Tag: Veterans

While many Americans are still struggling to recover from the Great Recession, the good news is that the nation’s unemployment rate is now at its lowest point in eight years.

Veterans ranging from those who served in the Iraq War to World War II gathered at Richard Childress Racing on Wednesday to hear information about the resources available through the recently created N.C. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

Federal and state officials spoke today at the Manchester Community College, Lobby of the Arts, Sciences & Technology Center about the next phase of the advanced manufacturing enrollment program specifically for veterans.

More than one million veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will enter the workforce in the next five years. Rather than attempt to elbow their way into the tight job market, some veterans are pursuing franchising because it mimics the rule based system they grew accustomed to in the military.

Police are trying to figure out who would trash a food truck that benefits veterans.

Clean energy company is eager to hire veterans today!

Jobs for U.S. veterans at resource management think tank.

A Houston company that makes it part of their business strategy to hire veterans will receive the DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Small Employer of the Year Award Aug. 1 during the 95th DAV National Convention in Atlanta.

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There’s a sizable number of veteran-owned businesses in the U.S., but most aren’t tech companies. Now, a startup program, working with a tech accelerator for vets, is trying to change that situation.

Jobs for U.S. veterans at national healthy food provider.

Veteran owned solutions company is hiring U.S. veterans today!

Estimates are that by the year 2023 there will be 3.5 million military veterans in the U.S. workforce.

Since 2012, when I first began working with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes initiative and Toyota to advocate for meaningful employment opportunities for veterans, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about veterans in the workplace.

Local homeless veterans may soon have an opportunity to get into transitional housing.

There are 770,000 veterans living in North Carolina, and Tuesday, Gov. Pat McCrory finalized the latest step in improving the way they get their care.

Heating and Air Conditioning company is hiring U.S. veterans immediately!

Before summer is over, the Illinois Veterans Home at Manteno is making sure there is one more significant way the members can grow.

Aviation service company is hiring U.S. veterans today!

The Jackson County Animal Shelter is hosting a free adoption program, "Pets for Veterans," July 25 through Aug. 6.

Circuit Judge Charles Romani Jr., an Army sergeant during the Vietnam War, began the Madison County veterans court in 2009, the Belleville News-Democrat

Speakers such as former Congressman Mike Mauchaud, Senator Angus King and Representative Bruce Poliquin visited Augusta, Thursday to support Maine veterans in their success after their service.

While serving on board an aircraft carrier during World War II, Ernie Gallo survived 17 battle engagements against Japanese forces and a typhoon with 140 mph winds and 70-foot waves.

A recent meeting among the National Contracting Office, VA Puget Sound Health Care System engineering staff and building lessor Golden Oyster Bay LLC resulted in a limited notice to proceed, VA spokesman Chad Hutson said Friday.

Veterans might come home as heroes, but for many, the hardest part of transitioning from the military to civilian life is finding employment.

If you're a military veteran or if you know a veteran in Arizona, you may want to start looking at the Veterans Directory.

After living “in a bush” on and off for the last decade, Army veteran Chris Thomas, 55, is hopeful that he’ll have a proper place of his own to call “home” soon.

Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced The Boosting Rates of American Veterans Employment Act (BRAVE Act), bipartisan legislation to support job creation for America’s veterans.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are about to choose running mates. I don’t know whom they’ll pick, but I hope that one or both picks a military veteran.

A Nationals senator will raise dodgy practices in the life insurance industry as a key issue the Coalition must pursue in the new parliament when his party meets in Canberra on Tuesday.

U.S. Army veteran Mitch Sullivan has found participating in a gardening project at the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka to be a therapeutic experience.

Many veterans face a tough time finding work when they re-enter the civilian world. A former Army man himself, Jerry Flanagan started a junk removal franchise to do something about the problema.

A new survey released this week shows that people rarely view U.S. military veterans as being valuable in the workplace, with only 26 percent of employers and 22 percent of civilians responding that those who once served in America’s armed forces are now viewed as “strategic assets.”

It would be another hour before guests began arriving for the cocktail party, yet nervous excitement already filled the room.

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Keith David spent years flying around the globe on covert missions, making life-and-death decisions and overseeing multiple units unleashing airstrikes against insurgents. The former Navy SEAL now realizes it was the perfect training for a career in Silicon Valley.

Jobs opportunities for U.S. veterans in the oil industry. Hiring today!

The Woodlawn Plantation in Alexandria was once owned by George Washington’s family.

An idea that came to the young CEO in November of 2015 now has Brady Fernandes and his dad, Craig, on a mission to spread a passion for veterans and those who are serving our country.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Asheville says 16 veterans are accused of submitting fraudulent travel vouchers for reimbursement.

The Pentagon has lifted the ban on transgender Americans serving openly in the military and announced that it will pay for current members of the armed forces to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

Over the next week, expect to hear a lot of booms, pops and crackles as Coloradans celebrate America’s independence.