The Mississippi State Personnel Board adds four preference points to your score for an initial or promotional state appointment, or eight points if you are a disabled veteran. During a layoff, veterans and disabled veterans are kept ahead of non-veteran employees.
Claim the preference when you apply for a state job through the Mississippi state employment job opportunities webpage, and submit your supporting documents.
Your DD214 showing qualifying wartime service and an honorable discharge, and your VA rating letter or Purple Heart documentation if you are claiming the eight-point preference.
