Veterans planning a civilian job search can join a 30-minute online workshop on Nov. 17 to practice turning their experience into résumé bullets and interview answers. OpenAI Academy and Veterans Forge are running the session. It's part of a five-event November schedule that starts Thursday in St. Louis and includes in-person workshops in Nashville, Dallas and San Antonio.
The online session focuses on job searches. The NPower events give participants more time to work on a task they choose, and the Nashville workshop splits participants into two groups by experience. Each event has its own registration link.
Nov. 17 online: résumés and interviews
The Veterans Forge session runs from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Pacific, or 2 to 2:30 p.m. Eastern, on Tuesday. The organizers say no prior AI experience is required. The registration button opens an Academy sign-in prompt that offers ChatGPT sign-in or an email option.
Veterans Forge says the session will use examples from military, civilian or volunteer work. It will show how to identify skills an employer can recognize, draft a résumé bullet from one experience and practice an interview answer. A useful starting point is a real job listing and one example of work you can describe accurately. If a draft adds a number, credential or responsibility you cannot verify, take it out. Use a general description of your duties and leave out sensitive service records, clearance information and personal identifiers. The Academy's earlier NPower workshop materials include practice files and prompts if the livestream time doesn't work for you.
Four in-person workshops
The three NPower sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to noon Central. OpenAI Academy lists them for veterans, military spouses and other military-connected community members. It asks attendees to bring a laptop or tablet, a ChatGPT account and one task to work on. The forms ask participants to confirm they can attend in person and to provide an email address, affiliation and current employment status. The separate Nashville form begins with an email field. Use the listing for the city you plan to attend, even when two events use the same workshop name.
- Thursday, Nov. 12, St. Louis. Register through the Academy listing for the session at The Post Building.
- Thursday, Nov. 19, Dallas. Register through the Academy listing for the session at Dallas College's Bill J. Priest Center.
- Saturday, Nov. 21, San Antonio. Register through the Academy listing for the session at Norris Conference Center.
The Nashville workshop is Saturday, Nov. 14, at Operation Stand Down Tennessee. Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. Central, instruction runs from 9 a.m. to noon, and an optional lunch and networking period ends at 1 p.m. Veterans Forge and Wounded Warrior Project are co-hosting. The registration form says the event is free and requires advance registration. The Academy listing says eligible participants can receive three months of ChatGPT Plus and will get activation details when they attend.
Who qualifies for the separate free year of Plus?
The subscription offer predates this week's workshops. OpenAI's terms limit the free year to verified U.S. veterans and retirees who left active duty within the past 12 months and active service members who will leave within the next 12 months. The offer requires a personal ChatGPT account that qualifies and verification through ID.me. The NPower event pages ask for a ChatGPT account and list a broader audience that includes military spouses.
OpenAI says the free year starts when you claim it and the subscription automatically renews afterward at the applicable rate unless you cancel. Its help page also says canceling during the promotional year may end Plus access immediately. Check the terms for the account you plan to use before claiming the offer.
