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Absolutely . My name is Betty Man Dava

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Perez and I'm the contract installation

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manager here at Cam Humphrey . The

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program is congressional mandated

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program and every service member that

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has served for 100 and 80 days or more

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of consecutive active duty has to

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complete the program . Now , in a

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nutshell , what does the program

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provide us ? And how is that helpful

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for service members ? It helps service

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members create their plan and make sure

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they're truly prepared for their

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transitions from knowing how to

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translate their current skills . They

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have to the private sector kind of

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navigating . Where do they want to uh

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once they separate from the military

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and really assessing , do they really

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want to separate ? Right . Another

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aspect is the financial point , for

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example , um within the military ,

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there are a lot of benefits that are

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provided and not necessarily lumped

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into your pay that you may not be

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seeing and we need to factor that in to

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make sure that you're set for success ,

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then it determines it's based on

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personal needs , right ? Uh Some people

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wanna may , may want to go into higher ,

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some people may want to join the

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workforce . Some people may want to

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start their own business . We kind of

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tailor it based on what your needs are .

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Um Sure I can speak on for some of them .

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For example , we do have our core

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programs which are entailing um working

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on your spending plans , transferring

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those skill sets , really looking at

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what you currently have and what do you

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need for the future profession you want .

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But then we dive into employment where

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you're gonna be uh touching on how to

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write resumes , how to navigate those

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job searches , how to navigate

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different styles of interviews ,

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respond to job offers . Then you do

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have the education aspect for people

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that want to go into higher education .

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Where do we start ? Right . How do we

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research the schools ? How do we

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research the programs they want as well

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as the funding portion when going to

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school funding is really important to

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capture as well . You have , we have

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the boost business for anybody that

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want to start their business doing that

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market research . Why is it so

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important not skipping a step funding

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options for service members that may be

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available to veterans and not to the

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general public ? Um And what are the

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additional resources that they can use ?

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Uh We do have also the vocational track

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which is for people that want to learn

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a specific trade , for example ,

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Welding or electrician . That is more

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on the technical aspect versus a four

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year during free education . So it is ,

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it is very important to start early and

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come ask us all the questions . When

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you start , you may be overwhelmed and

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kinda think you have a direction . But

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until we start doing all the homeworks

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as they call it or all the different

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activities that are within the program ,

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which provides you a clear direction or

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uh steps that you need to take . That's

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when you , you start putting your plan

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into pieces . Also , there are things

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that you may have a perception as to

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when I get out . This is what I'm

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eligible for going through our program .

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We really dive in , for example , on

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the va benefits and services side ,

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you're gonna be explained the different

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benefits and services that are eligible

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to you . And there may be some that you

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did not know that you , you can use or

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there are some that you thought you

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could use , but actually you can't . Ok .

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So it is very important for our service

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members to start 18 months before their

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A Ts or 24 months before their

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retirement . So they can start working

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on their plan as early as possible .

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Taking those classes as early as

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possible , would allow them to actually

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dive into the information , do the

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proper research and put all the pieces

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together in the plan they have to

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create and be prepared for their past

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separation . Um For some of them , it

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could be just as easy as identifying

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the different certificates they have

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for some of them could be . Oh , what

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are the va benefits and services they

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use for some of them is just preparing

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the spending plan , especially if

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you're not a finance person , you

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probably are not looking at your

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finance on daily basis . So it depends

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on what the person needs , but it is

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optimal for them to start 18 months or

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twe from ETS or 24 months from

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retirement to make sure they have

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enough time to put everything in

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perspective . Also , if there are any

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questions that they would have plenty

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of time to come meet with us and we'll

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be able to navigate there uh and

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provide them those answers . Absolutely .

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So we , we are a div diverse team . We

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all have different sort of backgrounds .

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One of our counselors is having an it

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backgrounds . Um I for example , have

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background , independence in accounting .

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We do have a counselor that is , uh ,

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has background in communication , et

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cetera . We are di diverse team and we

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love to share the information we do

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meet um with each other and we do , uh ,

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circulate that information to make sure

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it's provided to the service members .

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But also if I have a client that is

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more focused on it and I don't know the

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answers , I'll be more than happy to

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drive them to the counselor that has

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those answers for them and meet with

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them . So we do um , meet with them one

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on one And again , we do try to provide

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our perspective . We do have the

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diverse team , but we do have a class

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that's called MOC crosswalk . And in

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that class , we do dive in with

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providing them interest profilers where

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they will answer . I believe it's 25

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questions and it will suggest some

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career fields for them based on those

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career fields . They can research ,

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what are the education requirements ,

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certificate , requirement , experience

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requirements and this way they can

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identify , do they possess them or do

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they need to obtain them long term to

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make sure that they are able to go into

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that field ? So with the va va office

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located right next door to us , we do

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work hand in hand . Um They do provide

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our va benefits and services classes as

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well as a different workshops which we

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do advertise , we provide to clients

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also if we do have a client and we're

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meeting with them one on one and we

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feel that they may benefit from meeting

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with a VA benefits advisor . We simply

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just walk them over and make sure they

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speak to the experts again . They are

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the experts on what they can provide

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within the VA program . Um but we can

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gauge on whether it would be beneficial

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for the service member starting early .

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Again , 18 months from ETS 24 months

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from retirement will allow you plenty

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of time for you . Not only to take the

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classes but really dive into the

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information and the come often piece ,

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we're always happy to meet with service

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members , one on one , we're always

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happy to answer the questions . There

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is no stupid question in our office .

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If you have a question , it means you

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need the information . Now , we're not

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the experts on everything . We may

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divert you to a different office such

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as the va if your question is specific

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to them because we want you to get the

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best information . But again , we want

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to see you more often . We wanna make

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sure that you are prepared for when you

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separate from the military .