{"id":769,"date":"2026-04-30T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/career-center-new-nav\/?p=769"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:09:28","slug":"resources-for-veterans-and-students-in-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/career-center\/resources-for-veterans-and-students-in-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for veterans and students in the military"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a Clark student, it\u2019s likely that your identity as a veteran or student in the military may intersect with your career choices, extracurricular interests, and future goals. The Career Connections Center is here to help you explore the role your identity may play in your job search and connect you to helpful resources. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/clarku.joinhandshake.com\/appointments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">make an appointment<\/a>&nbsp;with a career adviser to ask questions, build a job or internship search strategy, and learn how to navigate the resources available to you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-professional-organizations\">Professional organizations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentveterans.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Student Veterans of America (SVA)<\/a>&nbsp;is the premier organization leading service, research, programs, and advocacy for veterans in higher education. SVA acts as a catalyst for student-veteran success by providing resources, network support, and advocacy to, through, and beyond higher education.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acp-usa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Corporate Partners (ACP)<\/a>&nbsp;is a nationwide mentoring program dedicated to helping veterans transition from the armed services to the civilian workforce through mentoring, career counseling, and networking with professionals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/agencies\/vets\/tap\/career-exploration-planning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Career Exploration and Planning Track (CEPT) workshop<\/a>&nbsp;offers service members and their spouses a unique opportunity to identify skills, increase awareness of training and credentialing programs, and develop an action plan to achieve career goals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/ABOUT_VA\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs<\/a>&nbsp;provides veterans with the world-class benefits and services they have earned \u2014 and adheres to the highest standards of compassion, commitment, excellence, professionalism, integrity, accountability, and stewardship. The VA offers career and employment assistance, support with managing your career, and links to additional information and resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Career Exploration provides links to national and federal career resources for veterans, state career resources for veterans, and a listing of employers with veteran hiring programs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hire Heroes USA<\/a>&nbsp;recognizes that employment assistance is the number-one-requested service from transitioning military members. Through personalized service and support, Hire Heroes USA helps not only veterans and military spouses get hired but also companies hire and retain them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-find-a-job-internship-or-fellowship\">Find a job, internship, or fellowship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dantes.doded.mil\/EducationPrograms\/become-a-teacher\/troopstoteachers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Troops to Teachers<\/a>&nbsp;provides counseling and referral services for participants to help them meet education and licensing requirements to teach and subsequently to secure a teaching position. Every service member interested in a career in teaching will receive assistance to apply their leadership, training, and core values to becoming a teacher in kindergarten through grade twelve classrooms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veterans.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Department of Labor<\/a>&nbsp;has a veterans page with links to help veterans find jobs, start their own business, and access VA benefits and information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-suggested-reading\">Suggested reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concorde.edu\/about-us\/blog\/career-tips-advice\/tips-for-military-veterans-to-succeed-in-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tips for military veterans to succeed in college<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vault.com\/blogs\/job-search\/veteran-careers-positive-traits-veterans-should-stress-in-interviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Positive traits veterans should stress in interviews<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vault.com\/blogs\/job-search\/veteran-careers-overcoming-cultural-barriers-in-the-civilian-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overcoming cultural barriers in the civilian world<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Career resources and support for veterans and military-affiliated students at Clark University, including job search tools, transition guidance, and career development assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin 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