White House in Major Push for Veterans' Employment ; Veteran Prabhjot Singh PLS Retd.

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White House in Major Push for Vets’ Employment

November 10, 2009 Military.comby Bryant Jordan
The White House yesterday announced an ambitious hire-a-vet
campaign that calls on the federal government to boost job
opportunities for former servicemembers. President Barack Obama
signed an executive order Nov. 9 titled "The Veterans Employment
Initiative" which is intended to transform federal government into
a model of veterans’ employment."Honoring our sacred trust with
America’s veterans means doing all we can to help them find work
when they come home so they never feel as if the American Dream
they fought to defend is out of reach for them and their families,
" Obama said in a press statement. But Obama said the initiative
is also about filling the federal job ranks with people who have the
"skills, dedication, and sense of duty that Americans deserve from
their public servants."The order calls for the formation of an
advisory council to make sure the 24 federal agencies tabbed in the
initiative do all they can to open doors to vets.Among those on hand
for the signing were Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki,
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Homeland Security Secretary Janet
Napolitano and Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry.
Shinseki and Napolitano will co-chair the new advisory group, dubbed
the "Council on Veterans Employment," while Berry will serve as
vice-chairman and the council’s chief operating officer, the White House
said.The council will advise and assist the president and the director
of OPM in setting up a coordinated government-wide effort to increase
the number of veterans employed by the federal government by
enhancing recruitment and training. The council also is intended to
serve as a national forum for promoting vets’ employment opportunities
in the executive branch. The agencies represented on the council --
among them the departments of State, Treasury, Defense, Veterans
Affairs, Justice and Interior -- have each been ordered to develop plans
for promoting veterans employment. Within the next three months each
department will have set up a Veterans Employment Program Office
with a full-time officer or employee heading it up, the White House said.
The Defense, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security and Labor departments
have been ordered to develop and implement counseling and training
programs to help vets and service members bound for the civilian world
find work in the federal government. Shinseki, in remarks included in the
White House release, underscored the "unmatched dedication" veterans
have shown to public service."They offer leadership and technical skills
that are in high demand, whether in the public or private workforce," he
said. "Not only does this initiative present an opportunity for veterans to
serve their nation once again, the nation will benefit from the education
and training veterans received in the armed forces.

Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
President,
Indian Ex- Services League, Punjab & Chandigarh.
Mob.098554-09128,Tele-Fax 0175-5000896.