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C Retiree Spotlight
apt. Ted Daywalt, USNR-Ret., started
Vetjobs.com 13 years ago when he realized the “appalling”
state of services for veterans seeking em- ployment. Friends of his were paying for assistance and getting paltry offerings in return, Daywalt says. Today, more than 2 million servicemembers and their families use
Vetjobs.com each year. What can military people find on the site? Career assessment … the job bank. We list all the le- gitimate job boards. … Articles on how to discuss wounded-warrior status, how to pass behavioral in- terviews. … We list all the career fairs that are military-related. Are your users finding em- ployment? People of all ranks are finding things from jobs paying $9 an hour to $1.5 million a year. Those who actually use the site end up getting fairly decent work. And it’s a whole lot easier to find a job if you have a job than if you’re unemployed. What are some hurdles veter- ans face finding employment?
There’s a disconnect. Too many people look at the military and they think of Beetle Bailey [or] a John Wayne movie, and the military hasn’t been like that for 30 years. It’s high-tech [and] teamwork-oriented. One CEO said he was having trouble hiring middle managers. I asked him why he didn’t implement a military hiring program, and he said, “Oh no. We need real- world experience.” I told him, “How many of your people … are put out on the job ... and if they make a mistake they take Duval County, Fla., off the face of the earth? I just gave you the basic job description of a weapons officer … next month she turns 23.” His jaw dropped. He had no heartburn about the military. It’s a matter of educating [employers]. How are the employment num- bers looking? There are [about] 777,000 unemployed [veterans]. The Guard and Reserve is where the employment for veterans has not been so good. [They] are literally being discriminated against. — Willow Nero
Attention! Check out these military-related entertainment offerings.
BOOK JOHN PHILIP SOUSA’S AMERICA (GIA Publications, 2012) Writ- ten by John Phillip Sousa’s last living namesake, John Phillip Sousa IV, this picto- rial biography pays homage to the legendary musician whose legacy permeates American history. A CD of
Sousa tunes from “The President’s Own,” the U.S. Marine Band, is included.
MOVIE OPERATION CUPCAKE (Hallmark Channel, 2012) Dean Cain plays Army Col. Griff Carson, who returns to his family and helps his wife
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(Kristy Swanson) run a cupcake bakery. Fraught with readjustment woes, Carson finds the bakery to be a war zone of its own. Operation Cupcake airs June 16.
BOOK RED DRAGON RISING: SHOCK OF
WAR (Forge, 2012) Au- thors Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice imagine a not- so-distant future in which China plots to take over the world. Two American of- ficers are deployed to sabo- tage China, but the pair defy orders and spark war with the West. MO
PHOTO: STEVE BARRETT
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