{"id":225212,"date":"2024-07-15T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=225212"},"modified":"2024-07-15T18:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:43:42","slug":"veterans-attend-waco-job-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=225212","title":{"rendered":"Veterans attend Waco Job Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 150 Veterans and service members from Central Texas attended the recent Red, White & Blue Employment Spectacular job fair organized by the Waco VA<\/a> Regional Benefits Office.<\/p>\n

As part of a nationwide effort, the staff of Waco VA held the in-person job fair to highlight VA\u2019s Veterans Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program.<\/p>\n

The VR&E program supports and assists Veterans and service members with job training, education, employment accommodations, resume development and job-seeking skills coaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were more than just jobs, there were so many resources,\u201d said Marine Veteran Sherrena Hogan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe agency I wanted to speak with was here.\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u201cTransitioning from active duty to civilian life can be intimidating, and I\u2019m leaving today feeling less intimidated and more prepared,\u201d said Hogan. \u201cI was given recommendations about how to improve my resume, interview skills, plus the agency that I wanted to speak with was actually here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Some 25 employers from multiple industries including technology, business, medical, financial and federal agencies participated.<\/p>\n

\u201cHiring Veterans just makes sense. In addition to their education and training, Veterans and service members have the advantage of lived experiences in real work situations,\u201d said Office of the Texas Attorney General Veterans\u2019 Liaison Grace Moody. \u201cThey are amongst the most disciplined, organized and driven new employees I work with. They just need to get their foot in the door and that\u2019s why events like this are so important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other VR&E services include assisting Veterans and service members to start their own businesses and providing independent living services for those who are severely disabled and unable to work in traditional employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cVR&E is a phenomenal program,\u201d said Michael Crouse, director of the Waco VA Regional Benefits Office. \u201cThis job fair gave Veterans and service members the opportunity for professional re-engagement and to use the transferable skills and real-world experiences they acquired during their time in the military.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the VR&E program<\/a>, VA Regional Benefits Offices across the country provide other forms of assistance to Veterans and their dependents. This includes disability compensation, survivor\u2019s benefits, and pension and fiduciary services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 150 Veterans and service members from Central Texas attended the recent Red, White & Blue Employment Spectacular job fair organized by the Waco VA Regional Benefits Office. As part of a nationwide effort, the staff of Waco VA held the in-person job fair to highlight VA\u2019s Veterans Readiness and Employment (VR&E) program. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":225214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5,282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-benefits","category-health","category-job-fair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225215,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225212\/revisions\/225215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/225214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}