Employment Service Awards

Employment Awards Memo from Chairman William Haines (PDF)
Employment Awards Memo from Chairman William Haines (doc)

Purpose

The purpose of the Employment Service  awards program is to confer recognition annually on employers who hire veterans and on an outstanding Local Veterans Employment Representative (LVER),  Disabled Veterans Outreach Program specialist (DVOP), and  local Employment Service (ES) office.  LVERs, DVOPs, and the ES office provide job counseling, testing and placement assistance to unemployed and underemployed veterans.

Deadline

The deadline for submission of nominations  is no later than Dec. 7 to the Department of New York headquarters.

Procedure

Nominations from posts, ES employees or other sources must be sent to department headquarters.  The department then selects nominees each in the Employer, LVER, DVOP, and ES Office categories, and sends the winning nominations with their supporting information to the Employment and Education Commission. Either the department adjutant or department employment chairman must sign those nominations. Nominations that arrive without supporting information will not be eligible for the national awards.

See:
AWARDS INFORMATION AND NOMINATION FORMS (Word doc)
AWARDS INFORMATION AND NOMINATION FORMS (PDF).

Award 

The commission provides free plaques to each Department that submits nominations.  It is recommended, however, that posts and departments recognize their other nominees with plaques or awards that can be purchased for a nominal cost through Emblem Sales.  The national winner will receive a large plaque to be presented by the national commander at the annual National Convention and will receive a stipend to help defray the cost of the representative’s travel to the convention city to accept the award.