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2011 Wounded Warrior

Federal Employment Conference

Wounded Warrior Program

Roberta Allen

Director

Human Resources Service Center, SW

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

Federal Employment Conference

Objectives

• Educate and assist discharging and soon-to-be-discharged military members on how to apply for jobswith the Department of the Navy (DoN)

• Assist Wounded Warriors (WW) with resumepreparation, applying to CHART DoN (soon to beUSA Staffing), and benefits of civil service

•Assist managers in locating WW candidates

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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Commands We Service

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

•Human Resources ServiceCenter, Southwest

–Over 300 commands servicedby HRSC, SW

–To fill all Appropriated Fundjobs for Navy & Marine CorpsCommands & Activities(41,307)

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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•2008:

–HRSC, SW visited WW Battalion (WWBn) West

–Submitted proposal to assist transitioning woundedwarriors for federal employment at WWBn

–HRSC, SW & NE combined efforts to partner with WWBnWest

•2009:

–HRSC, SW began outreach to local, state, and other federalagencies such as EDD, VA, Veterans Village of SD, etc.

The Path to Where We are Today

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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•2010:

–February – attended the WW Conference in Alexandria, VA

–April – HRSC, SW implemented the Wounded Warrior Team(2 full time coordinators, .5 Program Manager, .5 Clerical)

–June – HRSC, SW issued the first weekly Wounded Warriorlisting to the HROs and managers/selecting officials

–The WW listing provides a synopsis of the WW’sbackground, work experience, skills and dischargeinformation

The Path to Where We are Today (cont)

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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•We received positive feedback from selectingofficials/managers, and HROs and received numerousrequests to forward specific WW resumes for possible jobconsideration

•Since the issuance of WW weekly listing, we have placed 23Wounded Warriors in the following commands:

–FISC, North Island

–NAVFAC (Pt Hueneme, Great Lakes IL, & SW)

–PSD Afloat West

The Path to Where We are Today (cont)

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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–SPAWAR

–HRSC, SW

–Veteran’s Affairs

•2011:

–January – attended the Career Learning andEmployment Centers (CLECs) Conference in SanAntonio, TX

The Path to Where We are Today (cont)

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

Federal Employment Conference

Wounded Warrior List

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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Wounded Warrior List (cont)

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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Wounded Warriors hired atHRSC, SW

• Abel Rosas

•Rhonda Sanchez

•Jimmy Swift

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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•Job Seekers:

–Resume writing, review and filing

–Phone calls, emails, counseling and meetings

–Determining Basic Qualifications

•Management:

–Phone calls and meetings

–Resume searching

–Presentations

Wounded Warrior Support

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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•As of Feb 2011, we have:

–assisted 265

–resumes on hand 85

–placements 23

Wounded Warrior Support (cont)

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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OUTREACH COMMANDS

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

HRSC

Wounded WarriorBattalions

State EDD &VeteranGroups

VA & OtherFederalAgencies

Navy & MCCommands

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•Conduct outreach activities to entities such as ArmyWounded Warrior Program, Wounded WarriorRegiments, Veterans Affairs and Military TreatmentFacilities.

•Provide quality federal resume workshops

•Establish interagency partnerships

•Participate in Wounded Warrior Job Fairs:

OUTREACH EFFORTS

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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–June 2010: North County Career Fair

–July 2010: Attended Career Fair at MCAS Miramar

Attended Career Fair at MCAS Camp Pendleton

–Aug 2010: Supported Building Bridges in partner with other Federal, State and Local agencies

–Sept 2010: Wounded Warrior Initiative Brief-Camp Pendleton

–Oct 2010: Hiring Event at Camp Pendleton

Job Fair at MCAS Miramar

Jobtoberfest, Balboa Park

OUTREACH EFFORTS (cont)

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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–Oct 2010 (cont): Vet Works at South Career Center

Veteran Job Fair & USAJOBS workshop, EDD El Centro

–Nov 2010: Attended Open House Event for AW2, Balboa Hospital

Attended Hire-A-Hero Career Fair by EDD, Mission Valley

–Dec 2010: None

–Jan 2011: Career Fair MCAS Miramar

–Feb 2011: WW Hiring Initiative & Federal Resume Workshop, Twenty-nine Palms, CA

OUTREACH EFFORTS (cont)

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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•Need one wounded warrior definition

•Hiring process is too long while wounded warriortrying to figure out how to care for family (problemcompounds if veteran has PTSD)

•Imbalance in supply and demand; vast supply ofwounded warriors, low demand in recruitment

OBSTACLES & BARRIERS

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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•Engineering career paths from an entry-level positionthat leads to career advancement

•Educate customers of adaptive devices andreasonable accommodations resources

i.e. CAP: http://cap.tricare.mil/WSM/Default.aspx

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Alternatives

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2011 Wounded Warrior

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•Dennis Eley, Jr (619) 615-5617, DSN: 245-5617

Email: dennis.eley1@navy.mil

•Manuel Maciel (619) 615-5725, DSN: 245-5725

Email: manuel.maciel@navy.mil

•Edgar Renales (619) 615-5968, DSN: 245-5968

Email: edgar.renales@navy.mil

DoN HRSC, SW Points of Contact

February 23-24, 2011

Fort Belvoir, Virginia