American Corporate Partners

It's been a while since I last posted, and what can I say....life is crazy sometimes.  Most of the time you just have to go with the flow and let it carry you onward until you reach a place where you can stop and take stock of your surroundings...and that's where I find myself today.

Over the past year, I have been blessed to take some strides forward in my civilian career, which has placed me in a very good position to give back to my veteran community at large.  Through my association with General Mills, I have learned about the American Corporate Partners group.

ACP AdvisorNet is an online network of volunteer advisors who commit to sharing their business expertise and advice with military veterans and their immediate family.  Veterans can post questions related to the following areas:

• Employment
• Career Development
• Small Business

Here is the website:  http://www.acp-usa.org/ACP_Program/acp-advisornet

Taken from their website:

Mentoring Program

About ACP's Nationwide Mentoring Program

ACP’s Veteran Mentoring Program connects Veteran Protégés with Corporate Mentors for a yearlong mentorship. Paired based on their career objectives and professional experience, Mentors and Protégés define the goals of their mentorship together. 

Over the course of the year, all matched pairs should have at least 12 significant discussions regarding the Protégé’s career objectives. These discussions can focus on topics ranging from résumé building and interview skills to networking and small business development. Mentors may participate in all of the discussions personally or arrange for colleagues to meet with their Protégé.

ACP has developed two program options in order to offer mentorships to veterans across the country:

National

ACP's National Program supports remote mentorships between participants who share similar career interests, but do not live within local proximity. We ask Mentors and Protégés to be flexible regarding the location of their mentorship. Participants in long-distance mentorships communicate by phone, e-mail, and/or videoconference. 

Local

ACP's Local Programs operate in cities with high densities of participants. Because we aim to connect you with someone whose career objectives and professional experience aligns with yours, we may not always have an ideal candidate in your area. If your location lends itself to a local mentorship, we will do our best to pair you with a participant nearby. 

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Participant Eligibility

Protégés

Veterans who have served on active duty in any branch of service since 2001, and spouses of those wounded or killed in action, are eligible to apply for Protégé openings. Preference is given to those with service-connected disabilities.

Mentors

Only individuals associated with our Participating Institutions are eligible to apply to be ACP Mentors. The ideal Mentor will have at least eight years of professional experience and is at least 35 years old. If you are not eligible to be a Mentor in ACP's Mentoring Program, please sign up to be an Advisor+ on ACP AdvisorNet.

I sincerely hope that this helps some of you out there who might otherwise not know of this available resource.  Fantastic opportunity to better transition yourself from military to civilian life!