Discrimination? Ask yourself after you fill in the blank
- Disturbing new statistics show that one in three women is unemployed.
- Disturbing new statistics show that one in three black men is unemployed.
- Disturbing new statistics show that one in three Hispanics is unemployed.
Is there any sincere doubt that any of these headlines would not result in a million man march, an amendment to the Constitution, or result in California media outlets leading their broadcasts and newspaper front pages with the story?
None of these are true.
- The disturbing new statistic shows that one in three Veterans is unemployed.
I’m shocked and sickened that across the board in America, in all industries, we are not hiring people who not only have led people, they’ve led people in the most life and death circumstances possible.
From Army Times.com this week:
Disturbing new statistics from the Labor Department show that one in three veterans under age 24 is unemployed — and that the unemployment rate for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans has jumped to 14.7 percent, half again as high as the national employment rate of 9.7 percent.
The March unemployment rate of 30.2 percent for veterans aged 18 to 24 is a big jump from February’s figure of 21.7 percent, although it may be partly the result of a small sample used by the Labor Department in determining unemployment, said Justin Brown, a labor expert for Veterans of Foreign Wars.
No wonder the ‘Greatest Generation’ never talked about their portion of WWII. They’d never get hired.
As far as training, documentation and the ability for project management – hire a vet and you won’t be disappointed. Imagine what your skills would be like if you had spent four to six years constantly rewriting manuals and accomplishing the impossible.
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