Veterans’ Employment Services

Workforce Alliance Veterans’ Employment Representatives offer you:

• job search and placement assistance
• career planning and counseling
• case management
• assessment and testing services
• interviewing skills training
• referral to educational and vocational training programs
• referral to on-the-job training (OJT) programs
• veterans' job fairs
• job clubs
• employability skills workshops
• unemployment compensation
• resume preparation/writing
• job development
• knowledge, skills and abilities assessment
• labor market information
• apprenticeship programs
• referrals to supportive services
• veterans' stand downs
• indentification of civilian jobs that use skills acquired in the military
• cross walking from military to civilian occupation codes
• access to computer, fax, copier, phone usage for job searches

Additionally, you may qualify for veterans’ programs specifically designed for you, such as:

• Florida’s Transition Assistance Program (TAP) provides employability skills training and other benefits for military members and their spouses as they transition to civilian life. For additional information, visit www.dol.gov/vets/programs/tap/main.htm
  
  
• The VA Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program assists disabled veterans who are being trained/retrained and rehabilitated for new careers by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.  For information, visit www.va.vba.gov/bln/vre/
    
  
• REALifelines Programs helps transitioning wounded and injured military service members and their families with employment and reemployment issues.  For additional information visit: www.dol.gov/vets/programs/real-life/main.htm
  
  
• HireVetsFirst provides information for both veterans and employers who want to hire veterans. For information, visit http://www.HireVetsFirst.gov
  
  
• Veterans’ Workforce Investment Program provides veterans with access to skills assessment, individual job counseling, labor market information, classroom or on-the-job training, skills upgrading and retraining, and job placement services. For information, visit www.dol.gov/vets/programs/vwip/main.htm

No-cost services offered by Workforce Alliance are available to you at our three locations:

• Workforce Alliance
  Central Career Center and Professional Placement Network
  1951 N. Military Trail, Suite D, WPB. FL 33409  
  561.340.1060, ext. 309
  
  
• Workforce Alliance
  South Career Center and Professional Placement Network
  901 N. Congress Ave., Ste C201, Boynton Beach, FL 33435
  561.853.0181, ext. 2015 or 2020 
  
  
• Workforce Alliance West Career Center
  1085 S. Main Street, Belle Glade, FL 33430
  561.820.2040, ext. 106