vetjobs The Veteran Eagle is a newsletter for veterans, transitioning military, their family members and friends and supporters of VetJobs. Feel free to forward the newsletter to veterans and friends and encourage them to subscribe. This month’s Veteran Eagle is sponsored by: The Home Depot, Job Doctors International, TECHEXPO Top Secret and Franchoice. Contents: 1. Message from the Top 2. Hot Jobs on VetJobs 3. VA Introducing Standardized Disability Claims Forms 4. Demand for Information Security Analysts at All Time High 5. DOD Expands Military Financial Protections 6. Lung Screening for Veterans in Georgia 7. Demand for Recruiters Rising 8. Jobs Staying Open Longer Than Ever 9. House Panel Questions Accuracy of IG Report on Veterans’ Deaths 10. Navy Retention Study 11. Significant Events this Month in Military History Thank you for reading this VetJobs Veteran Eagle newsletter. If you like the newsletter and what VetJobs, the VFW and endorsing veteran service organizations do to assist veterans and their family members find employment, please go to weddles/poll.htm and vote VetJobs for the WEDDLE’s User’s Choice Award! - – - – - From the VFW – - – - – - – - Need to save on expenses while you’re looking for work? You may be eligible for Assurance Wireless cell phone service — a federal Lifeline Assistance program by Virgin Mobile. Apply at 866-509-1018 or assurancewireless/veterans to learn more. If you are interested in joining the VFW, please visit vfw.org/Join/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NOTE: If you have a resume in the VetJobs database, be sure to update your experience and refresh your resume at a minimum of every two weeks. VetJobs has many new customers using the resume database and as a general rule, they do not look at resumes over 30 days old. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1. Message from the Top General Motors (GM) recently announced participation in a three way partnership between Raytheon, GM and the US Army to sponsor the Shifting Gears training program. In the Shifting Gears program, transitioning military personnel take training on a military base and upon graduation, have taken a high percentage of the training that GM requires of GM dealers. This training positions the graduates well for future employment at a GM dealership. To help place the graduates of this program, GM is setting up a web site for dealers to post job openings. VetJobs is pleased to announce that VetJobs won the bid to build the jobs website for GM car dealerships nationwide. The new site is now live and is called GMDealerShipJobs (gmdealershipjobs). The site will eventually have jobs from all of the 4,300 GM dealerships nationwide. The roll out and promotion will be an ongoing effort for the next two months. GM dealerships offer entry level jobs, mechanic and ASE certified jobs as well as sales, management and administrative jobs. All these positions are a natural for transitioning military, veterans and their family members! We are pleased to have the opportunity to exclusively bring these jobs to transitioning military, veterans and their family members. Please visit gmdealershipjobs and if you are in the market for a great job, apply to a local GM dealership! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This month we celebrate the 239th birthday of the United States Navy. At an October 13, 1775 meeting in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress voted to fit out two sailing vessels armed with ten carriage guns and swivel guns. The frigates were to be manned by crews of eighty and to cruise the Atlantic for three months to intercept transports carrying munitions and stores to the British army in America. This was the original legislation out of which the Continental Navy grew and as such constitutes the birth certificate of the Navy. If you meet a current or former member of the Navy, say Happy Birthday! Other events celebrated this month include: October 12 – Columbus Day October 13 – U. S. Navy Established October 13 – Columbus Day (observed as a holiday) October 27 – Navy Day October 31 – Halloween * * * * * * * * * * * * * * For veterans in Gerogia there is a new program offering inexpensive lung screening – see article #6 below. I highly recommend those in Georgia take advantage of this program and I did and found out a have a interstitial pulminary lung disease, but caught it at the very beginning of its development. One of the major causes of Interstitial lung disease is exposure to asbestos, which happened on two ships to which I was assigned. Having caught this at the beginning, it is very treatable in my case. The VA does NOT do this type of screening, so were it allowed to progress, it could have been life threatening. The Wellstar Foundation is offering this screening through WellStar Medical Group, Pulmonary Medicine in various locations in Georgia. The call will be worth your time! * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you know of of a company doing a great job hiring veterans, please nominate them for the VetJobs Outstanding Veteran Employment Award. To nominate a company for the award, please visit https://vetjobs/empAward.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * On the economic front, the big news is the second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 4.6%, the best growth in over three years. The GDP was driven by several items, notably corporate profits being up strongly and exporting increased. However, with the financial growth taking place, the average worker and family do not feel their situation has improved. The average household earnings fell 8.7% from the peak of $56,048 in 2007. Even worse, its 6.6% less than the $55,030 made in 2000. While the recession may have officially ended five years ago and Wall Street is rocking and rolling in profits, the average American family is not seeing an improvement in their situation. The average median household income was $51,371 a year in 2012 (most recent comparable figures), a fall of $4,677 from 2007. This should be a wakeup call to our politicians that the economy is definitely on the wrong path. Unfortunately, the current administration does not seem to want to embrace policies that will improve the economy. It will be very interesting to see the message that is sent by the electorate during the upcoming mid-term elections. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * As always, if there is anything we at VetJobs can do for you, please do not hesitate to call or email. Remember, Freedom Is Never Free – Support Our Armed Forces and Veterans Best regards, Ted Daywalt President /—October Veteran Eagle sponsor is The Home Depot—-\ HOW VETERANS CAN IMPROVE THEIR CAREER There are a lot websites out there that advertise jobs, but wouldn’t it be nice to have a conversation with a REAL person? Wouldn’t it be great to connect to a recruiter to show them what a great employee you’d be? Well, The Home Depot has created a brand new community where you can do just that. The community, named HomeTown, has a specific group to help veterans during their career search by giving them a place to network and have live conversations with recruiters. Within the HomeTown community, veterans can: • Chat directly with recruiters • Learn from exclusive articles and free webinars • Network with other military members and veterans The Home Depot intends this free community to be your central hub to learn, grow and enhance your career. Veterans who take advantage of this free service will most definitely have an advantage when it comes time to applying and interviewing for their next career. You can join the HomeTown community at: homedepotcommunity ONGOING COMMITMENT The Home Depot’s support of the nation’s military extends beyond the new HomeTown community as they offer plenty of resources to veterans. The company recently launched a new website highlighting this commitment (homedepotmilitary) and has offered its free Military Skills Translator Tool for some time now. The Skills Translator Tool is designed to help translate and match an applicant’s military skills to positions that might offer the best career fit. The company has also partnered with military-focused career fairs and participates in multiple events throughout the year. VetJobs, G.I. Jobs magazine and Military Spouse magazine have all named The Home Depot a top military-friendly employer. \—Please visit your Veteran Eagle sponsor at careers.homedepot —-/ 2. Hot Jobs on VetJobs The following are hot jobs on VetJobs that need candidates immediately. To apply, go to Search Jobs at vetjobs and type in the company name in the Company search field and then click on Search. -Carnegie Hall has Administrative, Technical and Managerial positons in New York City -Resource Residential needs Maintenance Technicians, Supervisors & Leasing Associates nationwide -MTA NYC has openings in greater New York City -TAD PGS needs a Machinist in Ogden, UT -TAD PGS needs a Line Supervisor in Los Angeles, CA -TAD PGS needs a Mechanical Engineer in Orlando, FL -TAD PGS needs a Health & Safety Representative in Minot AFB, ND -TAD PGS needs a Mechanical Inspector in Laurel, MD -Reuland needs an Assembler/Winder & an Automatic Machine Operator in Howell, MI -Stantec has engineering and construction jobs nationwide. -Owens and Minor needs an Operating Room Program Technician in Tallahassee, FL /—October Veteran Eagle sponsor is Job Doctors International—-\ Job Doctors International™ (whose founder is also a veteran) wants to honor you by showing you how you can Revolutionize Your Competitive Edge in Getting Jobs and Climbing the Career Ladder. To See Examples that can Change Your Life, Sign Up for the FREE Veteran Family Career Intelligence Newsletters which also contain FREE Webinars to Help Accelerate Your Future Potential. Please register and provide us requests of what you specifically want covered in our webinars. Tell us how we can help you in what you want to know in your situation. This input, with our user groups, will help us keep on tailoring and make very current what can help you in addition to the detail that is being provided now. We want to target all veterans and their families. This includes those who have recently or will transition out of the military. In addition, it is for the spouses of the military member who needs to find work as their spouses change to a new location. Sign Up at visitor.r20.cons tantcontact/manage/optin?v=001lB8wlCTTQv3vEXiQFjvjcAKjgxpMYwJXpwOsJOFZgrv5_91xfu6Rp9Y7kFs6wvCTsI2kzrNnGlb7vYpN2snlXE9WdMTlHLnu-uPG8Brf114%3D \—Please visit your Veteran Eagle sponsor Job Doctors International—-/ 3. VA Introducing Standardized Disability Claims Forms The Navy Times reports the VA is introducing new, standardized disability claims forms that officials say will make it easier for veterans and their survivors to clearly state what benefits they’re seeking from VA and provide the right information to process their claims and appeals. The new forms will “eliminate applicant guesswork, which often leads to delays in decisions and ultimately delays in receiving benefits,” A VA press release stated. The regulations on the new forms will take effect in late March. /—October Veteran Eagle sponsor is TECHEXPO Top Secret—-\ TECHEXPO Top Secret’s next career fairs are: 10/14, TECHEXPO Top Secret Hiring Event, BWI Marriott, 1743 West Nursery Road, Linthicum Heights, MD, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. For more information and to register visit techexpousa. 10/16, TECHEXPO Top Secret Hiring Event, The Sheraton Reston Hotel, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. For more information and to register visit techexpousa. 10/21, TECHEXPO Top Secret Cyber Security Hiring Event, Sheraton Columbia Town Center, 10207 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, MD, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. For more information and to register visit techexpousa. TECHEXPO Top Secret job fairs bring you face to face with security-cleared professionals. For a 2014 event schedule, contact Nancy Mathew 212-655-4505 x225 or NMathew@TechExpoUSA. TechExpoUSA \—Please visit your Veteran Eagle sponsor TECHEXPO Top Secret at techexpousa—-/ 4. Demand for Information Security Analysts at All Time High Wanted Analytics reports hiring for Information Security Analysts reached an all-time high in August, with more than 26,700 job ads. This was 24% more ads than what appeared online during the same time last year. As demand reached its highest point yet, security spending is expected to grow, according to research from Gartner as cited by CIO. However, despite talk of rising security budgets, security professionals say that salaries remain flat as businesses are not willing to pay for skilled talent. CIO says, Part of the disconnect comes from a lack of understanding of the resources and effort needed to support a viable information security program. Wanted Analytics examined salaries for Information Security Analysts in the US to see what employers are using in their job ads to attract talent. Keep in mind, this is not the salary that is agreed upon between employer and employee. This is the pay used in job ads to attract candidates. What are employers using in ads to lure security talent to their organization? The median salary that employers advertise for Information Security Analysts is $105,750. Below are the locations with the highest advertised salary ranges for this position. Currently, Washington (DC) has the greatest demand for Information Security Analysts. However, the Silicon Valley area advertises the highest salaries. This may be partly due to the known competition for IT talent in this region and candidates demanding higher salaries. In San Francisco, the average advertised salary range is $109,000 - $146,000 and in San Jose its $105,000 - $152,000. /—October Veteran Eagle sponsor is Masters Touch—-\ If you are tired of looking for just another job, and frustrated that veterans like you are the hardest working, highly trained, and most experienced group of applicants but have to start at the bottom and work your way up, stop looking for a job and start working for yourself (themasterstouch.net/lp/vetjobs/lp_vetjobs_e.html). Dont be fooled by anyone trying to take advantage of your frustration by trying to sell you “get rich quick” schemes like: MLM’s, outrageous job promises or franchises that have hidden costs they won’t tell you about. You aren’t alone, we were frustrated too with the lack of honest opportunity and no nonsense approach to starting a business and we did something about it. More than a decade ago, we invented and patented the very first hard surface restoration system. Since then, we have helped over 1,100 entrepreneurs like you start their own business cleaning and protecting floors using our technology. Everywhere you go there is an opportunity to increase your income: restaurants; hotels; office buildings; malls; stores; schools; gyms; homes; apartments... the list is endless!! We deliver a complete turn-key business system, equipment, training and even lifetime support at no additional cost. Be factory trained and in business in less than thirty days with a realistic SIX-FIGURE INCOME potential for your FIRST YEAR! Check out why so many veterans have trusted The Masters Touch over the years to give them the freedom to start their business with our proven business model. Take the next step to take back control of your schedule and income and click here (themasterstouch.net/lp/vetjobs/lp_vetjobs_e.html) to see our video presentation. \—Please visit your Veteran Eagle sponsor Masters Touch—-/ 5. DOD Expands Military Financial Protections The Department of Defense announced a regulation proposal that will reduce predatory lending practices, expand protections provided service members by closing loopholes in current rules, and ensure military families receive the important consumer protections they deserve. The proposed actions will apply to the protections found within the 2006 Military Lending Act, and include payday loans, vehicle title loans, refund anticipation loans, deposit advance loans, installment loans, unsecured open-end lines of credit and credit cards. The proposal will be published in the Federal Register for public comment on Monday, Sept. 29, and is on display today at ofr.gov/(S(stnraikvfefq3v2y11k3buzu))/inspection.aspx. To read more about the proposal, go to defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=16954&source=GovDelivery. /—October Veteran Eagle sponsor is FranChoice—-\ Veterans interested in learning about franchise ownership are invited to join a FREE webinar “Veterans Exploring Franchise Ownership”. Learn how you can leverage your military experience through franchise ownership and how your unique qualifications improve your chances for success. Senior Franchise Consultant, Laurie Pollock, and retired Army Captain and 2-time franchise owner, Christian Germain, will explain how to evaluate franchise opportunities, the training and support franchisors offer, as well as discounts for veterans – including one franchise in particular that is waiving the entire franchise fee for qualified veterans. They’ll open up the lines at the end of the webinar to answer your individual questions. The date for this month’s Veteran Franchise Webinar will be on Monday, October 13. To register, visit anymeeting/PIID=EB50D989844638 If you want assistance in purchasing a franchise, call or email Laurie Pollock to request a free one-on-one consultation and she’ll be happy to help you. lauriepollock@franchoice or 847.634.8976 \—–Please visit your Veteran Eagle sponsor FranChoice—–/ 6. Lung Screening for Veterans in Georgia Donors to the WellStar Foundation are sponsoring responsible screening and care for veterans at risk for lung cancer. Veterans who meet criteria for being at risk for lung cancer, due to smoking or exposure to certain chemicals, will be offered a low-dose lung CT scan at a reduced rate of $11 (regularly $199*). In addition, veterans will receive a FREE Pulmonary Risk Assessment to test for COPD as well as possible sleep disorders, compliments of WellStar Medical Group, Pulmonary Medicine. Screening spaces are limited. To register or for more information, please call 770-956-STAR (7827). 7. Demand for Recruiters Rising >From ERE.net: Demand for recruiters is rising as employers emboldened by improving economic signals in the U.S. and globally add new jobs, only to find it ever more difficult to hire the workers they want. Wanted Analytics says the number of online job listings for recruiters rose 4.5% in August from the same 30-day period a year before. In the HR category, recruiter jobs are now second only to the listings for HR managers, says Wanted. The research firm analyzes online listings from corporate sites, job boards, and elsewhere to create reports on the types of jobs being advertised and other information and business intelligence. “Recruiter” was the most commonly advertised job title, according to Wanted Analytics’ analysis. Among the top 10 most frequently listed recruiting job titles were three naming specific niche areas: Technical recruiter, Information Technology recruiter, and Sales Recruiter. 8. Jobs Staying Open Longer Than Ever >From ERE.net: August may have disappointed labor analysts with its unexpectedly low count of new jobs, but for recruiters, the evidence out of Washington and elsewhere says recruiting difficulty is only going to get worse. Nationally, it took 24.9 business days (Monday-Saturday are business days for this report) to fill a job in July, according to the Dice-DFH Vacancy Duration Measure. That’s a bare tick off June’s 25.1 days. Meanwhile, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, put July’s openings rate at 3.3, a 22% increase over the 2.7 in July 2013. What these numbers mean is that the average number of openings, expressed as a percent of total employment, is increasing. Or, to put it more simply, the number of open jobs is creeping up. With the size of the labor force shrinking, it’s no wonder that it is taking longer and longer to fill a job. Now Wanted Technologies, which analyzes online job postings from corporate sites, job boards, and elsewhere, found that for the most in-demand jobs, as determined by the number of ads posted online, job posting time alone can be more than double the national average of time to fill. The typical job posting for a nurse stayed up 50 days. For a software developer, it was up for 47 days. Not surprisingly, these jobs also regularly appear on Wanted’s list of the top 10 most in-demand. Joining them in August were ads for truck drivers, which stayed up 55 days on average, customer services reps, retail managers, and marketing managers. 9. House Panel Questions Accuracy of IG Report on Veterans’ Deaths >From FRA.org: The House Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing this week to review the recently released Inspector General’s (IG) report on scheduling manipulation and veteran deaths at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz. Under intense questioning, IG officials reluctantly acknowledged for the first time that scheduling delays contributed to deaths of veterans awaiting care at the Phoenix facility. The hearing followed the release of an IG report earlier this year, which was ordered after VA employee whistleblowers revealed secret waiting lists to cover up long delays in care for veterans—revelations that turned into a national scandal, forcing then-VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign. The IG report stated that the investigators could not “conclusively assert” that any of the 40 deaths were the result of extensive delays in care, but the hearing questioned the accuracy of that report. “While I am pleased IG officials finally cleared up these glaring inconsistencies, I regret that they only did so several weeks after the release of the Phoenix report and after hours of intense questioning. Getting the whole story out of inspectors general should not be this difficult,” Rep. Jeff Miller (Fla.), chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, said in a statement after the hearing. Ranking Member Mike Michaud (Maine) echoed Rep. Miller’s concerns, saying, “Today’s hearing provided valuable insight into what problems remain within VA, and what we need to do more of moving forward as we reform the Department. I left the hearing troubled by the fact that there remain questions as to whether the IG report gives a full picture of the impact of the failures in Phoenix on our veterans.” 10. Navy Retention Study >From FRA.org: The U.S. Navy recently completed a study to better understand the barriers to adequate retention for the U.S. Navy. The survey, conducted between May 1, 2014 and May 30, 2014, indicates that sailors are most likely to leave uniformed service because of their perceptions of increasingly high operational tempo, poor work/life balance, low service-wide morale, declining pay and compensation, declining desire to hold senior leadership positions, and widespread distrust of senior leadership, all of which erodes loyalty to the Navy. The survey indicates that 80.4% rank the current retirement system (defined benefit pension), and 73.9% rank pay, as the two most important reasons to remain in uniform. When asked about the impact of the current 20-year retirement plan, 75.8% of enlisted and 80.9% of officers said changing to a 401 K-style system would make them more likely to leave earlier in their career. The survey seems to indicate that any drastic changes to the mili tary retirement system could have catastrophic consequences for retention. The study conclusions are based on a random sample of 5,536 responses with a margin of error of 1.3%. A copy of the report is available at dodretention.org. 11. Significant Events this Month in Military History 1781 – British troops under General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, effectively ending the American Revolution. 1775 – The US Navy was established. 1901 – The first British Navy submarine was commissioned. 1944 – Battle of Leyte Gulf (WW II) 1950 – The invasion of North Korea started. (Korean War) 1952 – Battle of Hill 598 began (Korean War) 1957 – The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, first man-made earth satellite. 1962 – The U.S. began its blockade of Cuba to compel the Russians to remove long-range missiles aimed at the United States. 1964 – The Chinese exploded their first atomic bomb. 1965 – The Battle of the La Drang Valley (Vietnam War) 1968 – The Bombing of North Vietnam ended (Vietnam War) 1969 – Battle of Loc Ninh (Vietnam War) 1971 – Operation Jefferson Glenn, the last major operation in which US ground forces participated in Vietnam (Vietnam War) 1973 – Egypt and Syria launched military offensive against Israel 1983 -Terrorist attack on Marine Barracks, Beirut 1983 – Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada 1993 – Battle of Bakhara Market, Mogadishu, Somalia 2000 – Bombing of the USS Cole by Al-Qaeda terrorists 2001 – Operation Enduring Freedom began in Afghanistan 2001 – War on Terror Began * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * VetJobs is exclusively sponsored and partially owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (vfw.org) and endorsed by the Vietnam Veterans of America (vva.org), the Association of the US Navy (ausn.org), the Veterans of Modern Warfare (vmwusa.org), Student Veterans of America (studentveterans.org), Military Order of the Purple Heart (purpleheart.org), Hope4Heroes (hope4heroes.org), United States Army Warrant Officers Association (usawoa.org), The Retired Enlisted Association (trea.org) and the National Guard Association of the United States (ngaus.org) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * You were opted-in when you posted a resume, were referred to VetJobs or were part of a military organization which opted-in to VetJobs. To REMOVE or CHANGE your address, please send an email to info@vetjobs VetJobs P. O. Box 71445 Marietta, GA 30007-1445 770-Vet-Jobs (877-838-5627) 770-993-5117 Office 770.993.2875 Fax Veterans make the best employees! Freedom Is Never Free – Support Our Armed Forces and Veterans! VetJobs is an appropriate employment service delivery system for EEOC, VEVRAA/JVA and OFCCP compliance support! Eleven year recipient of WEDDLE’s User’s Choice Award VetJobs is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:04:01 +0000
Trending Topics
© 2015