Opportunities Emerge For Vets In Tough Job Market
Many veterans aren't just looking for a job; they're looking for a career, a calling and, of course, financial stability. Those recently separated from the military have to confront what is still a fairly weak civilian job market. The unemployment rate for veterans serving after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is 10 percent, about 2 percentage points higher than the overall rate. There is hope, however, and some employers are actively seeking to recruit veterans for what their unique skill sets can bring to an organization. Scott Kane, a 41-year-old vet who spent two decades in the Navy, knows plenty of former colleagues who struggled to find solid careers after leaving the military. "Some of them did not transition well," he says. Kane was lucky, and his quest for a job led him to Eastern Virginia Medical School, where he is in a two-year program to become a physician assistant.
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| -0.0270226 | "We already have 1,300 financial advisers at Edward Jones who have a military background," he says. ... |
| 0.265219 | "We already have 1,300 financial advisers at Edward Jones who have a military background," he says. "So we like the skill sets, we know the competencies and we think it translates very well to work as a financial adviser." |
| 0.114278 | "With the reduction in forces, we see a large, talented candidate pool that is diverse and mobile; all branches of the service are attractive to us," he says. ... |
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Daniel Thibodeau
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| 0.0159538 | "We have an equivalent rating that we give them as far as some of the course work that they've taken while in the military, and some of the certifications that they've had," Thibodeau says. ... |
| 0.0539205 | "We have an equivalent rating that we give them as far as some of the course work that they've taken while in the military, and some of the certifications that they've had," Thibodeau says. "So it's less of a burden to where they have to do more prerequisite work that is needed in order to get into the physicians' assistant program." |
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Scott Kane
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Matt Doran
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| 0.376156 | "We have a concerted effort to hire military veterans because we know the skill set very well," says Matt Doran, ... |
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Rob Smith
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| 0 | "I spent six months looking for jobs with my background," Smith says, ... |
| -0.206703 | "I spent six months looking for jobs with my background," Smith says, "and it was just really tough to find something that wouldn't move my family all over the place again, that I thought I could really turn into another career." |
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Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Opportunities Emerge For Vets In Tough Job Market
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One of the challenges veterans face is that their military skills sometimes don't come with certifications that private employers recognize. Several associations and companies are trying to address this problem by training and giving vets the certification.
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