The Veteran Buddy Program at Jefferson Lab is intended to ease the transition of military veterans into a civilian workplace by pairing them with experienced JLab veterans.
As a mentor of the Veteran Buddy Program, you will:
- Serve as a connection to a newly-hired veteran for information and resources within the mentee's first six months of employment.
- Serve as a mentor to your assigned mentee for the first 60-90 days of new hire employment including:
- Showing the new hire around campus, including main work buildings, the campus cafeteria and other relevant job-specific locations.
- Ensure that the mentee is aware of resources available to them as a JLab employee, as well as a JLab veteran including:
- Human Resources reporting avenues
- Environmental Safety and Health reporting avenues
- Individual Career Profile (ICP)
- Annual Performance Appraisal process
- Communication Avenues
- Lab Organizational Charts by Department/Division
- Lab-Specific Vocabulary/Acronyms
- Annual veterans events
- Ongoing DEI-events for Veterans such as Focus Group Meetings
- Information on local resources for veterans
This program is intended:
- To acclimate the mentee into the lab.
- To provide the mentee with the resources to be successful in their transition into lab culture.
This is program is not intended:
- To dedicate personal time to acclimate your mentee to non-work related activities.
You will be contacted when a mentee has been matched to you to verify your current availability and interest in participating.
- To acclimate the mentee into the lab.
- To provide the mentee with the resources to be successful in their transition into lab culture.
This is program is not intended:
- To dedicate personal time to acclimate your mentee to non-work related activities.
You will be contacted when a mentee has been matched to you to verify your current availability and interest in participating.