Unemployment Trends among Young Veterans

1/7/2011

Bookmark & Share
  • MySpace
  • Digg
  • Delicious
  • StumbleUpon

National unemployment rate fell slightly in December from 9.8 percent to 9.4 percent. However, this is not  true for the young veteran community, reports the Army Times.

Young veterans are having difficulties finding work in a tight job market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a dramatic increase in unemployment for young veterans, from 9.4 percent in November to 11.7 percent in December.

To read the full article, click here.

Average Rating | Rate It

Related Articles

   
 

09/28/2010

Army pushes vets to beat stop-loss pay deadline

The Army Times reported that army veterans eligible for retroactive stop-loss pay must apply by Oct. 21 — or forfeit their pay.

10/01/2010

Identity Theft Scam Targets Job Hunters

A global identity theft scheme used stolen corporate information to scam hundreds of thousands of job hunters.

10/05/2010

B&Bs and Inns to Offer Free Rooms to Miltary Members

The website, bnbsforvets.org recently announced that B&Bs and Inns across the country are providing rooms free of charge to honor servicemen and women currently serving or who have previously served their country on November 10, 2010, in observance of Veteran’s Day on November 11, 2010.


z