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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's about time. I fought in the 103rd Deskborne Division ("The Fighting Snowflakes) in the War on Christmas. Don't laugh, I was wounded twice and I'm still not quite the same. I am allowed a service gerbil, but it's still hard for me to find work. But I'm one of the lucky ones. I still have nightmares where I think I'm back at the Battle of the Macy's Parade. Lost lots of good people and at least two very large balloons that day.
Thanks to Google for looking out for us.
You are welcome on my lawn.
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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The problem with employment is there isn't a really good mapping of Years of Education vs Years of experience vs Military experience and rank. And to get this mapping out to most businesses who are hiring.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Actually, the USAF has the Community College of The Air Force, where that training does count (we just called it "Tech School"), depending on your AFSC ("MOS" in Army-speak) and what degree you were shooting for. OJT and CBTs (as well as PME/NCO training) also count as credits (again, depending on AFSC and degree). On top of all that, CLEP testing is (well, was) mega-cheap there.
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
As a veteran I prefer to hire vets. Especially former navy vets with 3+ years and an honorable discharge. The skills do not directly relate. But I know they are trainable, the are capable of critical thinking, they are resourceful, and they habe thick skin.
Hiring non-vet millennials is like running a freaking daycare with all the whining and tattling.
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 signed up, it was still during the cold war. The berlin wall didnt fall until later, and russia was still the u.s.s.r. In 1992 we went to the gulf for desert shield, then desert storm, then southern watch.
I assure you I did not volunteer to âget my ass shot offâ(TM). I did helo onto a frigate that struck a mine in order to assist in damage control. The ship was taking on water and sinking. That can be alarming. Ive also done dmage control during a couple shipboard fires. Those are no joke either. But as Gen Patton(George C Scott) is quoted as saying âoeno son of a bitch ever won a war dyjng for his country. He won a war by making the other, dumb, son of a bitch, did for HIS countryâ
Well said about dictators being kept in power.
But what about the people who saw their military as their only route out of poverty at age 17 or 18? I know quite a few vets who are neither selfish or stupid and took that route.
Blame the US system, which doesn't offer some people many routes out of poverty OTHER THAN military service. In many states, public education is being gutted, the public university systems are turning expensive and mediocre. What's left?
Frankly, I'd support an alternative means of national service after high school that would act like the military in paying for education, etc, but not require the whole "propping up brutal dictators and supporting killers" aspect. But unfortunately, the US is what it is...
The vast majority of veterans these days see no combat and are generally in less danger than many civilian jobs.
The difference between these "no combat" veterans and many civilian jobs is, unlike the civilian jobs, these guys signed a blank check to the American people for up to and including their lives at a moment's notice.
When you sign up to be an arctic fisherman, oil rig worker, or secretary, you know what your job's going to like fairly indefinately. When you sign up to "sit in Germany filing paperwork for 5 years", you occasionally get told to pack your shit, leave your family behind, and go wander the desert with a rifle.
If you don't like what your boss asks you to do as an arctic fisherman, oil rig worker, or secretary: you can refuse, and generally the worst that can happen is you get fired. If you refuse or try to quit from a military commitment, you can go to jail, have your pay garnished, and so on...
That's why they get more respect than fishermen and secretaries: they volunteered to sacrifice something we all hold near and dear for our benefit.
Show me on the 1st Amendment bobblehead where the moderator touched you...
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.