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← Older postsSiemens launches job training program for veterans
May 8, 2013A job training initiative is being offered in the Detroit area to help military veterans with engineering and manufacturing backgrounds transition to the civilian workforce. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Employment, Michigan, Siemens, training | Leave a commentFirst lady praises Maryland bill meant to help veterans
April 18, 2013First lady Michelle Obama praised a Maryland bill that helps veterans and their spouses find jobs, describing it Wednesday as one of the best laws in the country aimed at helping military personnel and their families. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Employment, Maryland, Michelle Obama | Leave a commentPrograms can help veterans start businesses
April 11, 2013What hasn’t been discussed much is veterans creating their own jobs through entrepreneurship. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Business, Employment, entrepreneurship, VA | Leave a commentNew Mexico to hire military veterans to fight wildfires
April 2, 2013New Mexico plans to hire 40 military veterans to serve as firefighters during the upcoming wildfire season as part of a pilot program announced Monday by Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Employment, Hiring, New Mexico, Wildfire | Leave a commentHiring Our Heroes veteran job fair set for Dayton
March 20, 2013The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation will celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Hiring Our Heroes program with “Hiring Our Heroes – Dayton,” a hiring fair for veterans and military spouses Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Chamber of Commerce, Employment, Hiring Our Heroes, Ohio | Leave a commentWest Virginia Senate proposes tax credit for hiring veterans
February 28, 2013The West Virginia Senate has proposed a bill that would give businesses a $900 tax credit for each economically disadvantaged veteran that they hire. Businesses would receive a larger tax credit for hiring disabled veterans.
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Younger veterans still struggle as jobs scene improves
February 19, 2013Although veterans as a whole have a lower unemployment rate than the nation at large, younger veterans who served in the years following the Sept. 11 attacks are having a much harder time finding work. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Employment, Hiring, Jobs, training | Leave a commentBusiness center to help Vermont veterans make or grow jobs
February 4, 2013Vermont veterans are going to have a new place to meet where they can work on creating or expanding small businesses.
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PTSD, burn pits, unemployment, suicide risk: Veterans battling myriad challenges
January 27, 2013When Anthony Vidales walked out of a lie detector test as part of his application process at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, he wanted to cry. He failed, he said, due to his irregular breathing from burn pit exposure in Iraq. As he battles unemployment and negative stereotypes about veterans, he’s also challenged by PTSD. Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Employment, Iraq veteran, Jobs, Mental health, PTSD, Returning Veterans | Leave a commentGovernor wants to ease Mississippi veterans’ job searches
January 17, 2013JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Gov. Phil Bryant wants to make it easier for veterans to get jobs when they leave the military and for the spouses of military members to get jobs when they transfer to Mississippi. Bryant signed a … Continue reading
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