IBM’s Veterans Employment Initiative provides software training, certification and job placement assistance to veterans pursuing careers as data analysts. IBM experts lead five-day training sessions at dozens of locations each year, featuring IBM i2® Analyst’s Notebook® software. Part of our Impact Grants portfolio, the initiative works with Corporate America Supports You (CASY) and Military Spouse Corporate Career Network (MSCNN) to host sessions and recruit qualified participants. The program has certified hundreds of veterans in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, and helped to place many into jobs. Veterans interested in learning how their skills and experience may fit at IBM can use the Watson Candidate Assistant, which matches credentials from your resume to open IBM positions.
Valuable skills
Data analytics is among the fastest growing career fields, with a shortage of 200,000 analysts expected in the United States by 2018.
Expert training
Intensive, week-long sessions are conducted by IBM’s Cloud and Analytics Software and data analyst training teams.
“As a big part of our Train to Hire program, corporate partners like IBM help us focus on elevating our veterans' skills with training in real, high-growth career opportunities like i2. We are very fortunate to draw from IBM's deep understanding of the military and strong support for veterans – including many they employ and others who benefit from our deep-rooted partnership.”
– CASY founder and CEO Daniel Koeppel
Baton Rouge
Watch a report on IBM’s work with the Louisiana National Guard to train 20 service members.
West Virginia
IBMer John Ciccone led a training session for veterans at Camp Dawson in Kingwood.
Citizen IBM
Our corporate citizenship blog has updates to the program and profiles of some IBMers involved.