Vets should be marketed to employers

Experts: Vets should be marketed to employers

Natalie Bailey - Medill News Service
Posted : Friday Apr 16, 2010 15:16:00 EDT

In tough times, employers need little reason to turn a candidate away. For some, a link to the military is enough.

“Civilian employers are increasingly not hiring those in service,” retired Navy Reserve Capt. Marshall Hanson said at a Thursday hearing before the House Veterans Affairs subcommittee on economic opportunity.

Among the obstacles veterans face today, panelists said, are employers’ misconception of post-traumatic stress disorder, fear that a reservist will be deployed, and/or ignorance of how military job skills translate into the civilian world.

The military needs to translate its persuasive enlistment campaigns into the widespread marketing of veterans’ skills to employers, said Justin Brown, a legislative associate with Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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Vets should be marketed to employers