The Home Depot announced a new program today that will aid U.S. service men and women with the knowledge and resources they need to successfully transition into the civilian workforce. The new program is called Mission: Transition, and is a concentrated effort by The Home Depot to assist the military community with job search strategies and tools for today’s challenging employment market. When Home Depot Helps Veterans, we want to support them in their efforts.
Specifically, Mission: Transition will aid a service member’s job search through customized training events and career tools:
- Civilian Career Workshops: On October 27, 2012, The Home Depot will conduct more than 100 half-day training sessions across the country to help members of the military with their job search in most any industry or with most any employer. These workshops, which will be held at select Home Depot stores across the country and other company facilities, will include coaching on resume optimization for civilian jobs, interview tips and more.
- Online Military Skills Translator: The Home Depot’s new ” skills translator” is a program designed to help translate and match an applicant’s unique military skills with positions that might offer the best fit.
This initiative means that Home Depot helps veterans with learning new skills after their time overseas comes to an end. It’s impressive, and we want to support it in any way we can. Our men and women of the military community are important and, given that The Home Depot currently employs more than 35,000 veterans and service members (1,500 of which are deployed for active duty at any given time), we’re talking about an organization with an excellent track record. Additionally, The Home Depot Foundation has committed a total of $80 million to support veterans’ housing initiatives.
“Members of the United States military are great assets to America’s workforce, yet the outstanding skills they possess can be difficult to translate during the application or interview process. Through Mission: Transition, we want to help service men and women highlight their unique skills to successfully pursue opportunities with any employer, not just The Home Depot.”
-Tim Crow, The Home Depot EVP – Human Resources
Workshop locations and registration details are available on The Home Depot’s careers website. Space is limited, but workshops are open to any member of the military or veteran transitioning to a civilian career.
