Employment
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Los Angeles County Takes Proactive Steps to Improve Support for Veterans and Awards $160,000 Grant to NAVSO
Type of content: News
NAVSO CEO returns to Los Angeles County where the concept for NAVSO was born.
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Google aims to put military veterans back to work with new tools
Type of content: News
Google on Monday launched a series of tools aimed at helping military veterans and their spouses transition to full-time careers once their service has ended, joining other leading companies that have prioritized veteran hiring amid a nationwide skilled labor shortage.
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Leaving the military? You’ll get extra time to use benefits like free tax help, counseling
Type of content: News
Those leaving the military will have more time to use free resources such as income tax help, nonmedical counseling, spouse employment assistance and other resources via Military OneSource, thanks to a provision in the defense authorization bill
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Unemployment for post-9/11 vets hits record low
Type of content: News
The unemployment rate among post-9/11 veterans hit a record low last month, driving the largest gap in unemployment between veterans and nonveterans so far this year.
The latest federal employment figures, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, show veterans who have served in the military since 9/11 had an unemployment rate of 3 percent in July — the lowest it’s ever been, according to the government statistics dating back to 2006.
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- Employment
- Post-9/11
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House approves plans to create new VA economic opportunity administration
Type of content: News
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers on Monday advanced plans to create a new branch of Veterans Affairs operations focused on economic opportunity, a move that advocates say could better highlight employment and education programs at the department.
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- Education
- Employment
- Legislation
- Transition
- VA
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Report: Some states, regions buck trend of good economic news for veterans
Type of content: News
The overall uptick in the national economy may be good news for most veterans, but some states are bucking that trend, according to a new report from researchers at Purdue University.
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How Veterans Are Doing in the Workforce
Type of content: News
The U.S. economy has improved significantly over the past several years, and veterans now find themselves in a much better place than the years immediately following the recession.
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- Employment
- Transition
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Study: Civilian workforce driving vets to start businesses
Type of content: News
In the military, there are repercussions for not doing your job.
But in the civilian world, that’s not always the case, said Chris Petty, an Army veteran who spent five years in corporate America before opening a franchise business.
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- Employment
- Entrepreneurship
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How Military Veterans Can Turn Their Skills into a Corporate Career
Type of content: News
When Toby Johnson was 24 years old, the Army pilot was in charge of eight $30 million Apache helicopters, plus the 30 people who managed them — more responsibility than any of her friends in the private sector. But when she decided to leave the Army and get a civilian job, she realized she had a challenge: most hiring managers weren’t veterans, and they struggled to understand how her military experience might translate to the corporate realm.
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- Employment
- Entrepreneurship
- Transition
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Veterans: A Good Bet to Fill the Cybersecurity Skills Gap
Type of content: News
There’s a talent shortage for trained cybersecurity pros, but fertile hunting grounds can be found among veterans preparing to leave military service.
Organizations as diverse as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies promote hiring veterans for jobs in the private sector.
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- Education
- Employment
- Transition
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