{"id":7829,"date":"2024-07-01T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/por\/?page_id=7829"},"modified":"2024-10-15T07:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T14:48:57","slug":"veterans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cdcr.ca.gov\/por\/veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"CDCR Hires Military and Veteran Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Put Your Military Experience to Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bring Your Knowledge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CDCR offers exceptional career opportunities to those with valuable military backgrounds, whether active service members, or those transitioning out of military service. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Earn Great Benefits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CDCR provides many benefits to people with military backgrounds, including: competitive salaries, flexible medical options, and stable retirement plans. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Start from anywhere in the world with our convenient online Written Examination, Physical Fitness Test waiver (for qualifying members) and online Background Investigation!<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Incentives to Apply<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Veterans’ Preference<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Military service applicants who qualify as veterans may be entitled to Veterans’ Preference<\/strong>, which is a hiring preference for current or former military members who seek employment with the state. Preference can be applied to a veteran\u2019s eligibility for qualifying “open” and “open, non-promotional” examinations. For more information on Veteran’s Preference visit the CalCareers website. <\/a>

For further questions regarding Veterans’ Preference or if you need assistance with the online application, scheduling system or the general application process, please contact the Customer Service Unit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Physical Fitness Waiver<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Effective March 1, 2020, CDCR waived the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) for United States military and veteran applicants who provide certification of meeting military physical fitness standards. The CDCR PFT waiver is solely for the hiring process and does not apply to the Basic Correctional Officer Academy (BCOA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be eligible for the PFT waiver, the date of the applicant\u2019s military physical fitness status must have been achieved within 12 months of the applicant\u2019s CDCR Correctional Officer written exam. Applicants must provide the following required documentation, prior to their scheduled PFT date:<\/p>\n\n\n\n