The IFA and MSEP are supporting Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden's Joining Forces initiative and answering President Obama's challenge to the private sector to offer jobs and career opportunities to veterans, wounded warriors and their families. Last month, the first lady joined the president at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in announcing that the American Logistics Association (ALA) and their 270 affiliate companies committed to hiring 25,000 veterans and military spouses by 2014.
As part of the Joining Forces program's focus on employment, the first lady also announced a Veterans Job Bank tool, an open online resource supported by nearly a dozen technology and job search companies, including Simply Hired, Monster, and others to help veterans and military spouses search job openings from committed employers based on their location and skills. The Job Bank is designed with a simple, easy to use approach which is why last week, companies like Guidant Financial and Data Doctors learned about the tool and were able to quickly tag their postings, now part of the 550,000+ jobs currently available to veterans and military spouses.
"When we think about what we're announcing today, 100,000 new jobs committed and 550,000 searchable jobs online, those aren't just numbers. There are millions of Americans all across this country who are working hard every day to find new ways to honor military families' service," said Mrs. Obama. "All of this is adding up and thanks to the IFA and MSEP, they're part of the wave of support forming that stretches across this country."
For more information, visit JoiningForces.gov [ http://www.joiningforces.gov/ .