YOUR FUTURE. OUR PASSION.
HAMPTON, VA - May 8, 2013 - For new veterans aged 18-24, the unemployment rate averaged 17.9 percent in April 2013, more than 3 percentage points higher than the average among non-veterans aged 18-24. To help address this continuing unemployment problem among veterans, the Institute for Veterans Education and Training (IVET) has launched one of the first comprehensive, state-of-the art career-transition planning seminars for veterans in the nation.
At Willow Oaks Country Club in Richmond, Virginia this past week, members of the Virginia National Guard Soldiers, Airmen, and their families participated in the first week-long program designed to guide veterans to career preparation that matches their skills and background and connect them to employers and solid career opportunities.
IVET focuses on the troops and their partners helping them find their way in the often confusing transition back into the civilian workforce and assisting companies in the location, retention and optimization of their existing military workforce.
“IVET is providing the real tools, training and continued support for a successful military to civilian transition,” said Command Sergeant Major Dennis Green, the senior enlisted advisor for the Virginia Army and Air National Guard and keynote speaker at the event.
CSM Green, along with IVET CEO and retired Army Brigadier General Jeff Horne, presented graduation certificates to men and women who successfully completed the one-week iTAP 2.0 Seminar on Friday, May 3, 2013. The 5-day workshops identify veterans’ natural strengths and capabilities and match them to shortage career fields with exceptional growth potential. Education, planning, academic admissions, personal job placement, and linkage to trained coaches are all provided for as long as the veterans need them.
IVET offers seminars and services to industry, academia, and local government agencies seeking to recruit and retain the best military talent in the industry. The organization is a coalition of proven military leaders, industry providers, and educators who focus on coaching, recapitalization, and employee assistance programs.
"The career employment solution provided by the IVET coalition offers Virginia National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and their Families the most comprehensive approach to their long term individual success.” Colonel Thomas Morgan, J1, Director of Manpower and Personnel for the Virginia National Guard further adds, “ This program provides substantially more than just "a job" or an understanding of one step along the path to a solid career. Graduates are empowered with clear and validated career oriented goals correlating to businesses seeking the benefits of their employment."
The IVET Solutions program is available to all military members regardless of their background and their families.
“To make this veterans career training program most useful to our returning troops we incorporated the comments from many veteran-student focus groups, and applied our years of experience,” said General Jeffrey Horne. “We plan to touch thousands of lives with this program.”
IVET is a 501c3 non-profit enterprise established in 2010 that is 100 percent devoted to military transition, education, job placement, talent management and workforce development planning seminars. The IVET team is a group of skilled educators, employment and transition planners, talent managers and military leaders with successful careers in industry, workforce development and individual coaching. Curriculum and delivery partners include Franklin Covey, Profiles International, Operation Military Family, Futures Inc, The Veterans Application, VET4LIFE Seminars, Together4Vets Counseling, PTSD Education, RFD LLC, The Resiliency Center, Liberty University, and the Veterans Innovation Center.
Collectively, team members have trained thousands of military members in leadership, counseling, effective employment searches, and family resiliency.
IVET's mission is to improve military recruiting and retention into education and business ventures creating win-wins for industry and the men and women who have served our country. By providing seminars and execution planning assistance for the clients, IVET's high-tech, high-touch integrated program improves their understanding of the leadership, execution skills, cost-benefits, and diversity that military members bring to the workplace.
For more information about upcoming workshops and IVET visit our website at Http://Ivetsolutions.org.
Jeffrey C. Horne
IVET (Institute for Veterans Education and Training)
757-806-4838; 703-987-0768
Jeffrey.horne@ivetsolutions.org
Http://Ivetsolutions.org
Contact Person: Jeffrey C. Horne
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Phone: 757-357-4719
City: Hampton
State: Virginia
Country: United States
Website: Http://ivetsolutions.org
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