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Google Made New Search Tools To Help Veterans Find Better Jobs (cnbc.com)
Google has rolled out a series of search tools to help military veterans find better jobs after returning to civilian life, the company said in a blog post. From a report: Former members of the military can now search "jobs for veterans," enter the military branch they served in and see results for job openings that match their skills. Google will also allow businesses to identify as "veteran-owned" or "veteran-led" in Google Maps and mobile search results. "We hope to use our technology to help veterans understand the full range of opportunities open to them across many different fields. Right now those opportunities are getting lost in translation," Matthew Hudson, a program manager for Google Cloud and an Air Force veteran, said in Monday's blog post.
It does things like rule that a qualified Navy Corpsmen (their equivalent of a combat medic) is NOT qualified to be an EMT after they leave the army. (Army and Airforce medics are qualified to be an EMT).
US military needs to think just a bit more about what their men can do after they leave the armed forces. A bit more planning, a few more courses (even if it simply covers civilian work) can mean a huge difference for our soldiers when they have completed their service.
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I don't like hiring veterans. My experience is that they spend far too much time creating drama by complaining about the millennials. They would be so much more productive if they took their effort to complain about millennials and directed it toward getting the job done. Millennials are generally my most productive employees because they do the job and don't create drama like veterans do.
When I think about people I genuinely respect in this world, I think of a group of my dad's friends who were active in the local peace movement. And there was one old guy who had been in the Korean War who was a major figure in the local Veterans for Peace organization.
And one time when I was having lunch with them I was like "How could anyone not know what they're signing up for when they join the military?" And the old veteran turned very red in the face but didn't say anything. Of course, in retrospect, I either wouldn't have asked the question at all - or would have at least asked it much in a much more gentle way. Who knows what guilt he still carried for what he had done in the Korean War?
It's interesting that we can make a video recording of the past but not of the future. But, in a certain sense, there is only one past while there are infinitely many futures. Of course, if anyone who could see all possible futures wouldn't be trapped in poverty. If nothing else, they could simply go buy the next winning lottery ticket. :)
So a big part of being trapped in poverty is actually being trapped in ignorance. Incidentally, I am much more scared of my own ignorance than I am of terrorists or any of the other usual things people are scared of. So if a veteran was like "Yeah, in retrospect, I see that I actually had a lot of options but, as a teenager the only path I could see clear of desperate poverty was to join the military.", I wouldn't necessarily hold their time in the military against them.
But, wow, if someone is unreservedly proud of having done time in the military. Or if they think that doing time in the military automatically makes someone a better person. Then that's definitely someone I wouldn't want to work with.