Q&A
Internship opportunities and SkillBridge program for veterans
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Council Member Holden and Commissioner Hendon discuss internship opportunities for veterans in city council offices and the potential for collaboration through the SkillBridge program.
- Council offices have existing internship programs that could be utilized for veterans
- DVS support could help promote these opportunities to veterans
- Commissioner Hendon introduces the SkillBridge program, which allows transitioning service members to work in non-military organizations
- DVS is an approved SkillBridge partner and suggests potential collaboration with city council offices
- The discussion explores ways to create more opportunities for veterans in local government roles
Robert F. Holden
0:36:35
Yeah.
0:36:35
We we do have internship programs too within the city council offices So we could actually do a program.
0:36:43
And I think that's that if that comes from your office, it can come from this committee, but I think it if we got support from DVS on let's say, hire a vet or, you know, allow veteran opportunities within the the council offices.
0:37:01
I think that's the way to get the word out to to constituents.
0:37:05
We see dozens of constituents a day then we also have regular town meetings in my office and around my office.
0:37:16
So getting the word out that way is and having a veteran speak to, you know, the public is also very, very important.
James Hendon
0:37:23
Think I'm gonna add to this because you're speaking of the the existing internship opportunities and us getting the word out about that.
0:37:28
Something we're very much open to, and this is I'm saying this we're both city government at the end of the day.
0:37:33
We're both state of New York.
0:37:34
Just we're working different places in the city.
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We're an approved SkilBridge partner.
0:37:38
SkilBridge is the partner of defense program where someone who's within their last 6 months of service can, so long as their senior supervisor approves, work for a non, you know, military government related organization.
0:37:51
The, you know, working, you know, for the city of New York or working in the private sector, working with a nonprofit, and it's work that can be done full time as far as either hybrid remover or, you know, in person.
0:38:03
And so we have a skill bridge and turn ourselves with us, a young man who's marine transitioning out.
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His name is William.
0:38:08
He's in you know, he's just leading the marine corps, looking at what he's doing, but he's been with us.
0:38:12
And that's a program where I think that this is something we could also work on, where if someone is looking to be skillbridge, we can be the administrative lead for it.
0:38:19
But have that person in your office, council member Marmuro, council member Caladino, councilmember Holden.
0:38:24
So that's something we can look at doing with the council.
Robert F. Holden
0:38:26
So there's there's another question that you're probably not gonna be able to answer.
