-week workshop, in San Diego and other locations, provided by
the National Veterans Transition Services, Inc. to help veterans ease back into civilian
life after military service.
- Recruit Military
A veteran-owned firm that provides education, veteran jobs and civilian careers,
new business and franchise ownership, training, and much more.
- Soar Consulting
Specializes in military transition jobs, matching transitioning junior military
officers (JMOs) and enlisted leaders and with companies
- Swords to Plowshares
Veterans work one-on-one with job counselors to address their individual needs, overcome
obstacles to employment, and determine a long-term career plan. The Career Pathways
program trains military veterans for jobs in high-growth, high-wage industries, such
as clean energy, green marketing, transportation and healthcare.
- Vet Jobs
VetJobs is available to assist ALL members of "The United States Military Family"
to transition. This includes Officer and Enlisted, Active Duty, Transitioning Military,
Reservists, Veterans, Retirees of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps,
Merchant Marine, National Guard, Navy, NOAA and Public Health Service along with Trailing
Spouses, Eligible Former Spouses, Widows, Widowers and Dependents and DOD civilians.
SKILL ASSESSMENT:
TRANSITIONING:
GOVERNMENT SITES:
- Center for Women Vets
Information specific to women Veterans’ benefits, including education and training,
home loans, employment, and more.
- eBenefits *NEW*
A central location for Veterans, Service Members, and their families to research,
find, access, and, in time, manage their benefits and personal information to build
resumes, and translate military skills into private-sector skills.
- Elaws’ Veterans’ Issues
Provides information on equal opportunity in hiring and employment services.
- Vet Center
Provides a broad range of counseling/outreach and referral services.
VETERAN'S ASSOCIATIONS:
- National Veterans Foundation
A national program designed to increase the amount of veterans who wish to join the
work force in creating a community in which makes transitioning to civilian life easier.
- Paralyzed Veterans of America
Finding paralyzed veterans a place to recuperate and eventually find a comfortable
living style with a specific community that works with their preferences as well as
with medical assistance programs.
BOOKS:
- Expert Resumes for Military to Civilian Transitions. Wendy Enelow & Louise Kursmark. 2009. Jist Works.
- Job Search: Marketing You Military Experience (5th edition). David Henderson. 2009. Stackpole Books.
- Jobseeker's Guide: Navigating the Federal Job System for Transitioning Military Personnel
and Family Members of Active Duty Military (5th edition). Katherine Troutman. 2012. The Resume Place.
- Marching to College: Turning Military Experience into College Admissions. Sean Green. 2004. Princeton Review.
- Military to Civilian Career Transition Guide: The Essential Job Search Handbook for
Service Members (2nd Edition). Janet Farley. 2009. Jist Works.
- Military to Federal Career Guide: Ten Steps to Transforming Your Military Experience
Into A Competitive Federal Resume. Emily Troutman, Katherine Troutman, and Ed Roscoe. 2006. The Resume Place Press.
- Military to Federal Career Guide (2nd Edition): Federal Resume Writing for Veterans. Katherine Troutman. The Resume Place.
- Military Transition to Civilian Success. Caryl and Ronald Krannich. 2006. Impact Publications.
- Transition Planning for Students with Disabilities: What Educators and Service Providers
Can Do. Jeffrey Bakken and Festus Obiakov. 2008. C.C. Thomas Ltd.
- Quick Military Transition Guide: Seven Steps to Landing a Civilian Guide. Jane Farley. 2013. Jist Works.
- Military-to-Civilian Resumes and Letters: How to Best Communicate Your Strengths to
Employers (3rd Edition). Carl S. Savino and Ronald Krannich. 2007. Impact Publications.
- Military-to-Civilian Transition Guide: A Career Transition Guide for Army, Navy, Air
Force, Marine, Coast Guard Personnel, and Veterans (14th Edition). Ronald Krannich and CarL Savino. 2010. Impact Publications.
- Out of Uniform: Your Guide to a Successful Military-to-Civilian Career Transition. Tom Wolfe. 2011. Potomac Books