Veteran Match: AI-Driven Career Matching for Transitioning Service Members

Veteran Match: Connecting Military Talent to Purpose-Driven Careers

Every year, thousands of service members transition out of the military with skills, discipline, and leadership that employers value — yet many struggle to translate their experience into civilian careers. Employers, in turn, often miss out on connecting with this highly capable workforce due to fragmented tools and outdated job boards.

Veteran Match solves this problem. Built by the National Veterans Transition Services, Inc. (NVTSI), this AI-powered platform transforms military and civilian experience into a digital “Career DNA” profile, matching veterans, service members, and military spouses to jobs where they truly fit. Like a dating app for careers, Veteran Match compares skills and goals to employer needs, showing percentage matches and closing skill gaps.

With your support, NVTSI will scale and maintain Veteran Match to ensure it remains free for veterans and spouses. Together, we can help veterans stop searching — and start matching — to meaningful careers that let them own their future.

Veteran Match: AI-Powered Job Matching for Veterans
Project Details

The National Veterans Transition Services, Inc. (NVTSI), a 501(c)(3) headquartered in San Diego, California, is seeking support to develop and scale Veteran Match — an Artificial Intelligence–based job-matching platform for transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses.

The annual program cost of $250,000 covers maintenance, programming, marketing, and development to ensure the tool remains cutting-edge, accessible, and impactful.

The Need

Veterans exit military service with valuable and technical skillsets, yet often struggle to translate their experiences into civilian career language. Many existing employment programs rely solely on military occupational specialties or keyword searches, which fail to capture the breadth of veterans’ skills, passions, and potential.

Meanwhile, employers — especially small and midsize businesses — struggle to find and retain qualified veteran talent. They are overwhelmed by fragmented resources, multiple job boards, and time-consuming hiring processes, leaving meaningful connections untapped.

While unemployment among veterans has improved, underemployment remains a persistent problem, with many veterans unable to find purpose-driven careers that align with their training and values.

The Research

Studies from the Department of Labor and think tanks like the Center for a New American Security cite:

A lack of clear, consolidated pathways from service to civilian careers.

Overwhelming, disconnected service options that make transition harder.

Employers missing opportunities to connect with veterans due to fragmented hiring tools.

Veterans need a clear, personalized roadmap that identifies the right job fit based on skills, experience, and purpose. Employers need an efficient, scalable platform that translates military credentials into civilian-ready profiles.

The Solution – Veteran Match

To address this gap, NVTSI is building Veteran Match, a first-of-its-kind platform that transforms military experience into a matchable career profile — a kind of “Career DNA.”

Like a dating app for jobs, Veteran Match automatically matches veterans to careers — and careers to veterans — based on unique skills, aptitudes, and goals.

Key Features:

AI-Powered Matching – Veteran profiles and job postings are converted into digital data, compared in real time, and ranked by percentage match (highest to lowest).

Career DNA Profiling – Veterans create a profile beyond the resume, capturing military/civilian experience, education, values, and aspirations.

Employer Access – Employers can post jobs, see how their roles align with veteran talent, and invite matched candidates.

Scalable & Free for Veterans – Available to all transitioning service members, veterans, Guard/Reserves, and spouses at no cost.

This system reduces guesswork, removes resume bias, and accelerates meaningful employment.

Impact

Veterans gain clarity, purpose, and faster pathways to meaningful civilian careers.

Employers access a curated pool of veteran talent aligned with their specific job needs.

Communities benefit from improved retention, reduced underemployment, and stronger integration of veterans into the workforce.

By consolidating fragmented resources into one AI-driven platform, Veteran Match turns “searching” into “matching,” helping both veterans and employers succeed.