On the Job for You moaa career guide
Veterans face many challenges seeking civilian employment, but MOAA is working to ease the way.
By Deborah Huso
ith the global econ- omy still sluggish,
it’s more important than ever for retir- ing military personnel to plan ahead if they’re going to be seeking civil- ian employment in the near future. According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bu- reau of Labor Statistics, at the
close of 2010, the unemployment rate for all veterans was 8.3 percent. Gulf War-era I veterans (those who served between August 1990 and August 2001) had a reported unemployment rate of 5.4 percent. Given that the na- tional unemployment rate at the close of 2010 was 9.4 percent, it seems U.S. veterans are doing well in the civilian labor force — sometimes better than their civilian counterparts. “Overall, veterans are holding their own,” says Col. Dick Crampton, USA-
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Ret., director of MOAA’s TOPS tran- sition services. “Our major concern, however, is the young (18- to 24-year- old) Gulf War-era II veterans — those who have served since September 2001 — whose unemployment rate was significantly higher than the na- tional rate.” According to the Bureau of Census’ Current Population Survey, in March, the unemployment rate for this group was more than 28 percent, compared to 16.1 percent for nonvet- erans of the same age. While there have been plenty of concerns about young combat veterans unable to find jobs when they come home from war, Col. Bob Norton, USA-Ret., a deputy director of Government Relations at MOAA, says the higher rates of unemploy- ment for those young veterans reflect, in part, the expanded educational opportunities offered by the Post- 9/11 GI Bill. “The new GI bill not
MOAA CAREER GUIDE MAY 2011 MILITA R Y O FFICER B
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