A mandatory and comprehensive three-day curriculum that covers emerging
best practices in career development. The workshop is engaging and relevant
in light of the unique challenges facing transitioning Service members.
Service members receive vital skills in this DOL led-workshop, including
learning interview skills, building effective resumes, and using emerging
technology to network and search for employment. Some service members may be
exempt from the 3-day DOL Employment Workshop (DOLEW) portion of the 5 day
TAP workshop:
-
The following are the only exemptions to eligible Service member
participation in the DOLEW portion of the Transition GPS Core Curriculum:
- Eligible Service members retiring after 20 or more years
of active federal service in the Military Services.
- Eligible Service members who, after serving their first
180 continuous days or more on active duty, meet at least
one of the following criteria:
- Able to provide documented evidence of
civilian employment.
- Able to provide documented acceptance
into an accredited career technical
training, undergraduate, or graduate degree
program.
- Have specialized skills and, due to
unavoidable circumstances, are needed to
support a unit scheduled to be deployed
within 60 days. The first commander in the
eligible Service member’s chain of command
with authority pursuant to chapter 47 of
Title 10 U. S. Code (also known as and
referred to in this DTM as the “Uniform Code
of Military Justice (UCMJ)”) must certify on
the
DD Form 2958,
“Service
Member
Career
Readiness
Standards/Individual
Transition
Plan
Checklist,”
any such
request for
exemption
from the
DOLEW. A
make-up plan
must
accompany
the
postponement
certification.
- Are eligible recovering Service members
imminently transitioning from active duty
who are enrolled in the Education and
Employment Initiative, or a similar
transition program designed to secure
employment, further education, or technical
training post-separation, in accordance with
the policy established in the DoD/Department
of Veterans
Affairs
Wounded,
Ill, and
Injured
Senior
Oversight
Committee
Memorandum
(Reference
(e)).
- TAP staff will document on the DD Form
2958 the decision of eligible Service
members who qualify for an exemption and
elect not to participate in the DOLEW.
- Eligible RC Service members who have
previously participated in the DOLEW may
request an exemption.
- Eligible Service members who qualify for
an exemption may still elect to participate
in the DOLEW.