Army program will seek to match reservists and employers

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Army program will seek to match reservists and employers
By Lisa Burgess, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, April 19, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Army Reserve has announced a new Employer Partnership program that would guarantee reservists a civilian job that complements their military specialty, complete with all the necessary training, licensing and certifications.

Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, chief of the Army Reserve, said he designed the initiative as a way to give employers incentives for hiring Army Reserve soldiers.

“We’re into the seventh year of the global war on terrorism, and employers are bearing the burden when their soldier-employee takes a leave of absence from the workplace to support the war in Iraq or Afghanistan,” Stultz said. “We’re offering employers who want to partner with us the chance to gain tangible benefits by hiring Army Reserve soldiers.”

The partnership will have significant benefits for reservists, too, according to Lt. Col. Diana Cleven, a Reserve official who helped develop the initiative.

“It will help them be more competitive in their civilian career fields,” Cleven said.


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uhc comment: :wtf: The TV ads I see tell and show us how great it is to have 'experience.' (Try not to smile.)