Claim veterans or National Guard preference on your application when you apply for a North Carolina state job, and attach your supporting documents.

• You meet the minimum training and experience requirements for the position and can perform its duties
• You are a veteran who served on active duty other than for training during a period of war and received an other than dishonorable discharge, a veteran with a peacetime service-connected disability, the spouse of a disabled veteran, the surviving spouse or dependent of a veteran who died on active duty during a period of war or in the line of duty during peacetime, a North Carolina resident in good standing in the North Carolina National Guard, a North Carolina resident formerly in the North Carolina National Guard discharged under honorable conditions after at least six years of creditable service, or the surviving spouse or dependent of a North Carolina National Guard member who died on state active duty or in the line of duty during peacetime