Veterans & Service Members

Research and explore opportunities for veterans and service members here!

Counseling and Wellness Center: A free, on-campus safe space to voice mental health and wellness concerns with a professional counselor.

Office of Student and Community Life: An office equipped to provide students with general counseling and academic advising.

Woven Women’s Veteran’s Network: A network dedicated to building community amongst women veterans.

Military Benefit Association: An association dedicated to helping veterans with financial challenges and planning.

Veterans Job Bank: A subsection of Career OneStop that lists a few job search resources for veterans.

Hire Veterans: Simple job board for veterans; site also includes a featured employer’s column, as well as job fairs and related news.

USAJobs.gov: A job board tailored to government and military opportunities, additionally providing a webpage for veterans with job-search related resources.

G.I.Jobs: Job board platform that includes an extensive directory of veteran-friendly schools and companies.

Spotlight on Jobs for Veterans: Job board tailored to careers within Veterans Affairs (VA), featuring a Spotlight section for opportunities tailored to veterans.

Silent Professionals:  Free service that helps veterans who have combat-related military occupational specialties in finding employment.

Federal Government: Feds Hire Vets: Official website from U.S. Office of Personnel Management that provides an agency directory and additional tools to address and supports veteran employment.

My Next Move: Career Exploration for Veterans: A unique job search resource that allows veterans to look into careers in three ways: key word search, browse by industry, and find similar military careers.

Getting Hired: A job board tailored to supporting the employment of individuals (including veterans) with disabilities.

Department of Labor: Veterans’ Employment & Training Service: Website host for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment & Training Service programming.

Hiring Our Heroes: Nationwide imitative to help veterans find meaningful job opportunities; hosts digital resources and nationwide events.

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Contact & Location

Phone
860-297-2080
Address

Cornelia Center
114 Vernon Street
Hartford, CT 06106

Career & Life Design Center Hours

Monday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Tuesday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Wednesday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Thursday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.