Monthly Archive: January 2013

National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) Launches Veterans Initiative

According to the Small Business Administration, veterans are at least 45 percent more likely to be self-employed than those with no active-duty military experience.  With that in mind, the National Cooperative Business Association, the US national association for cooperative business enterprise, recently announced a new initiative that will support transitioning and disabled veterans. NCBA’s Veterans Initiative will offer transitioning service members the… Read more

Jobs Program for Wounded Warriors May Become New Federal Model

The National Organization on Disability is calling on the Defense Department and other agencies to take note and adopt its approach to helping severely wounded warriors get back to work. Tracking records indicate 70 percent of its seriously wounded warrior participants are experiencing employment and educational success due to its four-year Wounded Warrior Career Program–and this has federal officials paying attention.  Based… Read more

New Veterans Jobs Bill is Top Priority as Congress Begins First 2013 Session

Legislation to help veterans find jobs was introduced in a package of top-priority bills filed on January 22 which was the first legislative business day of the new 2013 session of Congress. The legislation would reauthorize training and employment services created by the VOW to Hire Heroes Act. The bill, called Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 (S.6),… Read more

Veterans Administration Looking For Help In Creating a New System for Scheduling Appointments

Do you have a bright idea on how the Veterans Administration (VA) can improve its appointment scheduling and service to veterans?  If so, now is the time to share it.  The Department of Veterans Affairs is challenging software developers to create new systems that schedule appointments in the VA’s nationwide health system. The contest marks a major change in direction by… Read more

New Categories Added: Personal Care, Medical Practices, Construction Repair, Mural Artists and Golf for Veterans

Attention Veteran Owned Business Members and Visitors: VeteranOwnedBusiness.com is proud to announce the addition of several new categories added to our Free Veteran Owned Business Directory of over 10,000 members. The following approved sub-categories have been suggested by one or more of our Veteran Owned Business Directory members. Mural Artists (in Artists and Art Related in main Arts and Entertainment Category) Jan-pro-Cleaning System-Franchises in Franchises… Read more

100,000 Jobs Mission Hires More than 51,000 U.S. Veterans in Two Years

Coalition Releases 4th Quarter 2012 Hiring Number Today The 100,000 Jobs Mission announced today that its coalition companies have collectively hired 51,835 veterans through 2012. Launched in March 2011 by eleven major employers, the coalition of private sector companies is already more than half of the way to its goal of hiring at least 100,000 U.S. military veterans by 2020.… Read more
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Goodwill and Bank of America Link Up to Help Veterans and Military Families with Education and Job Resources

Important Information About Jobs For Veterans With support from Bank of America’s Charitable Foundation, Goodwill Industries International is launching a new initiative to help military veterans and their families with education and job resources. The new program, called Vested in Veterans, will build on existing Goodwill programs such as Goodwill for America’s Heroes and Their Families and Community College/Career Collaboration… Read more