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April 18, 2012During Afghanistan visit, Snyder urges greater effort to employ returning veterans
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Gov. Rick Snyder wants Michigan to redouble its effort to court returning military veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan and find them civilian jobs, he told reporters today in a conference call from Afghanistan. Snyder also said today that the state is in an "ongoing dialogue" with the armed forces about engaging veterans, and he wants to see a more developed "subsection" of the state's mitalent.org website addressing job opportunities for recent veterans. State officials estimate that the Michigan jobless rate in that group has hovered recently above 23 percent and could worsen as the wind-down of combat operations brings more service members home. Wayne State University is noted as one of the local employers taking part in recent job fairs for veterans in Michigan.
Gov. Rick Snyder wants Michigan to redouble its effort to court returning military veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan and find them civilian jobs, he told reporters today in a conference call from Afghanistan. Snyder also said today that the state is in an "ongoing dialogue" with the armed forces about engaging veterans, and he wants to see a more developed "subsection" of the state's mitalent.org website addressing job opportunities for recent veterans. State officials estimate that the Michigan jobless rate in that group has hovered recently above 23 percent and could worsen as the wind-down of combat operations brings more service members home. Wayne State University is noted as one of the local employers taking part in recent job fairs for veterans in Michigan.
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