Legion’s new career platform

Legion’s new career platform

The American Legion continues to assist veterans and their families in their transition to employment through our career fairs that we sponsor throughout the country in partnership with Military.com, along with the Small Business Development Workshops that we hold during our annual Washington Conference and National Convention. The Legion’s goal is to ensure that veterans receive ample opportunities for success once they leave the military.

The American Legion and its allies in veteran employment and entrepreneurship recently launched a new web platform to help those who served in uniform translate military skills to job skills, find employment, start businesses and make successful transitions.
 Key features of The American Legion’s Veteran Employment Center include:


  • A Veteran Job Search tool, powered by Military.com, to help veterans find current job listings near them. By entering a ZIP Code, veterans can easily find job listings that fit their skill sets within a chosen distance from home.

  • A series of 10 custom-produced videos to help veterans start and succeed in business. The series, “Veteran Video Guide: Starting and Growing a Business,” is sponsored by ADP and provides guidance from successful veteran entrepreneurs, including members of the Legion’s Business Task Force.

  • A listing of American Legion-sponsored or produced veteran career fairs nationwide, with links to registration sites.

  • Links to important forms, sites and agency platforms that help veterans in their career search, including USAJobs.gov, the federal government’s job-listing site, Department of Labor online tools to understand and calculate Veterans Preference points, and a VA Military Skills Translator.


Additional information one the site includes resume-writing advice from top experts, a portal to Military.com’s benefits platform and headlines about The American Legion’s advocacy on behalf of veterans seeking civilian careers. 
I encourage all Legion Family members to visit the career platform and to share with our returning servicemembers to help in their efforts as they transition back into the workforce.
 www.legion.org/careers