Veteran Services - MassHire Metro North Career Center

BUILDING A CAREER AFTER THE MILITARY

The Metro North Career Center is committed to providing Priority of Service. Veterans can find the employment services they need to find jobs, acquire skills and education, plan their career, attend workshops, and take advantage of our other resources.

The Career Center carries out its Priority of Service commitment to Veterans and eligible spouses by providing the following services:

Job Search & Assessment
Resume Writing
Job Placement
Interviewing Skills
Career Counseling
Labor Market Information
First Chance at Job Vacancy Listings
Electronic Job Banks/Computer Access
Download Veteran’s Online Screening Form

GETTING STARTED

DVOP Eligibility Screening Tool

Are you interested in receiving one-on-one career planning or help finding employment?

If Yes, please complete this tool to determine whether you are eligible for DVOP specialist services. If No, please stop here; you may be eligible for priority of service from another staff member.

Section A: Current Service Members

I am wounded, ill, or injured AND I am receiving treatment at a military treatment facility or soldier recovery unit.
I am within 1 year of separation or 2 years of retirement, AND I have participated in a part of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP).

If you are currently serving on active duty, select any statements that apply to you. If you are currently serving on active duty, select any statements that apply to you.

Section B: Eligible Veterans

I served on active duty for more than 180 consecutive days and was discharged with other than a dishonorable discharge. (ForNational Guard/Reserve, active-duty training does not count toward the 180 days.)
I was released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
I was released from active duty by reason of a sole survivorship discharge.
I was a member of a Guard/Reserve component; AND served on active duty during a period of war or in a campaign or expedition forwhich a campaign badge is authorized, AND was discharged or released from such duty with other than a dishonorable discharge.

If you have ever served in the military, select any statements that apply to your service: If you checked any of these, you are considered an Eligible Veteran; please skip to Section D to determine whether a DVOP specialist can serve you. Otherwise, please continue to Section C.

Section C: Eligible Persons

I am the spouse or family caregiver of a wounded, ill, or injured current service member who is receiving care at a military treatmentfacility
If you checked the box above, a DVOP specialist can serve you; skip to Section E. Otherwise, please continue:
My spouse was a veteran who died because of a service-connected disability.
My spouse has (or my deceased spouse had) a total and permanent service-connected disability rating from the Department ofVeterans Affairs.
My active-duty spouse is listed as one of the following, and has been for more than 90 days: 1) missing in action; 2) captured in theline of duty by a hostile force; or 3) forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government power.

If you checked any of the boxes in this part of Section C, you are an Eligible Person; please continue to Section D to determine whether a DVOP specialist can serve you. Otherwise, please stop here; you may be eligible for priority of service from another staff member. Notice To Our Customers: We are requesting this information to best meet your employment and training needs. We will keep all information you provide to us confidential to the greatest extent allowed by law. If you do not provide this information, you will not be subjected to any adverse treatment.

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Section E: Customer Signature If directed here from a previous section, you are eligible for DVOP specialist services based on your responses. By completing these fields, you certify that your answers are true to the best of your knowledge.

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Veteran Resources

Didn’t Find Your Answer?

Please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to help you find the answers to your questions!

DVOP Woburn

Steve Fernandez

Woburn Phone – 781.932.5528

E-mail – steven.fernandez@mass.gov