Veteran Employment Collective [VEC]

The Veteran Employment Collective brings employment, education and training organizations into closer coordination, connecting transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses with complementary services as their career goals evolve.

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Different steps can call for different expertise. Through shared referrals and data, VEC partners connect you with additional resources and build a clearer understanding of your progress. Each organization keeps its distinct role while contributing to a more connected experience.

As a partner of VEC, D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) program participants and their families can connect with experts across participating organizations, expanding access to relevant career resources.

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Finding the right support shouldn’t be the hard part

Veterans and military spouses can access a wide range of employment resources. Finding the right combination of services and navigating between organizations can require substantial effort and often confusion where to go. VEC connects participating organizations so individuals can reach relevant expertise now and as their career needs evolve.

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The value is in the connection

VEC’s defining value is the connection between organizations. Shared referrals can create access to another partner’s expertise, while shared data can improve visibility into participants’ progress and outcomes. Communications should show what happens during and after a referral, including what each organization contributes.

Connected support, wherever you begin

A participating organization can connect individuals with additional expertise. Describe the actual entry point and referral pathway.

Right Resource. Right Time.

Connect with services relevant to your career needs, supported by the referral criteria and services partners have confirmed.

Shared expertise. Connected support.

Partners connect distinct services around career goals. Show each organization’s contribution through an actual participant journey.

Track connections. Understand outcomes.

Use consistent referral, service and employment measures to assess progress and understand what coordination enables.

National reach. Local relationships.

Connect organizational resources with trusted community relationships, using confirmed coverage and local examples.

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Veteran Employment Collective

A referral from Hiring Our Heroes to VetJobs allowed me to pursue a cybersecurity certification through Coursera that provided the credentials I needed to join Google as a program manager.

Sarah Z. Transitioning Service Member

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