Veterans' transition program falls short
April 15, 2012 11:05 am
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Mackenzie Carpenter and Molly Born / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Three months to get in, three days to get out.
That's about how long it takes to transform a civilian to a soldier and back again: Boot camp -- plus additional training -- at the beginning, and at the end, the Transition Assistance Program, or TAP.
TAP is 21/2 days of workshops, mostly PowerPoint presentations on resume writing, job search techniques, interviewing skills and other tips for catching an employer's interest.
And in some ways, it's tougher than boot camp.
"It's death by PowerPoint," said Aaron Hill, a vocational rehabilitation counselor at the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.
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