Tick the Box and Somebody Rings You Back Even When You Did Not Get the Interview
The state veterans department runs a programme it calls Every Veteran Gets an Interview. A veteran applying for a job at the department ticks a box asking to be contacted for job search assistance; if not selected to interview, the department’s team reaches out with resume help and advice on meeting the minimum requirements, on other positions to look at, and on including proof of service.
Verified August 23, 2026
What this benefit is
The state veterans department runs a programme it calls Every Veteran Gets an Interview. A veteran applying for a job at the department ticks a box asking to be contacted for job search assistance; if not selected to interview, the department’s team reaches out with resume help and advice on meeting the minimum requirements, on other positions to look at, and on including proof of service.
What it's worth: Resume help and a call back after an unsuccessful application — if you tick the box
- This is help with the application, not a job. Nothing in the published description promises an interview or a post.
- It is limited to positions at the veterans department itself. It is not a state-wide hiring practice and does not reach other agencies.
- The statutory veterans preference in public employment is a separate thing entirely and is not what this record describes.
Who is entitled to it
- The follow-up is for the applicant who served.
- You are in this state.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
Deadline: At the time you apply — the box cannot be ticked afterwards- 1Tick the box when you apply, because that is the whole mechanism. The department’s instruction is to check the box to be contacted for job search assistance at the point of application.
- 2Apply even where you are unsure you meet the minimum qualifications. The published assistance covers advice on how to demonstrate that you meet them, which is only useful if an application exists.
- 3Include proof of service with the application. The published advice specifically covers including proof of service, which suggests it is a common omission.
- 4Ask about the roles the department actually staffs: offices in the capital, and four veterans homes. The homes are where most of the posts are.
- 5Ask about the paid certified nursing assistant classes at the veterans homes if care work is a possibility — the department publishes a starting rate of $20.938 an hour rising to $24.645 an hour on completion and certification, with those figures including $3 of shift differentials, and it covers the training supplies and the certification cost.
- 6Ask about the tuition reimbursement programme if the plan is longer: the department publishes one enabling employees to work towards licensed practical nurse and registered nurse credentials while employed.
- 7This does not replace the statutory preference in public employment. Ask about that separately when you apply.
- Form
- The department’s own job application, with the job search assistance box ticked
- File with
- Department of Veterans’ Affairs
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
Why only one source type: The programme is the department’s own hiring practice, so the department’s employment page is both the authority and the operating source. The statutes were unreachable this session and would not govern a departmental practice in any event.
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