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.
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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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.
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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
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HOT JOBS
This is a small sample of positions that companies are looking to fill immediately.
Updated On: May 18, 2026
Counterintelligence Analyst II
Quantico, VA
Minimum Qualifications:
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of counterintelligence functional services
- Specific knowledge and at least one year of experience conducting research across multiple acquisition and intelligence databases and networks such as, but not limited to CHROME, Think Analyze Connect (TAC), System for Award Management (SAM), Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, Retrieval System (EDGAR) (SEC.gov), and Lexis Nexis to prepare foreign intelligence threat assessment reports for technology protection.
- Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, in working out solutions to problems or questions related to the work, writing clear and concise intelligence products, and delivering written and oral presentations.
Unarmed Security Officer
Suffolk, VA
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
- Prior experience in security, military, corrections or law enforcement is a plus
- State Security License preferred
- Reliable transportation required
Utility Locator
Charlotte, NC
Minimum Qualifications:
- Able and willing to work outdoors in various weather conditions. Previous outdoor experience is a plus.
- Computer proficiency
- Available to work overtime, weekends, and on-call shifts as needed.
- Able to pass a drug screen (this is a safety-sensitive position).
- Valid driver’s license and a safe driving record
- Able to work in a confined space; walk, bend, and lift up to 75 lbs.
- Able to distinguish between colors used to identify wiring and mark underground utilities.
- Able to read, understand, and reference locate tickets, as well as maps and prints.
- Able to communicate clearly with colleagues, customers, contractors, and homeowners.
Surveillance Security Officer
Grapevine, TX
Minimum Qualifications:
- MUST have a Valid DL and Clean MVR
- Be authorized to work in the U.S.
- Be able to provide documentation of High School Diploma or GED
- Be able to ace (and pass) an extensive screening process
- Strong report writing skills
- Sharp visual activity and exceptional concentration skills
- Strong proficiency with technology
- You have a state license if required
Personal Financial Counselor
Bordertown, NJ
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- May consider applicants with an associate degree plus 4 years’ experience in lieu of bachelor’s degree.
- May consider applicants with a high school diploma plus 6 years’ experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
- 3+ years of financial counseling experience.
- Must be a U.S. citizen and speak fluent English.
- If required by the contract, must be bilingual in English and Spanish.
- Be able to obtain a favorably adjudicated Tier 2 investigation.
- Must be able to pass the Congressionally Mandated Disclosures for Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) process.
- Must have one of the following certifications: Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), or Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC).