Job Seekers
Working With Your Career Specialist
Building a Strong Partnership for a Successful Job Search
Let's work together to get you hired!
A successful job search is built on a strong, collaborative relationship between the candidate and their Career Specialist. Each step in the process is designed to meet candidates where they are, provide personalized guidance, and equip them with the tools needed to confidently pursue new opportunities at no-cost.
1. Welcome Questionnaire: Setting the Foundation
The journey begins with a welcome questionnaire. This helps the Career Specialist understand:
• The candidate’s background and goals
• Where they currently are in their job search
• What support they need most
This step ensures expectations are clear and creates a shared understanding of how you’ll work together.
2. Phone Consultation: Creating a Game Plan
Next comes a personalized phone consultation. This conversation allows the Career Specialist to build a tailored strategy, which may include:
• Reviewing and refining the resume
• Rewording or strengthening key verbiage
• Translating military experience into civilian language
• Reviewing or optimizing the LinkedIn profile
• Identifying training or upskilling opportunities
• Highlighting both hard and soft skills
This is where the roadmap for the candidate’s job search truly takes shape.
3. Resume Revisions: Crafting a Strong Master Resume
After the consultation, the Career Specialist works with the candidate to create a polished master resume. This involves:
• Drafting and revising resume versions
• Ensuring alignment with job requirements
• Highlighting relevant experience and skills
• Preparing a strong base resume that can be tailored for each application
Because companies increasingly require tailored resumes, this collaborative process is essential. Candidates must understand expectations and stay engaged to ensure accuracy and alignment.
4. Ongoing Collaboration: Staying Connected
The job search is dynamic, and communication is key. Candidates should:
• Stay in touch with their Career Specialist
• Share updates on applications and interviews
• Ask questions when unsure
• Continue learning about the job market and opportunities
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RecruiterConnect Jobs
This is where you’ll find all the available positions from vetted employers that our RecruiterConnect Specialists are directly collaborating with.
Work From Home Jobs
All job listings on this board are remote positions that our RecruiterConnect Specialists are collaborating directly with the employers to fill.
DirectEmployers Jobs
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Resume Engine
VetJobs has partnered with Hiring Our Heroes to provide you with this in-depth resume builder. With Resume Engine, you can create a professional, tailored resume in just minutes. Then download or share it directly with employers looking for top military talent.
MOS / Rate Translator
VetJobs has partnered with Oplign to provide you with the most advanced MOS/Rate translator. This cutting-edge Employment Intelligence Platform not only converts your military skills and experience into terms that civilian employers value, but it also matches you with jobs that fit those skills.
A Message From Dan Goldenberg, Call of Duty Endowment
“Veterans are reentering the job market in record numbers. Are you one of them?
We’re here to help. If you need a hand, visit https://www.callofdutyendowment.org/us_veteran_support.html. Through our grantees, we’ve helped more than 149,000 veterans find meaningful careers after their service, and we can connect you with teams who can advise and assist you with your search.
Veterans represent the best of our values. We want to make sure you’re taken care of after you’ve taken such good care of our country.”
-Dan Goldenberg
Success Stories
Military Spouse Jobs and VetJobs operate under funding agreements, statutory authority, and program objectives that restrict service delivery to defined military‑affiliated populations. Eligibility is therefore limited to transitioning service members, veterans, members of the National Guard and Reserve, military spouses, survivors, caregivers, and individuals with verified military affiliation. These limitations ensure compliance with grant requirements and responsible stewardship of public and private funds.
HOT JOBS
This is a small sample of positions that companies are looking to fill immediately.
Updated On: September 14, 2026
Cafe Manager (Sweetwater Cafe)
Blackstone, VA
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma required.
- Minimum Ten (10) or more years of relevant experience in the food service industry
- Minimum Five (5) years of management experience in food service
Special Security Representative
Arlington, VA
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must have an active TS/SCI clearance, SCIF accreditation experience, and be well-versed in the ICD-705
- High school diploma
- Minimum four (4) Years’ experience as a Special Security Representative or similar position with duties as described above.
- Experience handling customer service for a government organization or private corporation in an official capacity
- Knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel.
- Excellent written and oral reporting skills, interpersonal skills.
- Able to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time
- Able to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist and reach
- Able to lift up to 35 pounds occasionally.
- Noise level: Low to moderate
Personnel Security Specialist
Ft Meade, MD
Minimum Qualifications:
- Possess a TS/SCI and successfully pass CI Poly.
- Knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Outlook, Word, and Excel.
- Excellent written and oral reporting skills, interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization and customers across geographically dispersed sites.
- Experience working in DIA a plus.
- Must have a valid certification of completion in PII and Cyber Awareness Challenge from Information Assurance Support Environment (Only valid within 30 days of hire). To obtain the certification, visit http://iase.disa.mil/eta/.
- Able to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time
- Able to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist, and reach daily
- Able to lift up to 35 pounds occasionally.
- Noise level: Low to moderate
Driller Assistant
Kansas City, KS
Minimum Qualifications:
- Valid driver’s license and reliable driving record
- Ability to travel up to 60%
- Must be able to work off shift and overtime as needed
- Ability to lift, move, push and pull 30 to 50 pounds frequently; Occasionally, over 50 pounds with assistance
- Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, (hearing) and to make the discriminations in sound
- Ability to kneel and squat occasionally
- Ability to walk and stand for long periods of time
- Ability to work outdoors in adverse weather conditions, including hot and cold temperatures
- Ability to climb occasionally, and work at various heights
- Ability to work over night hours and off shift
Unarmed Security Officer
Irving, TX
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
- Authorized to work in the United States.
- Strong, stable work history.
- Must pass a drug test and background screening.
- Reliable transportation required.