Home Depot launches online job training courses for veterans
The Home Depot is reaching out to military members re-entering civilian life.
The home improvement giant is rolling out Mission Transition, a series of guided online courses aimed at providing U.S. service men and women with knowledge and resources to help them transition into the civilian workforce.
The three self-paced, online courses are designed to be completed in less than an hour and feature content, templates, scenarios and language specific to experience from a military career. Courses include “Optimize Your Resume,” “Build Your Personal Brand,” and “What to Expect While Interviewing. “
This program is available at no cost to the public and can be found on The Home Depot's career website at thd.co/missiontransition.
"Supporting the military community is a priority for our company" said Tim Hourigan, executive VP of HR, The Home Depot. "We're proud to launch Mission Transition online and provide transitioning servicemembers with a convenient tool to help them confidently take the next step in their careers."
The Home Depot provides jobseeker portal
In other online career development offerings, Home Depot enables skilled trades jobseekers to visit the PathtoPro.com job training and placement website to create a profile, upload their resume, and add photos of their work to connect with The Home Depot's Pro customers looking to hire in their local area.
To help jobseekers showcase their skills, the Path to Pro Network features skill badges that indicate if someone has accredited training, is a U.S. military veteran, or has graduated from The Home Depot's free trades training program.
The Path to Pro Network is part of The Home Depot's larger Path to Pro program the company offers in an attempt to help address the growing skilled labor shortage in the U.S. and build the next generation of trades professionals. Announced at the end of 2020 and launched in 2021, the Path to Pro Skills Program offers a free training program for those interested in pursuing and growing a career in the skilled trades and prepares them for their first job.
Headquartered in Atlanta, The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer. At the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, the company operated a total of 2,324 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company employs over 470,000 associates.