FAQs - Military

No cost and no GI Bill. Both programs are offered at no cost to service members.

- Internship Program participants are required to provide their own housing, transportation, food and living expenses.

- Park Program participants are required to provide their own food and living expenses; while transportation during the program is provided, service members are required to arrange their own transportation to and from housing at start/end of the 12 week program.

No cost to participate, access to top leading industry companies, lifetime job placement assistance, industry certifications offered in both programs, no prior experience required.

After an introductory call with CPI to discuss the program and your goals, CPI works with you to prepare your resume and interview strategy then matches you with a company. Once both parties (candidate and company) agree to move forward and agree on start/end dates for the internship, CPI provides an acceptance letter and training plan. You’ll then reach out to your local transition office to begin the military SkillBridge approval process. Once approval is secured, you’ll travel to the company location and your internship begins. During or near the end of the internship, the goal is an offer from that company for full-time employment to begin after completion of the internship and your military transition. Due to our vetting and careful matching, CPI has a high 90%+ employment offer success rate for internships; however, if a full-time job offer from that company does not occur or is not a good fit for you, CPI will continue working with you for interviews with other companies.

After an introductory call with CPI to discuss the program and your goals, CPI accepts you into a specific 12-week session in the park program that matches your transition timeline, and provides you with an acceptance letter and training plan. You’ll then reach out to your local transition office to begin the military SkillBridge approval process. The approval must be completed before the start date of the session for which you have been accepted. Once approval is secured, you’ll travel to the park location on the specified date, and begin the program. While in the program, CPI works with you to prepare your resume and interview strategy, then matches you with companies for interviews for full-time employment to begin after completion of the park program and your military transition.

Internship Program - OSHA 10 hour, additional certifications may be offered by company

National Park Program - OSHA 10 hour, ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician Grade 1, Fall Protection: Competent Person, Forklift/tele-handler training, respirator fit-test

No. Active duty participants continue to receive compensation from the military during both of our programs.