Takeaway #1
In the current economic climate, soldiers returning home from active duty are having an increasingly difficult time finding employment.Takeaway #2
President Obama has instructed his Cabinet nominees to start finding ways to generate more than 3 million jobs through the proposed $775 stimulus package.Takeaway #3
Despite laws preventing it, veterans are returning home to find the jobs they left are no longer available, have often missed out on networking opportunities, and have been victims of stereotyping because of worries about mental stigmas.
Takeaway #4
General Eric Shinseki has vowed to work with the new administration to fast-track a new GI Bill passed in 2008. VA officials are working to help transition Vets into vocational and educational support services as well as placing them in VA positions.
