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Cracking the Job Market in Difficult Times

October 13, 2011 vfwpost2713 Leave a comment

For Washington Veterans

Monday, November 8, 2011

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

During this down economy, many veterans are struggling to find employment. This workshop is designed to help veterans:

Identify and articulate their strengths, skills and talents
Use their military experiences to create powerful work histories
Discover potential they are unaware of
Explore work environments that match their personalities
Learn to think like employers
Start and maintain a career portfolio that will help them enter and move through the workplace

For additional information about the workshop see the link.

Depoyment, Jobs

Our veterans need more than applause

September 15, 2011 vfwpost2713 Leave a comment

There are more than 63,000 veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in Washington state, and more coming back all the time. And we need to find ways to connect with them.

You know when you’re on an airplane, and the flight attendant announces there are American service people onboard, and why don’t we all give them a round of thankful applause?

Sam Barrett hates that.

“I just roll my eyes,” said Barrett, 30, a U.S. Army Airborne Ranger who did three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. He finished active duty in May 2009, then served in the National Guard until last February.

Barrett doesn’t mean to sound ungrateful.

But while we may think we’re giving veterans a gift, to some it feels like an empty box; and the only thing we may be parting with is our own sense of guilt

Project Management Institute Scholarship

September 7, 2011 vfwpost2713 Leave a comment

The Puget Sound Project Management Institute are generously offering Veterans 1 Project Management Professional (PMP) and 10 Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) Scholarships. These Certifications are in HIGH demand in the workforce and EVERY Veteran can benefit with these Certifications.

We highly encourage you to pass this onto your fellow Vets. A strong demand for this scholarship will result in more opprtunities across Washington State. So if Renton is too far to travel, be sure to send in an abundance of requests from your area to create demand in your location. This is a National Institute and they have members everywhere.

President Obama pledges to help ‘the 9/11 generation’ of veterans.

August 30, 2011 vfwpost2713 Leave a comment

MINNEAPOLIS — President Barack Obama committed on Tuesday to taking care of what he called “the 9/11 generation,” vowing to spare Iraq and Afghanistan veterans’ health, education and employment training programs from Washington’s budget ax.

Jobs, Non-Profit, Politics

The Face of the Next Greatest Generation

August 22, 2011 vfwpost2713 Leave a comment

Eight years ago, after the capture of Saddam Hussein in a spider hole,TIME Magazine named The American Soldier its “Person of the Year.” It was an iconic cover story that put a face on these wars and played a decisive role in getting Americans to separate personal politics from their treatment of our troops.

Sen. Murray praises veteran hiring at Amazon

August 11, 2011 vfwpost2713 Leave a comment

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray was at the Amazon campus Wednesday to help promote the company’s programs to hire veterans after they leave the military, but a main focus of her press conference dealt with her budget-slashing committee appointmen tannounced Tuesday.

New ‘reverse boot camp’ to prepare departing troops for civilian life

August 9, 2011 vfwpost2713 Leave a comment

Military officials will develop a “reverse boot camp,” with the goal of better preparing servicemembers who are leaving the military for civilian jobs or college classes. The program is part of a host of new initiatives announced by President Barack Obama on Friday to reduce unemployment among veterans.

VFW CALLS ON CONGRESS HELP VETERANS FIND JOBS

July 14, 2011 vfwpost2713 Leave a comment

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. will testify before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs tomorrow morning, discussing long-overdue legislation to help veterans find jobs. The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in the committee chambers, room 334 of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Live video will be available on the committee’s website, veterans.house.gov, during the hearing, and a full list of witnesses along with their prepared remarks will also be available tomorrow morning.