Employment groups helping veterans

The following government organizations, nonprofit groups and private companies make it their business to help veterans find jobs. If you don't see your group listed here, add a comment to the bottom of this post.

Army Career and Alumni Program
Provides transition services, including job-search, résumé and interview help, to Army soldiers, retirees, veterans and family members as well as Army civilian employees.

Bradley-Morris Inc.
Places military officers, non-commissioned officers and technicians from all service branches in the jobs in engineering and engineering management, technician and technician supervision and sales and sales management.

CivilianJobs.com
Screens résumés of veterans and transitioning service members and matches them with client companies.

ClearanceJobs.com
Allows security-cleared job seekers to post résumés and search job postings and provides information and statistics on hiring companies.

ClearedJobs.net
Asks your level of security clearance and searches for jobs that match; organizes job fairs specifically for positions requiring a security clearance.

Corporate Gray
Matches job seekers with employers using the Web, military-friendly job fairs and series of transition books, including the transition classic, "From Army Green to Corporate Gray."

Hire a Hero
Emphasizes networking — placing veterans in touch with each other and connecting veterans with military-friendly employers.

HirePatroits.com
Posts job openings for employers as well as résumés for job hunters. Includes postings for daily and weekend work.

Hire Veterans
Advertises job postings in construction, government, health services, accounting, engineering, customer service, high technology and other fields.

HireVetsFirst
Connects veterans with hiring companies and offers links for résumé-writing tips and One-Stop Career Centers; run by the President's National Hire Veterans Committee.

Helmets to Hardhats
Helps National Guard, reserve and transitioning active-duty military personnel find jobs and training opportunities in the construction industry.

Jobs for Vets
Provides links to job openings posted by its seven military-friendly corporate sponsors, including Allstate Insurance, BAE Systems, Boeing, Curtiss-Wright Corp., Ford Motor Co., Northrop Grumman, Spencer Stuart and USAA.

JobZone
Organizes job fairs in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., areas.

Military Exits
Offers job searches by category, including aviation/defense, casino, technical, retail, food service, security clearance, law enforcement and health care.

Lucas Group
Prescreens applicants and chooses 60 to 90 in diverse fields to attend its military hiring conferences.

MilitaryHire.com
Allows current and former military personnel to post résumés, features selected jobs and offers tips among its career tools.

MilitaryJobZone
Reviews job-seekers' résumés and passes them on to recruiters in the appropriate fields.

Military Officers Association of America
Offers résumé critiques and career counseling to members, and organizes career fairs open to any current or former service member.

Military Order of the Purple Heart
Schedules career fairs across the U.S.

Military Overseas Recruiting Events
Organizes job fairs at U.S. military installations in North America and abroad.

MilitaryStars
Operates several regional career fairs each month.

Non Commissioned Officers Association
Posts job openings for veterans and hosts job fairs.

OperationHeroforHire.com
Advertises jobs for former or transitioning service members.

Orion International
Invites pre-screened job seekers to attend hiring conferences.

RecruitMilitary
Allows former and transitioning service members to search job openings, apply for jobs online and create and post résumés; has already scheduled 104 job fairs in 44 cities for 2008.

Recruit Veterans
Places highly qualified, transitioning military veterans into corporate careers.

SecurityClearanceExpo.com
Offers job fairs specializing in engineering and technology for people with active security clearances.

Still Serving Veterans
Gives tips on employers with reputations for hiring veterans and links to search for jobs with companies such as Home Depot, Lowe's and General Electric.

TargetedJobFairs.com
Produces career fairs for the technology and engineering fields and those requiring security clearance.

Transition Assistance Management Program
Provides career-change assistance to Marines and their families.

Transition Assistance Online
Features a job search, links to military-friendly employers and the "Jobsaurus" résumé-prep tool to help with job titles and descriptions of previous jobs.

TransitionCareers
Specializes in placing former military personnel in the U.S. defense, intelligence and contractor communities.

Troops to Teachers
Helps eligible service members start new careers as public school teachers.

VetSuccess.gov
Helps veterans with service-connected disabilities.