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Spouse Education Career Opportunities (SECO)

The SECO program provides education and career guidance to military spouses worldwide and offers comprehensive resources and tools for all stages of career progression. Features include:

• Comprehensive career coaching services and Online career coach discussions 
• Your own MySECO Profile
• Explore the labor market
• Resume toolkit
• Military Spouse eMentor program
• SECO Scholarship Finder
• Self-assessments
• LinkedIn Premium upgrade: Military spouses can upgrade to LinkedIn Premium at no cost during a PCS or separation from the military. This 12-month subscription allows spouses to begin their job hunt and build networks as soon as they receive orders.

Military Spouse Employment Partnership

The Military Spouse Employment Partnership has nearly 400 partner companies and organizations that have hired more than 125,000 military spouses. The MSEP Job Search on MySECO has hundreds of thousands of active jobs listed around the world. 

Military Spouse Licensure Reimbursement

Members may be reimbursed up to $1,000 for qualifying relicensing costs and business costs (up to $2,000 combined) of their spouse for orders issued on or after 22 Dec 2023, when qualifying conditions are met:

• To find out more, view the FAQs and Application OF-1164.

Military Spouses can also search the DoL portal at veterans.gov/milspouses, for guidelines and state laws on professional licensing, including information on how occupational licenses from one state can be recognized in another.

Military Spouse Preference

The Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Program is a special hiring authority provided by the DoD that allows eligible spouses to be considered for federal job opportunities through a noncompetitive hiring process. MSP can be applied to NAF and federal civil service or appropriated funds positions in the continental U.S. and at overseas locations.

For more information visit the Military Spouse eligibility requirements in the Explore Hiring Paths section of USAJobs. 

My Career Advancement Account Scholarship Program

The MyCAA scholarship provides up to $4,000 of financial assistance to military spouses (whose active duty member is E-1 to E-9, W-1 to W-3 or O-1 to O-3) who are pursuing a license, certification, or associates degree in a portable career field and occupation.