Vets for hire
The good folks at the PBS station KCET in Los Angeles asked me to show you this video about some of the problems returning veterans are having finding and keeping their jobs. The resources and employers mentioned in the video are listed at the SoCal Connected web page related to this video.
I’m glad to see that some in the media are taking this subject seriously and not piling on veterans to make them look like wild-eyed lunatics as they’ve done in the past. I think it’s encouraging that the media is also reaching out to the blogs to get their message out. Thank you KCET and SoCal Connected for the excellent report and for including us in your audience.
Category: Media, Veteran Health Care, Veterans Issues
Here is a list of the top 100 GI friendly companies as far as hiring.
http://www.gijobs.com/2011Top100-FullList.aspx
I am in meetings right now at my company discussing this very issue, and while my company is on the list in the Top 50, they appear to be sincere in their efforts to hire more vets and move even further up the list. We went from being #94 last year to being inside the top 40 this year.
that was a good report. My SC Guard unit is flying home tonight. At least half the soldiers have no job waiting for them. I must admit some dont seem to like work very much. There has to be a choice made to go out and get a job. Sometimes any job. But for the majority, who are genuinely looking for a job, its going to be tough. Xmas isnt a great time to look. Leave pay will carry them to Xmas, and for many, unemployment for the next half dozen months or so. After that, who knows? I gonna look over that list and maybe even print it off for our guys Grunt.
Where is Code Pink? IVAW? Vets for Peace and ANSWER. Where is the anti-war left? Doing nothing that’s what. We should point this out when they claim that they want to “support the troops.”
“Don’t Forget. Hire a Vet”
Anyone remember that push during/after Vietnam?
Where is that now?
Why don’t we hear the same today?
BTW, ‘Don’t Forget, Hire a Vet’ will ya?
Wolf
Our VSO’s in my area are doing a good job of providing transition assistance along with job resources for not only those getting out, but all eligible vets who are looking for a job. EVERYONE is hurting to some degree these days.