Established by law as part of the Military Family Act of 1985, the Family Employment Readiness Program (FERP) provides assistance to military family members in developing, improving or continuing their professional careers while sharing in the military member’s lifestyle.

The Navy recognizes that moving every few years creates career challenges for military spouses. Our program addresses those challenges in workshops and through individualized assistance, in areas such as launching a job search, career planning, resume writing and interview techniques, federal employment information, conducting self assessments, goal setting and much more.

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Family Employment Readiness Program

Helping Navy Families Work

www.ffsp.navy.mil

Military Spouse Resource Center Military OneSource

www.militaryonesource.com

Military Spouse Corporate Career Networkwww.msccn.org

Salary Research Informationwww.salary.com

Military Spousewww.milspouse.org

My Own Business Onlinewww.myownbusiness.org

Small Business Development Centerwww.sbdcnet.utsa.edu/SBIC/e-com.htm

Dress for Successwww.job-interview.net/interviewlib.htm

Job-Interviewwww.job-interview.net/interview.htm

Navy Civilian Human Resourceshttps://chart.donhr.navy.mil

Navy League www.navyleague.org

Avue Central www.avuecentral.com

USAJOBSwww.usajobs.gov

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For more information or to locate the nearest Fleet and Family

Support Center, visit www.ffsp.navy.mil or call our

24-hour information and referral hotline at 800-FSC-LINE.

FERP provides consultation with the Navy’s Family

Employment Readiness experts at no cost.

Family members can expect to learn valuable skills from workshops and seminars that are routinely provided to create a framework for further educational exploration, in areas such as self-directed job search, resume writing, federal employment opportunities, career planning and financing a career change.

Fleet and Family Support Program (FFSP) employment professionals can assist family members by providing them with resume writing services, interview techniques and tips on dressing for success.

Resume Writing• Effective Job Search Strategies• Interview Techniques• Federal Employment Opportunities• Entrepreneur Business Opportunities• Personal Skills Assessment• Career Planning and Development• Financing Your Career Change•

FERP GoalsAddress and suggest solutions • to challenges faced by family members in maintaining meaningful employment while making frequent relocations associated with military service.

Enable family members to relocate • more readily with their military sponsors by providing information on employment, education and volunteer opportunities.

Assist participants in planning • careers which are compatible with the mobile military lifestyle.

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An average of 10,500 spouses receive assistance

annually through FERP.

“If the FERP program were not in place, I would still be searching for a job. As a military dependent, it is fantastic to know that there is someone to help you along the way.”

-- Alexandria HoffmanNAS Patuxent River, Md.

Networks have been created with the Department of Defense, the Department of Labor, Military Spouse Corporate Career Network, Navy League, Avue Central and the Department of the Navy’s employment Web site. These organizations allow visitors to post their resumes and search for job openings on their Web sites.

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“The Work and Family Life Specialist at Fleet and Family Support Center helped me to organize my military and volunteer experience into a format and language that employers are looking for. This helped me to gain the confidence I needed to step forward into the job market.”

-- Brenda FieldsNAS Fallon, Nev.

Thousands of spouses secure employment each year as a result of FERP.