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Veterans' Employment Challenge
Build a better application to match the skills of those who have served
in the military with employer needs.
Department of Labor
CHALLENGE DETAILS
TOTAL CASH PRIZES OFFERED: $1,000,000
TYPE OF CHALLENGE: Software
PARTNER AGENCIES | FEDERAL: Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Afairs
SUBMISSION START: 12/11/2019 10:30 AM ET
SUBMISSION END: 01/24/2020 05:00 PM ET
Description
The goal of this challenge is to develop a job-matching tool that will be piloted in a Transition
Assisance Program (TAP) Employment Workshop at selected base locations. If the tool is efective,
it could be added to the Employment Workshop curriculum for all transitioning service members.
In 2018, the Department of Labor (DOL), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of
Veterans’ Afairs (VA) began a cross-agency efort to undersand the transition of a Service member
from active duty to civilian employment, from the perspective of the individual navigating this process
—not the perspective of the Federal organizations that exis to support a plethora of programs. The
agencies built a journeymap of this process and found a recurring theme: navigating the “sea of
support” and resources relating to the job search can be a challenging task.
Veterans complete their military
https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/vets-match/[12/17/2019 10:09:25 AM]
