1. February 17 – 19, 2010
Arlington, VA
Recruit and Retain Returning Veterans to
Your Vacant Positions
Veteran Reintegration
into the Workforce
Identify Best Practices in Assisting Veterans
with a Successful Transition from Military to Civilian Life
You Will Learn to:
Develop an Effective Job Training Program for Returning Veterans
Equip your office with the tools necessary to train veterans returning to the civilian workforce
Create a Strategic Plan for Your Veteran Reintegration Strategy
Align your veteran reintegration workforce strategy with long term reachable goals
Assist Disabled Veterans with Employment
Learn how to work with veterans and employers to provide equal job placement opportunities for
those with service-connected disabilities
Utilize One-Stop Career Center Approaches to Reintegration
Properly screen veterans to ensure the right candidates are selected for interviews
In Association with: Make the Most of One-Stop Career
Center Veteran Services
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2. Who
Veteran Reintegration into the Workforce
Should Pre-Conference Workshop
Attend: FEBRUARY 17, 2010
• State and Local Workforce Pre-Conference Workshops are hands-on, interactive sessions with specially designed
Agencies exercises and projects that have immediate application. With this half day application
session, you will enhance your training experience by establishing a reference point
• Human Resource Directors of knowledge, language and methodologies for the rest of the event. This workshop
• Directors of Workforce will update and review veteran benefits and help improve your expertise and gain
Planning knowledge of practical tools to implement from field experts. Enrollment space is
limited, so register today to reserve your seat.
• One-Stop Administrators
and Operational Staff
• Job Corps Center Directors
11:30
• Directors of Organizational Workshop Registration
Development and Career
Administration
12:00
• Workforce Investment Program Update and Review Course on Veteran Benefits
Managers and Coordinators
The Federal Government works diligently to provide resources, services, and benefits
to military veterans to ensure a smooth transition into civilian life after their term of duty
Top Five has ended. As an organization serving veterans, it’s important to remain informed of
changes, modifications, and additions to veteran benefits in order to best aid in the
Reasons to reintegration process. During this workshop, you will:
Attend: • Receive a refresher course on the various benefits offered to veterans and how
they can obtain those benefits
1. Learn how to better
• Hear an update on Federal initiatives to improve workforce reintegration
serve veterans in the
reintegration process • Identify resources available to your organization to improve the quality of service
offered to veterans
2. Assist veterans in
overcoming the mental
4:00
and physical challenges of
active duty Workshop Adjourns
3. Prepare veterans to find
job success and stability
through vocational
rehabilitation
“Great energy, appropriate
4. Educate employers on the
value of hiring veterans examples that were transferable.”
5. Enable veterans to
confidently integrate into BRIAN HOUGHTON, TALENT MANAGEMENT ANALYST, 3M
the civilian workforce
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3. Veteran Reintegration into the Workforce
Day One
February 18, 2010
8:30
Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00
Keynote Address: Transition Assistance into Civilian Life
For any soldier returning from duty, the transition from military to civilian life can be challenging. By providing
veterans the opportunity to develop skills that will enhance their academic, social and professional success, you
can ensure a smooth and successful transition into the civilian workforce. During this Keynote Address, you will
learn to:
• Recognize the fundamentals of transitioning from a military job to a civilian job
• Identify the possible challenges for soldiers entering into the workforce
• Understand how the current economic situation affects veterans
10:00 11:15
Break and Refreshments Utilize Employment Resources to Actively Seek
Returning Veterans
10:15 • Discuss the resources that are available for
organizations to assist in the hiring of returning veterans
Create and Execute a Strategic Plan for
Your Short-Term and Long-Term Veteran • Use current best practices and disability management
Reintegration Strategy to help address the needs of veterans during their
reintegration back into civilian positions
• Create a strategic plan for the organization, dividing
• Discuss a lost of potential red flags that may indicate an
workforce goals into short-term and long-term initiatives
individual is struggling with reintegration
• Identify the strategies, goals and demonstrated results
that you want to outline
12:15
• Develop unique ways to align your veteran reintegration
workforce strategy with long term reachable goals Lunch Break
“ Very useful information from knowledgeable
and experienced speakers.”
CARMEN ORTIZ, HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
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4. Veteran Reintegration into the Workforce
Day One (continued)
February 18, 2010
1:15 3:30
Develop Skill Training Programs to Manage Enable Veterans with Disabilities
the Veteran Workforce • Enable veterans with service-connected disabilities
• Use continued education programs and mentoring to to become employable, and obtain and maintain
find workers interested and develop their skill sets suitable employment
• Identify and provide valuable incentives to keep • Address the unique and specific needs of veterans with
talented veterans at your organization service-connected disabilities in order to help them
• Implement career ladders to promote qualified transition to civilian life
employees and fill critical positions in your organization • Identify benefit packages that rehabilitate veterans by
focusing on their strengths while remaining mindful of
Allen Bergeron their wounds
Veterans Consultant
City of Austin Human Resources Department
4:30
2:15 Day One Adjourns
Break and Refreshments
2:30
Properly Translate Military Talent into Civilian Skills
• Clearly identify the person’s talents, skills and what
motivates them
• Encourage development of skills regarding information
gathering and problem-solving through employment training
• Create an environment in which veterans can feel
comfortable enough to seek support due to transitional
troubles or issues associated with military duty
Matthew J. Cary
National President, Veterans and Military Families
for Progress
“ I loved hearing what other organizations are
doing to attract talent- great conference!”
KIM KOSTEK, U.S. ARMY
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5. Veteran Reintegration into the Workforce
Day Two
February 19, 2010
8:30 11:15
Conference Registration and Continental Breakfast Understand the Veterans’ Workforce
Investment Program (VWIP)
9:00 • Identify how VWIP funding aids veterans
Reintegrate Veterans into the Workforce • Learn which organizations are eligible for VWIP
through Vocational Rehabilitation funding and how to obtain funding if currently ineligible
• Recognize the program features and activities required
The training and skills a soldier learns while in the military
for a competitively funded VWIP program
can prove to be valuable and effective in many civilian
vocations. When those skills are harnessed and developed, Bob Simpson
a veteran can successful find placement in a stable job Maryland Workforce Promise, Way Station Inc.
situation. During this Keynote Address, you will learn to:
• Access employment and training services veterans need 12:15
to re-enter the labor force Lunch Break
• Institute vocational assessments to assist in vocational
job placement decisions 1:15
• Make connections between military skills and Retain Veterans Integrated Into the Workforce
appropriate civilian jobs
• Create follow-up programs to keep track of veterans
currently in the workplace
10:00
• Identify opportunities for veterans to improve skills and
Break and Refreshments advance in the civilian workforce
• Remain up-to-date with the VA’s retention programs to
10:15 keep veterans informed
Reintegration Assistance for Homeless Veterans
2:15
• Harness productive life skills to aid homeless veterans in
work readiness Break and Refreshments
• Recognize resources and requirements determined by the
HVRP (homeless veterans reintegration program)
• Identify funding opportunities for your organization and
ways to obtain funding specifically for homeless veterans
Bob Simpson
Maryland Workforce Promise, Way Station Inc.
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6. Sponsorship
Veteran Reintegration into the Workforce
Opportunities
Day Two (continued)
As a conference and training February 19, 2010
provider, The Performance
Institute is an expert in
2:30
bringing together leaders
Engage Veterans in the Reintegration Process
to share and discuss best
practices and innovations. We • Create a sense empowerment in veterans to want to return to the civil workforce
connect decision-makers with • Develop ways to encourage veterans to actively participate in the
respected solution providers. reintegration process
• Maintain a positive outlook on reintegration despite a down economy
The Institute offers four different
pre-designed sponsorship 3:30
packages: The One-Stop Career Center Approach
• Event Co-Sponsor
to Reintegration
• Align your one-stop to provide employers with access to the veteran labor pool
• Session Sponsor
• Recruit, screen, and refer veterans ranging from entry-level workers to highly skilled
• Luncheon Sponsor professionals
• Exhibit Booth Sponsor • Screen veterans to ensure the right workers with the right skills are selected for
interviews
For more information on
sponsorships or to get 4:30
started, contact Meredith Day Two Adjourns
Mason at 202-739-9707
or Meredith.Mason@
PerformanceInstitute.org
“ A wealth of
information from
this conference!”
conferen
BARBARA WILLIS, MANAGEMEN ANALYST
MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
www.PerformanceInstitute.org/Veterans
rans

7. Veteran Reintegration into the Workforce
Logistics & Registration
Venue & Hotel
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8. About the
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training and policy since the 2000 administration transition. As part of the Government
Performance Coalition, a group of good government organizations, the Institute worked in 2000
to deliver recommendations to the then new administration on what would become the President’s
Management Agenda.
In 2009, the Institute is leading Innovations in Government: From Transition to Transformation,
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transformation to the federal government. The goal of InnoGOV.org is to centralize the importance
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