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Women in the Military: From Service to Civilian Life – Infographic

This Women in the Military: From Service to Civilian Life infographic provides key highlights on women in service along with invaluable data on women veterans. The information and statistics in this d...

Examination of Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation as a Disincentive for Employment in a Population-Based Sample of Veterans Under Age 65

Abstract Purpose: Concerns that disability benefits may create disincentives for employment may be especially relevant for young American military veterans, particularly veterans of the recent wars in...

Operation Vetrepreneurship: Bridging the Gap: Motivations, Challenges, and Successes of Veteran Entrepreneurs

Veterans have launched businesses at higher rates than civilians for many decades. Just ten years ago, few programs for veterans taught entrepreneurship or provided tools to help them create sustainab...

Pathways to Opportunity: Financial Flexibility and Workforce Readiness

Financial preparation is an often overlooked component of a service member’s transition from the military. Service members who are financially unprepared for transition, at best, limit their ability...

Implementation Review of Presidential Executive Order 13518—The Veterans Employment Initiative

Study Team: Nicholas J. Armstrong, Ph.D., Zachary Huitink, M.P.P., Ph.D. (ABD), Matthew A. Hidek, Ph.D., Rosalinda Maury, M.S., Fitore Hyseni, M.P.A., Nathaniel Birnbaum Purpose In collaboration with...

The Force Behind the Force: Training, Leveraging, and Communicating About Military Spouses as Employees

Military spouses have higher unemployment rates, estimated as much as three times higher than their civilian peers. In an effort to arm the HR community with information about the value military spous...

The Force Behind the Force: Case Profiles of Successful Military Spouses Balancing Employment, Service, and Family

The second brief of this series highlights eight successful military spouses currently employed in the corporate workforce. Through the detailed conversations, the reader begins to understand the empl...

Workforce Readiness Alignment: The Relationship Between Job Preferences, Retention, and Earnings

This paper provides a deeper analysis of veterans’ employment experiences post-separation; specifically, the long term benefits of aligning military-conferred skills with career goals and expectatio...

Guide to Leading Policies, Practices & Resources: Supporting the Employment of Veterans and Military Families

Given employment challenges facing our nation’s veterans, the “Guide to Leading Policies, Practices & Resources: Supporting the Employment of Veterans and Military Families” is the product o...

Investing in Vets: Strategies to Help Returning Gulf War Vets Enter the Civilian Work Force Successfully

Abstract “This article discusses the need for an integrated and active change management approach by social workers in American businesses to develop corporate policies that address the work and per...

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Women in the Military: From Service to Civilian Life – Infographic