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Government Offers Assistance to War Vets By jim  |  Dated: 07-26-2012



United States troops are trained to perform all sorts of exhausting tasks while stationed away from home. These individuals learn how to look for bombs and avoid them, even if they are hidden, and are often skilled shooters yet when they return back to civilian life, they often find it hard to get adjusted back into the lives they used to live, having a civilian job. It is often difficult for these veterans to come back to their old home and work a job that they are not used to, especially after performing such tasks while stationed away from their home and overseas. The government is interested in helping these veterans so that they can transition back into civilian life in a more efficient manner with employers in the United States. In fact, the government knows that there are several skill sets that troops learn during combat that can actually come in handy with a number of different civilian jobs.

The problem many veterans face, however, is that a lot of employers do not realize what they have gone through and what needs to be done. Employers often struggle to realize that these veterans may need some assistance learning to use their skills in a different manner, as civilian life is completely different from a life of combat. Because of that, the government has offered a number of programs to help veterans ease back into civilian life and civilian jobs without having to deal with such a huge barrier. In fact, the Labor and Veteran Affairs offer assistance with resumes for all types of veterans, ranging from soldiers to airmen, sailors and more. They have been able to help hundreds of veterans to find and keep employment after returning home from deployment.

Hundreds and thousands of individuals have served in the military and once they finish, regardless of how long they served for the country, they must receive counseling for different issues, include financial issues. Along with counseling, these veterans are able to receive assistance on how they should dress properly when going on job interviews for civilian jobs. In fact, a teacher that helps with the resume writing for veterans has even helped these veterans to figure out different tips that would help them to establish who they are to employers, helping the employer understand what they were responsible for when they were deployed, basically translating their military work into a language that employers can easily understand. It is most important to ensure employers can understand what these veterans are capable of and that is the primary purpose of these different programs.

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