Veteran Services

• Job search assistance
  
• Job training opportunities
  
• Free workshops
  
• Assistance in creating resumes
  
• Internet access
  
• Telephone access
  
• Unemployment information
  
• Job referrals and follow up
  
• Assessments
  
• One on one career counseling
  
• Developing of an individual employment plan
  
• On-the-Job training
  

Job search and information on training services are available to all  veterans at each American Job Center  .   

Additional service may be available if you meet one or more of the following:  

• A special disabled or disabled veteran; Special disabled and disabled veterans are those who are:
  ---entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation: under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs; or,
  ---were discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability;
• Homeless, as defined in Section 103(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act;
• A recently-separated service member, (Within 3 years of End of Active Service) who at any point in the previous 12 months has been unemployed for 27 or more consecutive weeks;
• An offender, who has been released from incarceration within the last 12 months;
• In need of a high school diploma or equivalent certificate;
• Low-income as defined by the State;
• Between the ages of 18—24

Military Resources

Wellness Resources for the Military Community 

  http://www.afterdeployment.org/web/guest/home

Application for 10 Point Vet Preference 

  http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf

Career One-Stop for Military and Spouses 

  http://www.careeronestop.org/militarytransition/

DD214 Requests from National Archives 

  http://www.archives.gov/veterans/

G.I. Jobs Magazine 

  http://www.gijobs.com/

Goodwill Online Learning 

  http://www.gcflearnfree.org/default3d.aspx

GOV - Central Guide for Government Jobs 

  http://govcentral.monster.com/

Military Handbooks 

  http://www.militaryhandbooks.com/

Military Onesource

  http://www.militaryonesource.com/

Newslink to Newspapers Nationwide 

  http://www.newslink.org/

Occupational Net Online 

  http://online.onetcenter.org/

TN Department of Labor and Workforce Development Veteran's Guide 

  http://www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/veterans.htm

Transition Assistance 

  http://www.turbotap.org/register.tpp

US Department of Labor - Veterans 

  http://www.dol.gov/vets/

US Department of Labor elaws 

  http://www.dol.gov/elaws/evets.htm

USA Jobs (Employment with Federal Government) 

  http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

VA - National Center for PTSD 

  http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

Veterans Administration 

  http://va.gov/

VA - Veterans Benefits Booklet 

  http://www1.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book.asp

VetCentral Job Link 

  http://www.jobcentral.com/vetcentral/

Employment Sites 

Jobs4TN - TN Department of Labor and Workforce Development  

  http://jobs4tn.gov

Chattanooga Has Jobs 

  http://chattanooga.careerlink.com/

Chattanooga Times Free Press 

  http://jobs.timesfreepress.com/

TN Department of Human Resources 

  http://tn.gov/dohr /