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Strategies for recruiting young veterans for city jobs
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Council Member Paladino inquires about methods to recruit young veterans for city jobs, particularly through civil service exams. Commissioner Hendon explains the current processes and outreach efforts for veteran recruitment.
- Veterans can apply for veteran credit or disabled veteran credit when taking civil service exams
- There is a one-time fee waiver available for military spouses
- DVS has access to information about service members transitioning to New York, allowing for proactive outreach
- The department has staff focused on employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for veterans
Vickie Paladino
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Oh, wait.
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One thing yes.
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That's that's that.
0:52:55
With every, let's say, civil service test that's being given out for our sanitation workers, for our firemen, for our police, all of this.
0:53:07
Would it be is it against the rules to actually I know there were used to be that little box that they would check, are you a veteran?
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And due to the stigma that some feel is attached to identifying as a veteran, they don't check the box.
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But is that box still there?
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Because I'm thinking about how we could recruit the young veterans that go are done with their service, active service.
0:53:31
Some are in reserve, and yet they go out for city work.
0:53:36
Maybe we could figure out a way to hit these younger generation and figure out, you know, as they apply for work, what's available to them as a vet.
0:53:47
Is there any way we could kinda tie in the two whereas we could make it work that way?
James Hendon
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So so right now, and Cass jumping off, it's that it's folks applying to their veteran credit or the disabled veteran credit when they apply.
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That's where you know places we can be able to doorways while when you're applying where we could learn who you are when it comes to civil service exams.
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Also we know that there's the one time fee waiver for military spouses, those are different gates for that.
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The other piece of it is now that we have a handle on who is coming, the people who are inbound, they fill out a d d two six four eight form where they're telling the military I'm gonna end my service at this point, I'm gonna transition to New York.
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Having that contact is key because we can lean in to reach out to that airman before they leave the service or that sailor, that marine, that soldier, etcetera, and make them aware of all these things.
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And so we've got on our team, you know, under Cass, one of our folks who focuses on employment and entrepreneurship who does engage so that the veterans do know about those opportunities.