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Broaden your knowledge of how and where to find Veterans - and consider instituting a few strategies to help Veterans better find you! Reflect on your on-boarding strategies and consider adding a few new elements to be inclusive of Veterans.

Step 1: Determine Employment Opportunities

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  • Credentialing Opportunities On-Line tool offers two websites to help you determine how military careers, ratings and experience can translate to meet civilian certification and license requirements.
  • The Military to Civilian Crosswalk tool helps you find mililitary language that you can innclude in your outreach and job descriptions.
  • Create a new hire orientation plan.
  • Become familiar with what you cant ask during an interview.
  • Visit the  Links Tab for more resources.

Step 2: Consider Alternatives to Full-Time Employment

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To learn more about hiring a wounded warrior from a specific service branch, please use any or all of the contacts presented below:

Step 3: Access Credible Resources for Finding Qualified Veterans


Looking for qualified Illinois Veterans? Find local and statewide job postings with the Illinois Job Search Link opens in a new window tools on Illinois workNet. Visit the Links Tab for other credible resources.

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