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Hire Military Veterans
If you are an employer looking to hire military veterans, please
contact us at vfwmi@att plus
follow this site as we continue to develop it. We have added a 'virtual' job
fair page where your company's name & logo would be displayed
along with a contact email address for veterans to contact you. In addition, we
intend to add a page where veterans could post a paragraph describing their
skills along with a contact email address so you can contact the veteran, all at
no cost. Thank you for your consideration of America's military veterans!!
For information on how you can help support our "Hire Veterans" program please
visit our Donate to the VFW page and
thank you very much for your support of America's military
veterans !!
News
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House Small Business Committee, Subcommittee
on Contracting and Technology
THURSDAY, July 15, 2010, 10:00 AM
“Improving Contracting Opportunities and Preventing Fraud for
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses”
"The hearing examined U.S.
government agencies’ veteran contracting programs and what steps can be
taken to ensure veteran-owned small businesses are awarded their fair share
of federal projects.
Witness List
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Video Highlights on YouTube
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Chairwoman Nye's Opening Statement"
Hiring Veterans
Tax Credits & Incentives for Hiring Veterans
- Federal Tax
Credits for Hiring 'Qualified' or 'Disabled' Veterans "The
Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a Federal tax credit incentive that
the Congress provides to private-sector businesses for hiring individuals
from twelve target groups... " The tax credits available
could be $2,400 for each new unemployed veteran to $4,800
for each new disabled
veteran hire.
- VA's
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program
"Employers hiring disabled veterans may qualify for benefits
and incentives through the VR & E programs or other Federal Resources."
- Information on the Work Opportunity Tax Credit in Michigan
"Work
Opportunity allows maximum credits for the first year of employment of
$4,800 for the disabled veteran target group"
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HIRE Act
"Under
the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, enacted March 18,
2010, two new tax benefits are available to employers who hire certain
previously unemployed workers (“qualified employees”)."
Information for Employers
 Hire
Veterans at www.vetjobs.com
Exclusively sponsored by Veterans
of Foreign Wars of the United States
"Meet Today’s Military
The United States military is the world’s largest technical
training school with over 220 occupational specialties. Why is
today’s military so technical? In 1972 the military became an all
volunteer force. Since then it has been reduced from 3.6 million
people to 1.4 million on active duty. The military replaced bodies
with education and technology! The impact on American society of an
all volunteer military is in 1970, one in ten people working in
America had served in the military. Today it is one in 200!
Relevant information about the military today includes:
- In 1970, less than 1% of all the enlisted personnel on
active duty had any exposure to college. Today, 30% have a college
degree (AS/BS) and 1% has a masters or doctorate!
- The military is the most drug free workforce in the United States!
- Military personnel receive the strongest training for a job
possible to ensure success in their missions.
- 92% of active duty military in the United States use computers at
their places of duty and 40% of military personnel have job
assignments that involve information resource management.
- 60% of the enlisted personnel can program in at least one computer
language.
- The military is the premier training ground for leaders with high
ethics!
- The military is the most diverse workforce in America in terms of
ethnicity and religion!
- 95% of those working in the U. S. defense industry originally
obtained their security clearance in the military!
When once asked why a company should hire veterans, VetJobs’
president answered: How many of the vice presidents in your company
manage a $30,000,000 budget, lead 18 people – that is a good ratio
of people to money – go through twelve months of extensive training
to learn their equipment, and if they make a mistake will take the
City of Jacksonville off the face of the earth? I just gave you the
basic job description of a weapons officer on a frigate in Mayport,
Florida, who also has several other collateral duty assignments. And
by the way, that weapons officer is a female who just turned 25
years old!
"Employer Partners can save time and money in
recruiting costs by tapping into a free link to hundreds of thousands of service
members who are highly skilled, self-motivated and have demonstrated leadership
through their military service. Service members also receive background checks,
medical screening and aptitude testing, which can help employers save on
recruiting and screening costs. "
Benefits
to Employers
Home Page
Pure Michigan
Talent Connect
"Military.com joined forces with Monster to connect employers to
America's largest talent pool with military experience. Find technical skills,
security clearances, leadership and diversity. Reach qualified candidates
efficiently."
Employer Center
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