Insights - March/April 2017 - 27

Fleets Have Wide Range of
Military Recruiting Contacts
M
embers who would like to pursue efforts to hire former members of the
U.S. military or members of the National Guard have a wide variety of option
and points of contact. Listed below are those contacts and programs.
U.S. Department of Labor
Mark J. Toal
National Veterans' Employment
Manager
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Veterans' Employment and Training
Service (VETS)
202 693-4708
toal.mark.j@dol.gov
www.veterans.gov

Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (DOL VETS) partner with
state workforce agencies to operate the AJC network providing employment and training
services to jobseekers and employers at about 2,500 locations nationwide. Around 1 million
Veterans (14 million Americans total) received employment and training services at AJCs last
year. These AJCs offer free employer services that include providing workforce information,
writing job descriptions, reviewing applicants resumes, organizing job fairs, providing places
to conduct interviews, pre-screening applicants, assessing applicant's skills, and referral of
job-ready candidates. These AJCs can also help you post your job openings nationally on the
National Labor Exchange (NLx). All transitioning service members are encouraged to use this
site to search for jobs. All DOL services at AJCs are paid by taxpayers and are provided free of
charge to both jobseekers and employers.

National Guard
Steven Kett
Director of Employment Support
National Guard
National Guard Employment
Support Program
steven.l.kett@mail.mil

We have 55 contractor employees, Program Support Specialists (PSS) that assist and facilitate
employment and career opportunities for National Guard(NG) Soldiers, Airmen, their spouses,
and veterans. They are in all 54 states, territories, and DC. The Employment Support Program
(ESP) directly supports the readiness, resiliency and retention of the NG All-Volunteer Force
across a continuum of service.
The ESP Provides the Army Guard and Air Guard directorates and the Joint Force HQs at the
States with a single POC for Employment issues. At the State level, PSS' provide each Adjutants
General - the senior National Guard member in that state - with a dedicated resource for
Employment and career options and coordinate with government and private partners. PSS's
additionally can liaise with the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) State
Committee Chairs and assist in maintaining employer support for Guard and Reserve service
www.msccn.org/NationalGuard/employers.html
The American Jobs for America's Heroes campaign encourages small to mid-size companies
with 25 to 10,000 employees to post jobs for unemployed National Guard members. This
campaign was developed by Center for America, and in alliance with Corporate America
Supports You and Military Spouse Corporate Career Network, to provide the largest private
sector job website dedicated to serving service members and their families.

Marine Corps
Todd James
M4L/Outreach Section Head
Marine and Family Programs
Division
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Manpower & Reserve Affairs
703 432-9579
todd.james@usmc.mil
www.usmc-mccs.org/services/
career/marine-for-life-network

Marine for Life Network connects transitioning Marines and their family members to
education resources, employment opportunities and other veterans' services that aid in their
career and life goals outside of military service.

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