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Veterans Skills to Jobs Act Passes through the House While Veteran Unemployment Remains

On July 10th, 2012 by Megan Klein Zottarelli

Three years after the recession has officially ended, the economy is struggling with an unchanging 8.2 percent unemployment rate. Weak hiring practices by U.S. employers at only 80,000 jobs during the month of June proves that the U.S. is, as the New York Times reports, “far from the booming job growth that prevailed only a few [...]

A Good Job Is a Good Start: New York Times Forum

On May 25th, 2012 by Colleen Corliss

By Michael Blecker, Swords to Plowshares’ Executive Director Published May 24, 2012 in the New York Times Today’s veterans are returning to an economy challenged by record unemployment rates and a stagnant job market. At the federal, state and local levels we are failing to help veterans transition from military service to the civilian [...]