The following learning resources further assist your career exploration and development at VA:

Jobs and Careers:

• My Career Mapping Tool – An interactive career exploration resource that helps you to map a long-term career path at VA, both within and outside of your current occupational family
• VA Career Guides – An online resource that provides detailed information on each of VA’s occupational families and related jobs, such as knowledge areas, locations and examples of training and development activities
• Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics – A resource that provides information on many types of jobs, related training and education, earnings, job duties and working conditions. View links to information about the job market in each state.

Job Search Skills:

• USAJOBS, the official job site for the federal government:
• Federal Resume and Application Tips
• Successful Interviewing Tips
• Ten Tips on Letting Federal Employers Know Your Worth
• New to Federal Government Frequently Asked Questions
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2010-11 Edition, U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Job Search Tips

Learning and Development Resources:

• Workplace Learning – Provides information on how you can learn and develop in your job
• Graduate School USA – View training and development opportunities, academic courses (for credit) and evening and weekend programs geared toward public sector employees at all levels
• Go Learn, U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – Provides federal employees a full range of Web-accessible training and services, such as IT, computer desktop, business, HR and professional training using live "e-structors," subject matter experts, and live telephone mentoring
• National Defense University (NDU) – Prepares future leaders of U.S. civilian government agencies, the military, and Department of Defense and foreign nationals for senior-level policy and organizational responsibilities through an internationally recognized graduate-level university

Leadership Development:

• VA Learning University (VALU) Leadership – View Department-wide leadership development programs VA provides to all levels of employees
• Leadership Development and Training, U.S. Office of Personnel Management – Offers leadership programs for federal government employees in the following areas:
• Aspiring Leaders
• Supervisors and Managers
• SES Executives
• Training Officers
• Government Strategic Leader (GSL) Certificate, National Defense University (NDU) – Provides federal government leaders and managers with the essential tools and strategies to lead effectively
• Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) Council – Provides a forum and resources for CHCOs and Deputy CHCOs to discuss and resolve human resource issues and share best practices across the government

Acquisition Professionals:

• Chief Acquisition Officers Council – Provides a senior level forum and resources for acquisition professionals in the Executive Branch to work collaboratively to monitor and improve the federal acquisition system
• Defense Acquisition University (DAU) – Provides federal government acquisition employees a full range of basic, intermediate and advanced acquisition certification training, assignment-specific training, applied research and continuous learning opportunities
• VA Acquisitions Academy – Addresses the growing acquisition workforce challenge facing the Department of Veterans Affairs and the federal government overall. The Academy consists of three schools: Acquisition Internship School, Contracting Professional School and Program Management School

Financial Management Professionals:

• Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Council – Provides a forum and resources for CFOs and Deputy CFOs of the largest federal agencies and senior officials of OMB and Treasury to work together to improve financial management in the U.S. Government
• Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Leadership Certificate and CFO Academy, National Defense University – Provides the CFO Leadership Certificate and other graduate-level courses, resources and services to middle- to senior-level government financial management personnel to increase their strategic financial leadership of public organizations

Forms:

• Authorization, Agreement and Certification of Training (SF182) – Federal government employees must use SF182 to request and obtain authorization for training

Human Resources/Human Capital Professionals:

• View Resources for HR Professionals

Information Technology Professionals:

• Chief Information Officer (CIO) Certificate Program, National Defense University (NDU) – Provides certification and resources for CIO leaders and their agency personnel to strategically leverage national information technology resources
• Information Resources Management Program, National Defense University – The National Defense University Information Resources Management College (NDU iCollege) (Formerly IRMC) is where federal civilian employees where they prepare to strategically leverage national information technology resources. Primary areas of expertise include leadership, process management, information technology, policy, and security, transformation, and management of acquisition processes and reform
• Advanced Management Program, National Defense University (NDU) – Provides middle-and senior-level federal civilian managers and employees a 14-week resident graduate program where they learn to use information technology to achieve agency and inter-agency national security goals
• Government Information Leader (GIL) Master of Science Degree, National Defense University (NDU) – Prepares federal, state and local government and defense employees for public IT leadership through a selective and competitive academic program

Managers:

• View Resources for Supervisors

Nursing Professionals:

• VA Nursing Academy – Supports high-performance of Nursing Professionals.

Supervisors:

• View Resources for Supervisors