A new finding that young veterans are more likely to work in occupational fields requiring physical labor suggests more study is needed to find out how veterans use physical skills to transition.
Veteran employment is a rigged game. You can rig it in your favor by gamifying the process and spending your efforts only on the activities that statistically lead to a job offer.
Most of the time, the job interview feels like a conversation that is going well for a veteran, transitioning military member or spouse. But most of the time, it is not. Most of the time, we are accidentally saying all the wrong things.
Hard truth is better than kind fiction when it comes to veteran jobs and spouse employment. Defense industry veterans and hiring managers share the hard truths they had to learn during their own job hunts before they found their first civilian job.