Veterans Unemployment

Expanding Opportunities for Our Heroes Here at Home

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 05.28.2012

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While too many Americans are struggling in this economy, it's particularly difficult for our young vets. Currently, more than 12 percent of our veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan are unemployed. This is unacceptable.

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Military Friendly Equals Great Business Sense for Corporate America

Kevin O'Brien | Posted 05.24.2012

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When you look at what the men and women in our military have endured and volunteered to take on (much of we civilians will never know and understand) it really comes as no surprise as to why they are exactly the kind of employees organizations should be fighting over.

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Honoring Our Veterans With Employment

Steve Cahillane | Posted 05.22.2012

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The business community now has the privilege of providing optimism and happiness in the form of employment opportunities for returning service men and women, and I believe it's absolutely the right thing to do.

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Businesses Backing Vets: How Companies Are Putting Veterans to Work

Ryan Scott | Posted 05.21.2012

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Connecting vets with employment goes beyond hiring one vet at a time or sponsoring hiring fairs; it's about changing business cultures to recognize the value of vets while also helping vets articulate how their military skills are transferable to the civilian world.

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Taking Soldiers From Deployed to Employed One Hire at a Time

Kevin O'Brien | Posted 05.17.2012

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I don't know of any employer who wouldn't welcome the addition of more veterans to their workforce. The good news is, there are several new programs in the private and public sector that are helping to bring veterans and military friendly employers together.

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When the 1 Percent Fails to Contribute Its Fair Share, Veterans Pay Dearly

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.15.2012

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Veterans have served our country at considerable sacrifice. We work hard and play by the rules. But, as it turns out, big corporations aren't playing by the same rules, and our communities are paying for it.

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Preparing Veterans for Success in Civilian Life

Jim Gibbons | Posted 05.14.2012

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The young men and women who serve come back into an uncertain economy. How do they transfer the skills they learned in the military into skills they can use in their communities?

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The Other Side of Veterans With Post Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury PTS/TBI

Kevin O'Brien | Posted 05.09.2012

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It is our intent to showcase veterans who are looking for work, many who suffer from PTS/TBI, and the employers who have stepped up to hire them through the 10,000 Jobs for Veterans and Military Spouses Challenge.

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Military Spouses, the Nation's Other Heroes

Kevin O'Brien | Posted 05.02.2012

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The Friday before Mother's Day each year is known as Military Spouse Appreciation Day. Like me, I would imagine those reading this would agree that everyday should be Mothers Day, and everyday should also be a day where we appreciate and recognize military spouses.

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Finding Jobs for Our Veterans

John Pike | Posted 05.19.2012

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We can do better by our veterans. We, as corporations and business decision makers, must do better. It's not enough to say thanks; we have to demonstrate our thanks. America Wants You is a new initiative that makes hiring vets a top priority in the U.S.

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Veteran Skills Lost in Translation When Searching for Jobs

Bill Nelson | Posted 05.19.2012

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The acquired skills, training and knowledge of active duty military personnel, more often than not, get lost in translation when applied to the commercial or private sector.

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Stepping Up on Vet Jobs

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.22.2012

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A better way to show the thanks of a grateful nation -- more than any parade or handshake or embrace -- is to make certain that all veterans have a fair shot at building an America worthy of our service.

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Congressional Budget Cuts Could Slash Job Opportunities for Female Vets and Victims of Violence

Ludy Green, Ph.D | Posted 04.21.2012

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The GOP's proposed budget cut will not only slash women veterans' and victims of violence chances of getting a job, but it will also put more pressure on nonprofits like mine.

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Analyzing the $1 Billion for the Veterans Job Corps -- Part II

Stacy Bare | Posted 04.17.2012

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Part of President Obama's proposal to put veterans back to work when they come home from war announced two weeks ago includes $1 billion dollars to put up to 20,000 veterans to work rebuilding the infrastructure of our public land system.

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Too Many Young Veterans Can't Find Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 01.10.2012

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Young military veterans saw little to celebrate in last week's much cheered unemployment report. Data released the same day by the Department of Labor...

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Young Veterans Return To Bleak Job Prospects

nytimes.com | Posted 12.18.2011

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The unemployment rate for veterans aged 20 to 24 has averaged 30 percent this year, more than double that of others the same age, though the rate for ...

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Wounded Veterans Struggle To Find Civilian Jobs Amid Downturn, Bureaucracy

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 02.15.2012

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Adam Lewis, a strapping Florida man, joined the Marines in 2004 when he was 19, and within a year he was fighting in Iraq's Anbar Province with Golf C...

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Veterans Are Assets, Not Liabilities

Jacob Wood | Posted 01.11.2012

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As we finally arrive at this momentous Veterans Day, marked by the date 11-11-11 and saddled by 10 years of war, we as a nation are still struggling to understand what it means to be a U.S. military veteran.

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Veterans Need a Fair Shot at Finding Employment

Kevin O'Brien | Posted 01.02.2012

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Any effort to help veterans and military spouses find employment is a most worthwhile endeavor, but there is one area that is simply not working and is extremely frustrating to veterans -- the traditional career fair.

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A BIG Stride In Unemployment Help For Vets

The Huffington Post | Jessica Prois | Posted 12.13.2011

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The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act Wednesday evening. The House legislation, passed by 400 law...

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May No Soldier Go Unloved

Marc Joseph | Posted 11.02.2011

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As a nation, we need to provide our veterans with productive jobs back in society. Only a strong moral commitment from both business and government can achieve this. All of us need to work towards this end.

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Skills Learned In Service Don't Translate To Employment For Veterans

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 06.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- When Eric Smith, 26, returned home after his second tour in Iraq serving as a Navy medic, he didn't expect to have a difficult time find...

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Vets Battle Unemployment and War Injuries

Aaron Glantz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Recently discharged vets are joining the swelling ranks of the country's unemployed. They bring to the job hunt both special skills and training and, often, the terrible traumas and injuries of their military experiences.

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