Career Advice and Information
The CivilianJobs.com Career Information Center will help you begin your career search! Whether you are leaving the military
and this will be your initial entry into the civilian workforce, or you are a veteran that has civilian experience already,
the Career Information Center will provide important career and employment information to assist you.
Do you want to get a better job?
Enter the civilian workforce with nationally approved certificate programs that will make it easy for you to
find the job you want. The Military Education Program (MEP) is an education facilitation and completion program
that operates under the direction of Baker University's School of Professional and Graduate Studies (SPGS).
MEP is a national educational partnership that offers students access to academic coursework. Courses taken under
this program map to Baker University's Bachelor Degrees in the School of Professional and Graduate Studies and can
apply toward continuing education requirements, certificate programs, associate degrees, and bachelor degrees.
To learn more select
www.bakermep.com.
GI Bill Information
On June 30, 2008, President Bush signed into law (P.L. 110-252) a bill which included education
provisions for veterans. It has been referenced as the “New GI Bill” and is the most
comprehensive enhancement to GI provisions since the original GI Bill was signed into law in
1944. The new bill goes well beyond helping to pay for tuition.
Beginning in August 2009, many veterans will receive:
- full tuition (equal to the most costly in-state school with the opportunity for a private school to offer matching funds)
- a new monthly housing stipend
- plus $1,000 per year stipend for books and supplies
Recognizing these new provisions may be of interest to many transitioning veterans, and with the
support of the VA, CivilianJobs.com has created a link to the VA’s GI BILL website below. The
VA is continuously updating the site to include the latest information on the program.
In addition to active duty service members, the new bill also gives Reserve and Guard members
who have been activated for more than 90 days since 9/11 access to the same GI benefits. The
amount of benefits received directly correlates to the amount of time served.
If higher education is the path you plan to take, know that CivilianJobs.com, through its parent
company, Bradley-Morris, Inc., has built strong relationships with colleges and universities across
the country. Whether you are transitioning straight from active duty assignment or have chosen
higher education as your route, CivilianJobs.com stand ready to serve you in finding employment
post military career.
Link to VA GI Bill website:
www.GIBILL.va.gov
We encourage you to
pick up our CivilianJobs.com publication in your local base transition office. It contains a variety
of valuable articles, advice sections for military-experienced job seekers and advertisements for current job openings.
If your base has run out of copies of the CivilianJobs.com publication, have them contact us at 1-866-801-4418 or info@civilianjobs.com
and we will send additional copies (they are free).
You may also access the
online version of our publication here:
www.CivilianJobNews.com.
In addition, don’t miss the links in the left hand navigation for
additional resources.