The Veterans Career Transition Program (VCTP) provides free online career transition assistance to post-9/11 veterans, their spouses, and active duty spouses. The program helps participants translate their military experience for the civilian sector, develop soft skills for corporate culture, and gain an understanding of civilian career opportunities. Participants choose from one of three tracks - Professional Skills, Tech, or Independent Study - and have access to online courses for up to a year to earn non-credit certificates or prepare for industry certifications. The goal is to assist with career transitions, connections, and training to be competitive for civilian jobs.

1. Program Overview
T
ransitioning from the military to
careers in civilian business/industry,
government and other careers often
presents two challenges:
1. How to translate education, experience,
skills and training from a military to
civilian environment to be a competitive
candidate for recruitment and hiring?
2. How to develop the soft skills necessary
to succeed in a civilian corporate or
government environment, particularly in
business sectors not closely connected
to the military?
The Veterans Career Transition Program,
operated by the Institute for Veterans and
Military Families at Syracuse University, is
delivered at no cost to post-9/11 veterans,
their spouses, and spouses of active duty
military. Paid for in entirety by a grant
from JPMorgan Chase & Co, VCTP offers
solutions to the above challenges, as well
as connections to specific education and
training programs, business/industry
coalitions focused on veteran employment
and information about national and state-
level opportunities and benefits for veterans
and their families.
Through online courses—accessible from
any location, at any time–participants have
the opportunity to gain an understanding and
insight into the corporate culture of civilian
business/industry, government and other
civilian sector employment opportunities.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:MORE INFO:
315.443.6898
veteranscertificate@syr.edu
vets.syr.edu/vctpw
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2. ABOUT THE INSTITUTE FOR VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES (IVMF)
The IVMF is the first interdisciplinary national institute in higher education focused on the social, economic,
education and policy issues impacting veterans and their families post-service. Through our focus on veteran-
facing programming, research and policy, employment and employer support, and community engagement,
the institute provides in-depth analysis of the challenges facing the veteran community, captures best practices
and serves as a forum to facilitate new partnerships and strong relationships between the individuals and
organizations committed to making a difference for veterans and military families.
ELIGIBILITY
VETERANS: You must be a post-9/11 veteran who
has already separated or retired from the military
OR military service member who will transition to
the civilian workforce in the next 18 months. Service
members must have served at least one day on active
duty after 9/11/01.This includes Guard and Reserve
members who have civilian sector employment,
or will be transitioning into the civilian sector within
18 months.
SPOUSES: Spouses of eligible veterans, as well as
spouses of all active duty service members are eligible
to apply to the program.
You may be employed and seeking career
advancement or change, underemployed (working in a
field other than your qualifications would prepare you
for, or working for lower salary or fewer hours than you
would like) or unemployed.VCTP requires an application
(which reviews your preparedness and likelihood of
success in the program) as well as your career goals
and fit with the program’s offerings.
COSTS & LOGISTICS
The program is offered at no-cost to eligible veterans,
service members and spouses. Costs are currently
underwritten by JPMC as part of their extensive
collaboration with Syracuse University and as founding
partner of the IVMF. Certification exam preparation
and exams may be paid for by the program based on
progress in the courses, and in the case of exams,
results on preparation exams.
APPLY NOW
Apply online at: vets.syr.edu/vctp
QUESTIONS
n (315) 443-6898
n veteranscertificate@syr.edu
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choose your track
[PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TRACK]
The Career Track gives you skills to effectively prepare for,
and execute, job searches including company research and
résumé and cover letter writing. Participants become official SU
students and receive non-credit certificates upon completion.
This track also offers foundation to advanced level courses in
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
n Access courses for up to one full year
n Academic advisors will be assigned
n Classes begin quarterly
[TECH TRACK]
Interested in launching a career in information technology
but not sure where to start? The Tech Track is focused on
preparing participants for their next careers in operations
or IT. Participants become official SU students and receive
non-credit certificates upon completion.Where applicable,
the program will pay the graduate’s associated exam fees for
industry certification.
n Access courses for up to one full year
n Academic advisors available
n Classes begin quarterly
n Industry certification available
[INDEPENDENT STUDY TRACK]
The Independent Study Track is intended for veterans and
spouses who are currently employed and need to achieve
industry certifications in order to advance or maintain
their current employment. In the Independent Study Track,
you will have six months of access to a variety of classes
with a bank of 25 courses to design your own program.
Participants can enroll through an individual admissions
process at any time to gain access to our large library
of online coursework covering all subject matters, such
as professional and personal development, leadership,
information technology, operations, accounting and finance.
Through the Independent Study Track, you can pick and
choose individual online classes in areas that interest
you and support your individual career development
needs. For participants who complete the entire learning
paths associated with select industry certification exams,
the program will pay associated exam fees for industry
certification.
n For individual learners—participants will not have an
advisor
n Participants must be employed and submit a letter
of reference from their employer acknowledging their
participation in this program
n Start classes immediately
n Industry certification available
n Program does not result in an SU certificate (which
allows participants to start any day, rather than wait
for quarterly enrollment cycles)
n Access coursework developed in partnership
with MOAA specific to the needs of military
spouses (in the Professional Skills Track)
n Prepare for industry certification surrounding a
skill-set that is aligned with your goals (in the
Tech and Independent Study Tracks)
military spouses
TOPICS ADDRESSED
n CAREER SKILLS
n HUMAN RESOURCES
n INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
n MICROSOFT OFFICE FUNDAMENTALS
n OPERATIONS
“in service to those who have served” 315.443.6898 veteranscertificate@syr.edu vets.syr.edu/VCTP IVMFSyracuseU
track certifications
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TRACK >
n CAREERSKILLSFORGLOBALENTERPRISESAND/OR
n MICROSOFTOFFICEFUNDAMENTALS
TECH TRACK >
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n COMPTIANETWORK+www.comptia.org
n COMPTIAA+(ESSENTALS&PRACTICALAPPLICATION)
www.comptia.org
n ORACLEDATABASE11G(Z51&Z52)
education.oracle.com
n INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYINFRASTRUCTURELIBRARY
(ITIL)www.itil-officialsite.com
n SIXSIGMAGREENBELTasq.org
n MCTS:WINDOWSSERVER2008NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE,CONFIGURING
microsoft.com/learning
n MCTS:WINDOWSSERVER2008ACTIVEDIRECTORY,
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INFRASTRUCTURE,CONFIGURING
microsoft.com/learning
n MCTS:WINDOWSSERVER2008R2,SERVER
VIRTUALIZATIONmicrosoft.com/learning
n MCITPmicrosoft.com/learning
n CCENTcisco.com
n CCNAWITHCCENTCERTIFICATIONcisco.com
n CCNA(ICND1&ICND2)cisco.com
n CCDAcisco.com
n COMPTIASECURITY+www.comptia.org
n SSCPwww.isc2.org/sscp
n CISSPwww.isc2.org/cissp
n PHRORSPHRwww.hrci.org
n CAPMORPMPwww.pmi.org
n CERTIFICATIONOFCOMPETENCYINBUSINESSANALYSIS
(CCBA)www.iiba.org
INDEPENDENT STUDY TRACK >
create your own learning path to build out your
professional skills or prepare for industry certifications
such as:
n COMPTIAA+
n COMPTIANETWORK+
n COMPTIASERVER+
n CCENT(CISCOCERTIFIEDENTRYNETWORKTECHNICIAN)
n CCNA(CISCOCERTIFIEDNETWORKASSOCIATE)
n COMPTIASECURITY+
n SSCP(ISC2SYSTEMSSECURITYCERTIFIEDPRACTITIONER)
n CISSP(ISC2INFORMATIONSYSTEMSSECURITYPROFESSIONAL)
n CAPM(CERTIFIEDASSOCIATEINPROJECTMANAGEMENT)
n PMP(PROJECTMANAGEMENTPROFESSIONAL)
n PHR/SPHR(PROFESSIONALINHUMANRESOURCES)