This empirical study investigated military connected student perspectives at a large public university concerning any benefits gained by their involvement with the university's career center's inceptive veteran specific career development program referred to by the pseudonym, Student Veteran Career Development Transitional Program (SVCDTP). Participants program were all former or current military service members enrolled as college students. Program enrollment ranged from five to twenty student veterans. The central research question was, "What are the participating military connected student perspectives as to if and how the program sessions and material may help them find civilian employment in their future career goals?" Methods such as participant observation, direct observation, program participant questionnaires, and a reflective report from the program coordinator were used to gather data, which was inductively analyzed. Resultant findings looked at perspectives of participating stakeholders, which supported this study's assertion that the SVCDTP was positive in enhancing university military connected students' future employability.
The GI Bill of Rights has helped millions of veterans with their transition into civilian employment through education and training programs. In addition to higher education benefits, the GI Bill provides educational assistance for vocational training, entrepreneurship courses, apprenticeships, on-the-job training, and remedial courses. Compared to previous studies, this study is unique in three aspects. First, this study focuses on skill development through training programs completed by veterans rather than higher education or educational attainment. Second, the training categories are constructed based on job-specific versus general properties of human capital theory. Finally, the study captures all training programs completed by veterans regardless of provider or sponsoring organization by using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97). Generalized linear mixed models are used to determine the relationship between the type of training program and gainful employment. Pre-employment training programs were found to be positively related to the gainful employment of Gulf War-Era II veterans.
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