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  • How to make sure your resume for VA tells the right story

    How to make sure your resume for VA tells the right story

    With four easy questions, you can review your resume and make sure it’s exactly what our recruiters are looking for.

  • Best of 2024: Affirmative application advice from VA Careers

    Best of 2024: Affirmative application advice from VA Careers

    You had questions, we had answers. Take a look at the information and advice we shared that had the most impact with readers in 2024.

  • Finding the right words: How keywords can impact your resume

    Finding the right words: How keywords can impact your resume

    Knowing what keywords are important in a job announcement will help you better develop your resume.

  • Make a plan and bring your goal of a VA career into reach

    Make a plan and bring your goal of a VA career into reach

    Goals are powerful motivators and set the path for what we want to achieve. Follow these tips to set your own goals and find a path onto our team.

  • Know your role: Filtering VA job announcements by eligibility

    Know your role: Filtering VA job announcements by eligibility

    Narrow your search for the perfect job at VA by learning how to filter job announcements.

  • Unprecedented hiring paves the way to more strategic VA recruitment

    Unprecedented hiring paves the way to more strategic VA recruitment

    After an unprecedented hiring surge, VA is now looking to promote more strategic opportunities throughout the country.

  • Learn how to align your answers with the VA interview process

    Learn how to align your answers with the VA interview process

    Overcome your interview jitters by learning what we’re looking for and the kinds of questions we ask during a VA interview.

  • Try these tactful tips to tackle the gaps in your resume

    Try these tactful tips to tackle the gaps in your resume

    Gaps on your resume don’t have to be a red flag. Learn how to use them to your advantage during the application process.

  • See our top career advice from 2023

    See our top career advice from 2023

    What are the things you wanted to learn about a VA career this year? Read on to find out what career advice you thought was most important in 2023.

  • Show off those transitioning military personnel skills in your VA interview

    Show off those transitioning military personnel skills in your VA interview

    Using their hard-earned expertise, transitioning military personnel can display numerous beneficial skills to employers during an interview.

  • Free career guidance for Veterans from America’s top companies

    Free career guidance for Veterans from America’s top companies

    American Corporate Partners connects post-9/11 Veterans with corporate professionals for customized career guidance.

  • Add a little something extra to your VA application with a cover letter

    Add a little something extra to your VA application with a cover letter

    A cover letter can provide our recruiting team with valuable insight into your career aspirations and what you have to offer the Veterans we serve. Learn more.

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Last updated February 11, 2026

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