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The article provides information on the U.S. Labor Department's Off-Base Transition Training Program that helps veterans, troops and their spouses in securing job training assistance on issues like interviewing, professional outreach and resume writing. It describes the expansion of the program and its efforts to guide participants to in-demand jobs that offer higher pay and opportunities for career advancement. It discusses the challenges faced by veterans in seeking civilian jobs.

Donald Johnson, administrator of the U.S. Veterans Administration (VA), when addressing the Vietnam Era Veteran Seminar last May in Houston, passed judgment on how the veteran of this war is faring. If the present GI Bill and training program is any criterion, then they can positively assert that Vietnam era veterans are readjusting to civilian life and give every indication that they will ultimately make the most successful transition from military to civil life of any veterans' group in history. A VA counselor in upstate New York echoed this estimate, at best hopeful and certainly speculative. He said that don't judge the mass by a few bad specimens. Most of the guys are married, or back to school or work. They've done their job and now they want to get on with their lives. James T. Taaffe, director of compensation, pension and education for the VA, claims that use of the GI Bill is climbing like mad.

The article presents some political and military updates related to the U.S. It focuses on the report given by U.S. diplomat Bernard M. Baruch on the problems of veterans' readjustment to civilian pursuits. Baruch says that the solution of the veterans' problem cannot proceed alone. During the period when these U.S. soldiers and sailors will be shedding their uniforms, six to eight million workers in strictly war industries will be shifting jobs or homes. The ultimate goal of any veterans' program must be to restore the returning soldier and sailor to the community-socially, economically and humanely. Another update discusses the relation between the U.S. and Japan after the end of Second World War.

The article reports on the veteran employment program of Johns-Manville (J-M) management group. The program aims to carry out the re-employment of returning World War II soldiers. Information on War Veteran Employment Manual, one of the tools of the program, is provided. A veteran adviser was hired at each J-M site to offer one central clearing house for all issues regarding veterans.

The article highlights the 2016 Best for Vets: Employers list from the "Military Times" newspaper, which was conducted through a detailed and rigorous survey and reflects their practice on employing veterans, corporate culture and reservist accommodations. Topics discussed include advantages and disadvantages facing transitioning service members and support extended by the Defense Department in their transition. Also mentioned is the method in coming up with the list.

The article reports on the unemployment rate for veterans in Georgia as of 2016, highlighting its high increase in the U.S. rate. Information about the specialized training or education for various positions in the aspects of construction, manufacturing, logistics and healthcare, is provided. Also mentioned is the creation of Operation: Workforce program for veterans and people in the military force.

The article features the Rhode Island Veterans Treatment Court (RIVTC), a criminal and clinical treatment program to help veterans returning from deployment transition back to civilian life and explains treatment models like the Trauma, Addiction, Mental Health and Recovery (TAMAR) Education Model.

The article discusses the need to comprehensive plan for helping the U.S. veterans seeking civilian employment. Topics discussed include a report from the U.S. Department of Labor on the increasing unemployment rate of veterans in the U.S. since the year 2001; a report from nonprofit Research And Development (RAND) on the lack of the U.S. veterans' marketable skills; and the need to career mentorship and training to the veterans' skills to the civilian sector.

The article focuses on the restarting of the military draft after more than four decades of an all-volunteer force. It is mentioned that key critics in military ranks and academia believe volunteer force is more diverse, more professional and is better educated. It also highlights increases in military personnel costs over years.

The article discusses challenges faced and opportunities created by hotel and casino operator MGM Resorts International after it won the right to construct a casino complex in Springfield, Massachusetts. Topics discussed include challenges to the complex's urban setting in a state with no gaming experience and issues to its marketing strategies. Also discussed is MGM's partnership with the American Red Cross and Boots to Business program to train war veterans to work in the complex.

The article offers information on the disbanding of police force in Camden County, New Jersey to decrease crime rates. Topics discussed include gun firing at David King, pastor of the Community Baptist Church in Whitman Park neighborhood of Camden County, New Jersey, trimming of the police officers per average costs from 182,168 U.S. dollars to 99,605 U.S. dollars and Camden police chief Scott Thomson's views on training given to newly recruited police officers by its veteran officers.

The article focuses on the H.E.R.O. Child-Rescue Corps, the organization that provides military veterans with training in computer forensics. Topics covered include the need for veterans to complete an internship as computer forensic analysts, the prevalence of child pornography in the U.S. and the experience of veterans Tom Block and Matt Closson in joining the group.

The article offers information on the multimillion worth of funding allocated by the government agency the Small Business Administration (SBA) to help veterans obtain entrepreneurship training in the U.S.

The article focuses on the training programs and education related to the automobile industry which are being offered to active service members and veterans in the U.S. Topics include the Army and General Motors: Shifting Gears program, rankings of colleges offering career and technical education for veterans, and the Automotive Training Center in Exton, Pennsylvania.

The article reports on the effort on various nonprofit organization in helping service members to find employment in the U.S. workforce. Topics discussed include the increase in employment prospects for veterans, National Veterans Transition Services Inc. was founded by former master chief petty officer Maurice Wilson which uses a Reboot Workshop to help veterans in their training, and Workshops for Warriors offers a series of courses to prepare them for advanced manufacturing careers.

The article offers information on executive orders issued by Bruce Rauner, Governor of Illinois to provide equal opportunities to persons and businesses in the state. It mentions that under the order Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) will review the state law on the hiring and training of veterans, require reporting on apprenticeship and training programs offered by the Labor Organization, and study disparities.

An advertorial is presented which discusses Bank of America's hiring practices for veterans. Particular focus is given to Jeff Cathey, the company's senior military affairs executive, and his work recruiting and supporting veterans and their spouses. According to Cathey, many veterans have important soft skills such as planning, analyzing, and leadership, but may not recognize their applicability to the business world. Details on training offered for potential veteran employees are presented.

The article offers information on the top companies recruiting veterans in 2019. It mentions the companies including First Data Corp., Intuitive Research and Technology Corp., and U.S. Army & Air Force Exchange Service. It discusses offering job search and training help to veterans and military engagement strategy First Data Salutes of First Data.

The article discusses the training available to American women to enable them to help in the reconstruction of soldier during the World War I. Susan Cox Johnson of Columbia University offers a trial course of instruction in occupational therapy. Also discussed are the experiment in occupational therapy at Blackwell's Island funded by a group of private citizens and Manhattan Trade School's teaching of the use of power looms for trade work to young girls.

The article presents infra-red heat lamps that can dry a freshly painted car in 6 minutes, an educational program for veterans from packing company Swift & Co., Chicago, Illinois, and an electric brooder for farm appliance from Brower Manufacturing, Quincy, Illinois.

The article explores the efforts by U.S. states to help veterans find jobs based on the training and education they received in the military. Changes to occupational licensing requirements have been made by several state legislatures in order to cater the experience of veterans. In Maryland, lawmakers passed a bill that would enable veterans to use their military health care training and experience to qualify for state licenses. The private sector is also helping veterans to find good jobs.

The article focuses on the heavy work load of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It informs that every year the work load is increasing and in 2011 1.3 million claims are produced by the veterans to the VA from which VA could process only 1.03 million claims. It informs that VA is making a three pronged transformation strategy to speed up the claims process including employee training, engineering a new structure to reduce redundancy and use of fast track technology.

The article provides information on the Veteran and Military SpouseEmployment Initiative in the U.S. launched by the Health Net Federal Services LLC for recruiting, hiring, training and retaining Veterans for the Health Net workforce. It discusses key targets of the initiative including hiring of Veterans and spouses by 10 percent over the next three years, promoting and participating in recruitment opportunities and implementing a system to monitor and track Veteran employment objectives.

The article presents an interview with U.S. veteran Staff Sergeant Walter Sinnott who is getting on-the-job training for processing archaeological assemblages. He answers questions about the Veterans Curation Project, his interest in archaeology, and his work with a collection of projectile points. He mentions working has improved his PTSD condition.

The article offers news briefs related to welding industry. Topics include the establishment of a $148 million high-technology manufacturing research institute cofounded by Ohio State University (OSU), Edison Welding Institute Inc. (EWI), and University of Michigan (U-M), the Veterans in Piping training program offered by the United Association (UA) Local No. 26 to transitioning service members, and the $50,000 grant given by Duke Energy Foundation to Tri-County Technical College.

The article discusses the inception of VetXecutive Veterans' Pilot Mentorship Program that aims in fostering of communication gap between local veterans and business leaders of Minnesota. It states the program was started by business leaders Andrew Borene and Morgan Kinross-Wright. It mentions that program is designed to assist the veterans that are seeking career in business leadership. It informs that program facilitated direct relationship between veterans and area business leaders.

The article discusses the training and support of Workshops for Warriors to military veterans. According to the author the organization operates through the help of contributors that include UTC Aerospace System, Haas Automation and Betender Manufacturing. It is stated that Hernán Luis y Prado, president of Worshop for Warriors was with the U.S. Navy before he established the nonprofit organization in February 2011.

The article offers new brief from southern U.S. on topics including Alabama Incentives Modernization Act , launching of program in Kentucky to train veterans to receive Federal Aviation Administration certified credentials, and approval of an infrastructure bill by Louisiana's legislature.