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Welcome to the Vets2PM DoD SkillBridge program as a Host Employer. Here are suggestions for a successful internship. Now that you have approved a Resident Intern from Vets2PM you (the main POC) will begin receiving email messages from Vets2PM and they will reference this page often. This page contains documents you will need, strategies for success, and it should answer all your questions.
We have designated one POC from your company for each internship. It may be the talent acquisition person, or the hiring manager. When we send you emails, please ensure you forward the message internally to the hiring manager, or the person who needs to read that message.
Plan your internal processย for how you will onboard our intern in your system. Some Host Partners onboard their intern as a contractor with $0 pay;ย others may handle it differently. Think about what works best for your company and use that process.
Identify & educate the intern’s manager on the program and your established processes. ย Plan for any tools or equipment your intern will need; add them to your email system; add them to email distribution lists; provide them with materials you would send any employee, i.e., uniform items, access badge, etc.; whatever you need to do to ensure their onboarding process is smooth.
Intake Process for New Internships: Use the attached Internship Intake Form for each unique internship you would like us to fill. This form provides us everything we need to know to identify candidates, complete the candidate application for command approval, and properly invoice you once the intern begins.
As an additional resource we published a Facebook group named Vets2PM SkillBridge Exchange. We utilize this page to share your SkillBridge internship (and job postings, if applicable) opportunities. Feel free to join the group and share anything you’d like to reach active duty, transitioning, veterans, and military spouses.
Once you select your Resident Intern, notify Vets2PM first to confirm the intern’s name, internship position, location (remote, hybrid, onsite), and start date. Vets2PM will work the intern to apply for their Command (Division) approval. We will provide the intern with an approval email which includes all the documents they require, including our DoD SkillBridge MOU, the official Approval Letter, and their personalized Training Plan which depicts what they will learn and do in the residency. You are free to send a selection message from your company, however, the official approval comes through Vets2PM.
Ourย SkillBridgeย Resident Intern Onboard Orientation Checklist will assist you with onboarding your intern. Pleaseย click on this document for strategies on successfully onboarding your intern.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit:ย We require your intern to pre-certify for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC). We will provide a copy of your intern’s pre-certification letter upon request. To take advantage of this program you can reach out to our resource partner, Veteran Tax Credits (www.veterantaxcredits.com) to learn more; or refer to the Department of Labor website atย ย Work Opportunity Tax Credit | U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov). While we have your intern pre-certifyย for this tax credit it is your decision and responsibility as to whether or not you take advantage of this program.
Feel free to keep in touch with your Resident Intern prior to their start date. They love hearing from you. They can be very nervous about this life-changing event and hearing from you will make them feel great.
Vets2PM is communicating withย your intern; setting them up in our system; providing them access to our career services and resources; and registering them for their certification training programs (if applicable). We are also getting them set up in our instant messaging app so they have access to our team for support and questions.
Your Resident Intern is invited to our regular Resident Intern Zoom meeting with all our current interns. This meeting takes place at Noon Eastern every 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month. If you are interested in joining this meeting please feel free! Here’s how:
Please join our monthly SkillBridge Host Zoom meeting, held the 2nd Thursday of each month at Noon Eastern time, where our staff an other SkillBridge Host companies come together to discuss our programs, ask questions, and collaborate to best serve our Resident Interns.
Here’s how to join:
Your Resident Intern is tying up loose ends with their transition, attending VA and other appointments, possibly relocating, and preparing for their new career opportunity with you!
Welcome your Resident Intern and we wish you all the best for a successful experience.
Access the SkillBridge Weekly Feedback form here. Use this form to communicate internship goals, achievements, and challenges. Adapt this form to your needs, and use it to ensure the best learning environment to assist your intern with OJT and help them become the best job candidate for your company!
The designated contact person at your company will receive an invoice for each internship on the Resident’s start date. We appreciate you!
Please reach out if you have any questions!
We hope the first month of your intern’s internship has been a great experience. Please remember you can reach out any time.
Today is the due date for your invoice. Again, we appreciate you!
If your Resident Intern is doing a great job and you don’t want to let another company hire them…feel free offer them a Job at any time! They will be thrilled and they won’t have to worry about ‘what comes next’. (Transitioning service members are often very worried about job stability after their transition, and an early job offer will set them at ease and make the experience even better for all of you!) REMEMBER, they are generally eligible for hire on the day their ‘Terminal Leave’ begins or date of separation โ which typically (not in all cases) corresponds with the end date of their SkillBridge internship.
We will remind you one month before your intern’s end date to schedule their formal job interview, however, please feel free to schedule it before then if you wish.
It is one month before your Resident Intern’s end date of their internship. If you haven’t already, please schedule their formal job interview.
Reminder: The intern is eligible to start a new job while on ‘Terminal Leave,’ which is their saved ‘PTO/Paid Time Off.’ Some like to take a little break before starting their new job, and others like to start a new job right away.
While you are not required to hire your intern, we hope that they have been successful and you want to hire them!
Vets2PM conducts an ‘out-brief’ with your intern to close out their residency.
Your SkillBridge intern receives a Vets2PM Certificate of Completion
Your SkillBridge intern and you will both receive our exit survey. Please click on the Exit Survey (exit survey will download) and complete this survey and return it to us. We appreciate you taking a few minutes to complete this survey as it helps us continue improve our program.
You should have already scheduled your intern’s formal job interview. (If not, please do so now!)