Vets

buckwilk

buckwilk

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Been talking to some of my friends recently who have kids, grandkids recently discharged from military service. Seems they are having a seriously hard time finding employment. It is as if some companies are not interested in hiring vets for whatever reason. I wonder if you would take it on yourself, as I have, to contact any business owner, manager, employee in your family. Your friend circle to see if we can't get some of these folks hired. As a vet, I can't stand aside, not after what we went through. I'm going to look at companies I deal with and encourage them to have a hire a vet policy. I talk with everyone I come in contact with to do the same. Maybe it will help in a small way.
 
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When I left the Navy I was a well trained Machinist. My training meant little in the civilian world because i did not have any NC/CNC training. I was able to get a job because I could use a specific brand of lathe.
 
Kevin LaCroix said:
When I left the Navy I was a well trained Machinist. My training meant little in the civilian world because i did not have any NC/CNC training. I was able to get a job because I could use a specific brand of lathe.
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I had a cousin who spent a fair amount of time in the Air Force, but who was unable to get a civilian job in the airline industry. He spent his entire career diagnosing and repairing fighter aircraft radar, mostly by replacing black boxes. The airline industry had no need for his particular skills . . .

It must be even worse for the combat MOS's.

Civil Service gives extra points to veterans, which gives them a leg up on being hired for any government job, local, state, or Federal. Maybe more of them need to explore those careers.

(I knew a guy who did 20 years in the Army as a Supply Sergeant, then went to work for NY as a Stores Clerk in a Mental Hospital. When he finally retired, he had a military pension, a state pension, AND Social Security!)
 
It's a big adjustment from the military to the private sector. Likewise, I don't think the private sector can appreciate the qualities that a veteran can contribute to their business. I guess that's why they call we veterans the "1%". Compliment or curse?
 
I've never heard veterans being called the "1%". Hardcore Outlaw Biker Gangs often have 1% symbols on their jackets. Said to be in reference to a statement from the American Motorcycle Association that 99% of motorcyclists are law-abiding.
 
Optimistic Paranoid said:
I've never heard veterans being called the "1%". Hardcore Outlaw Biker Gangs often have 1% symbols on their jackets. Said to be in reference to a statement from the American Motorcycle Association that 99% of motorcyclists are law-abiding.
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That surprises me coming from you. You're well-versed on a wide variety of subjects and I learn from you.

Now is my chance to help you! It's been asserted that US Servicemembers active duty and former, are about 1% of the US polulation of 323 million. This article might help describe the topic better... http://dailysignal.com/2014/11/11/veterans-real-one-percenters/

General Kelly's recent comments to that nut job representative from Flodia are attributed by many to be couched in terms of the "1%".
 
I have a guy who works for me. He recently completed his masters in Exercise Phys. We had a fitness center management staff from Texas visiting a few months ago. As we toured the center, I pointed to Tim and told them of his recent achievement... that is gaining his masters. Tim was cleaning equipment at the time.
The manager from that group was astonished... she said, "How can you get folks who have a masters to do tasks like clean equipment?" My reply? "Easy, Tim is an Army veteran. When we lay out a mission, it gets done." Needless to say I always give preference in hiring for vets. Am I patriotic? Perhaps. More important I know when I hire a veteran, they have some understanding of the concept of accomplishing the mission. Tim and I could not be farther apart in military experience. He was an Army cook, I was a Marine infantryman. However, we have that core value in common.
Hire a veteran. They will likely be the same and accomplish whatever mission you lay out for them.
 
Optimistic Paranoid said:
I had a cousin who spent a fair amount of time in the Air Force, but who was unable to get a civilian job in the airline industry. He spent his entire career diagnosing and repairing fighter aircraft radar, mostly by replacing black boxes. The airline industry had no need for his particular skills . . .

It must be even worse for the combat MOS's.

Civil Service gives extra points to veterans, which gives them a leg up on being hired for any government job, local, state, or Federal. Maybe more of them need to explore those careers.

(I knew a guy who did 20 years in the Army as a Supply Sergeant, then went to work for NY as a Stores Clerk in a Mental Hospital. When he finally retired, he had a military pension, a state pension, AND Social Security!)
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We are currently hurting for avionics techs and QC. You must have and A and P license for the QC positions but the avio techs do not. We have locations in Everett WA, Kansas City MO, and Dallas TX. Let anyone that has aviation experience that we are hiring.

http://atsportal/webapps/JobSearch/JobSearch.htm#navBkmk
 
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