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White House says jobs program has exceeded goal
Source: Associated Press
White House says jobs program has exceeded goal
AP foreign, Wednesday May 1 2013
KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama announced Tuesday that companies participating in a program to help veterans find work have hired or trained 290,000 veterans and military spouses since August 2011, nearly tripling the original goal of the program with about eight months to spare.
Obama said Tuesday that the program called Joining Forces has also generated pledges from businesses to hire or train another 435,000 in the next five years.
The new hiring projections came at a White House event with veterans and company executives that also featured President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden. The president said that too many companies still don't recognize the skills that service members acquire as part of their military service. If they can saves live on the battlefield, they can work in an ambulance or hospital, and if they can oversee a convoy of equipment, they can help oversee a company's supply chain, he said.
"Too often, just when these men and women are looking forward to the next chapter of their lives, they are stuck in neutral," the president said.
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AP foreign, Wednesday May 1 2013
KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama announced Tuesday that companies participating in a program to help veterans find work have hired or trained 290,000 veterans and military spouses since August 2011, nearly tripling the original goal of the program with about eight months to spare.
Obama said Tuesday that the program called Joining Forces has also generated pledges from businesses to hire or train another 435,000 in the next five years.
The new hiring projections came at a White House event with veterans and company executives that also featured President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden. The president said that too many companies still don't recognize the skills that service members acquire as part of their military service. If they can saves live on the battlefield, they can work in an ambulance or hospital, and if they can oversee a convoy of equipment, they can help oversee a company's supply chain, he said.
"Too often, just when these men and women are looking forward to the next chapter of their lives, they are stuck in neutral," the president said.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10771715
