If you want to view some of the many resources to help veterans obtain jobs, this website from the White House has several in one handy place:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces/resources
There are links to connect you to veteran-friendly employers, virtual job fairs, careers that match with your goals, and opportunities for military spouses too.
If you’re job hunting, in addition to your local job service agency and job fairs, you might want to check out any of the following resources. **Be very careful of Internet job postings, as many of them are tools for
identity theft: if an online job application asks for an SSN or bank information, it is probably fraudulent. Here are some legitimate job search sites: http://vetjobs.com, www.vacareers.va.gov, www.militaryhire.com, www.hireheroesusa.org, http://job.irs.gov, http://jobs.vetfriends.com, and www.monster.com
From www.Military.com, “Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced legislation, US Senate Bill 2116, the Military and Veterans Education Protection Act, which is intended to improve the current laws
regarding educational benefits for our nation's military service members and veterans. The proposed legislation focuses on what some in Congress believe to be a remedy for for-profit schools targeting and aggressively recruiting service members and veterans, in order to ‘make a quick buck off of (the military's) hard-earned benefits.’ " Read more at:
http://www.military.com/education/content/keys-to-success/senators-move-to-protect-student-veterans.html?ESRC=education.nl
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