LEO SHANE III - Stars and Stripes: Where veterans are finding jobs

Where veterans are finding jobs

By LEO SHANE III

Stars and Stripes

Published: November 8, 2011

WASHINGTON — First, the bad news: More than 850,000 veterans are unemployed, and more than a quarter of them are young veterans.

But here’s the good news: More than 1.7 million recently separated veterans and 8.6 million other former servicemembers are collecting paychecks in the civilian workforce. So it can be done, even with the depressed (and depressing) job market.

Looking at Bureau of Labor Statistics data, here are some of the industries hiring veterans at a rapid pace: - Read more: http://www.stripes.com/news/where-veterans-are-finding-jobs-1.160129?localLinksEnabled=false&utm_source=Stars+and+Stripes+Emails&utm_campaign=d8076d48f9-Daily+Headlines&utm_medium=email

Labels: Annual Veterans Day, Bus Econ Unemployment, Jobs and job seekers, Military veterans

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