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JCEP works closely with Soldiers and employer partners to match qualified JCEP participants to open positions with employers who have indicated their interest in hiring Service Members and their spouses.
We can help you with your resume and interview skills, as well as put you in touch with local businesses that are hiring. It’s important that you work with a JCEP counselor to be sure you receive job email blasts with current openings. To get started, please register with JCEP today so we can help you move forward.
In today’s job market, HR managers receive dozens—even hundreds—of resumes. They don’t have time to read long lists and complete life histories. For them, "less is more."
The goal of your resume should be to motivate employers to call you in for an interview. Then during your interview, you can discuss your background in as much detail as the employer desires.
Which type of resume is right for you?
A chronological resume focuses on your work history with your most recent position first. This is an easy format for employers to follow your career history and progression. View a sample chronological resume.
A functional resume focuses on your skills and experience, and is used most often when there are employment gaps or when you are changing careers. View a sample functional resume.
For further assistance, contact a member of the JCEP staff.
Most jobs will now require the applicant to fill out an online application even if you’ve been personally referred for the position. Here are a few tips:
Interviews can be nerve-wracking, but shouldn’t present a problem if you’re prepared. Here’s how to get ready for your interview:
Most interviewers ask similar questions to find out how your skills, knowledge, training and work experience fit the job opening in their company. Our list of sample interview questions and answers will give you a good idea of what to expect—and how to respond.
Here are some other helpful ideas for building your resume:
For more tips, contact JCEP.
Your total enlistment period will be eight years, but you can serve as little as three or six years, and spend the remainder in IRR (Individual Ready Reserve).
Learn moreAbsolutely. Your Guard service is only part time—just one weekend per month, and one two-week period each year.
See how the Guard helps with school.Recruits need to meet certain standards of height, weight, age, fitness and education in order to enlist.
Learn about the Guard's eligibility requirements.Yes. Guard members can be mobilized to protect and defend America in battle domestically or overseas.
Learn more about about training.MEPS stands for Military Entrance Processing Station, METS stands for Military Entrance Testing Site.
Learn moreThe Guard is a military branch that serves both state and federal governments, at home and overseas.
Find out more about the Guard.Guard pay is based on your rank and the number of years you've served, along with incentives like hazardous-duty pay.
Contact a representative to learn more.Your pay depends on a few different factors, but you won't make less than $183 for every weekend you drill.
Find out more about Guard pay.Different states may offer commissioning bonuses for critical skill positions. Please check with your local Guard representative for current bonus information.
Learn more about becoming an officer.Yes, you will be paid for every day you work.
Find out about Annual Training pay.There are different ways to become an officer. If you’re heading to college, the ROTC program is the way to go.
View how to become an officer.The training period varies for each job.
Learn moreFor certain career specialties, particularly medical professions, the Guard will reimburse student loans.
Contact a Guard representative.Find jobs in your area on our Job Board.
Learn moreIn two major ways: getting promotions and activating retirement benefits.
Learn more from a Guard representative.If you've completed Army or Marine Corps Basic Training, you won't need to repeat BCT. Most other prior service personnel will need to attend BCT (except USAF and USN Special Operations personnel). Your recruiter has details.
Talk to a Guard representative.Yes, provided you can complete 20 years of total military service by age 62.
Learn more about retirement benefits.As a National Guard Soldier, you get good pay and great benefits, and continue building toward a military retirement—while serving your country in a part-time status.
Learn moreYou are eligible for this benefit only once in your career. Once it has ended, it cannot be reinstated, even with a new enlistment contract.
Learn more.Your Chapter 1606 GI Bill benefit is suspended while you are AGR. You may need to extend your enlistment to have it reinstated once you return as a traditional drilling Soldier.
Learn more.Eligibility for Chapter 1607 is based on Title 10 Active Duty periods. The Border Mission is Title 32 and not considered a mobilization eligible for Chapter 1607.
Learn more.If you are released from Active Duty prior to completing 90 days due to an illness or injury in the line of duty, you will receive Chapter 1607 benefits at a 40 percent rate.
Learn more.You cannot receive payment from more than one benefit program at a time.
Learn more.Your estimated total for the first year.
*DetailsPlease understand that these calculations are only estimates and that a recruiter will have the most up-to-date information about benefits.
Because of the broad range of pay options, the Pay Calculator does not apply to Medical Professional Officers.
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