Thursday, June 19, 2014

Why hiring veterans is good for business.


It is astonishing that US veterans have high unemployment rates. Although it is falling, it still remains at 9%, higher than national average of 7%. There are some speculations on why employers hesitate to hire veterans. Reasons ranging from fear of deployment to PTSD, or politics of war and stereotyping US veterans.

Since 2002, I have had the pleasure of working with more than 25 US veterans.

Based on my experiences, I discovered that veterans have a few qualities in common that are very difficult to find in others:

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140617034117-10975973-why-hiring-veterans-is-good-for-business?trk=object-title

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