Job Center Services
Our WorkNet Centers provide priority services to veterans and eligible spouses:
- Access to CalJOBS job postings 24 hours before the general public
- Priority placement of qualified veteran resumes before non-veteran resumes on job order screens
- Job leads and placement referrals
- Comprehensive assessment of education, skills and abilities
- Work-readiness workshops and recruitment events
- Career counseling and assistance developing an individual employment plan and employment goals
- Job development alongside employers
- Labor market information to learn what industries are hiring for what skills
Eligibility
- Served on active duty for more than 180 days and discharged/released with other than a dishonorable discharge
- Discharged/released from active duty due to a service-connected disability
- A member of a reserve component under an order to active duty during a period of war/campaign/expedition, for which a campaign badge is authorized and was discharged/released from duty with other than a dishonorable discharge.
- Any veteran who died of a service-connected disability
- Any veteran who has a total disability resulting from a service-connected disability, as evaluated by the VA, or died while a disability was in existence.
- Any active-duty member of the Armed Forces who, at the time of application for the priority and for 90 or more days has been captured, forcibly detained, or interned in the line of duty or missing in action.
Additional Resources
- Employment Development Department — Strengthening California’s Veteran Workforce
- San Joaquin County Veteran Service Office
- San Joaquin Delta College Veterans Resource Center
- Community Connections Veterans Service
- California Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Benefits (CalVet)
- The Wounded Warriors Project — Veteran Employment Programs & Job Placement
- Microsoft Software & Systems Academy (MSSA) — Microsoft Military Affairs Program
- Veterans’ Guide to Vocational Schools and Apprenticeship Programs
For More information, please see our Veterans Services Priority of Services Policy.
