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Washington Post
April 15, 2008
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It pays to have a job waiting when military service ends.
Recent veterans who served with the Reserve or National Guard had a much lower jobless rate last year than other vets did, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
Overall, service members who enlisted after September 2001 had a 6.1 percent jobless rate in 2007, higher than the 3.8 percent rate among all veterans.
But only 2.6 percent of current or past Reserve or National Guard members from the past six years were unemployed.
That's much better than the 8.1 percent jobless rate among veterans who joined after Sept. 11, 2001, and didn't serve in the Reserve or National Guard.
More than one-third of recent veterans served in either the Reserve or National Guard, which rely on members who hold civilian jobs when they are not on duty.
The youngest male veterans, ages 18 to 24, had a harder time finding jobs, with 11.2 percent looking for work and not finding it last year, compared with 10.5 percent for non-veterans of the same age.
Veterans were most likely to work in professional, management or transportation and moving jobs.
--Vickie Elmer
April 15, 2008
Pg. D2
It pays to have a job waiting when military service ends.
Recent veterans who served with the Reserve or National Guard had a much lower jobless rate last year than other vets did, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
Overall, service members who enlisted after September 2001 had a 6.1 percent jobless rate in 2007, higher than the 3.8 percent rate among all veterans.
But only 2.6 percent of current or past Reserve or National Guard members from the past six years were unemployed.
That's much better than the 8.1 percent jobless rate among veterans who joined after Sept. 11, 2001, and didn't serve in the Reserve or National Guard.
More than one-third of recent veterans served in either the Reserve or National Guard, which rely on members who hold civilian jobs when they are not on duty.
The youngest male veterans, ages 18 to 24, had a harder time finding jobs, with 11.2 percent looking for work and not finding it last year, compared with 10.5 percent for non-veterans of the same age.
Veterans were most likely to work in professional, management or transportation and moving jobs.
--Vickie Elmer