The Increasing Need for Jobs

I came across a blog title "The increasing need for Jobs," by Whitney, and I was highly impressed with her interest on the subject, as well as her ability to clearly convey the information. She composed a blog on how difficult it is for our veterans to find a job once they return home. This has been somewhat of a misconception by the civilian workforce. Before reading Whitney's post I was not aware of President Obama's 5 billion dollar proposal. She goes into further detail concerning the jobs that were in the center of this proposal (law enforcement, firefighting, in public parks, etc). From there she went into how difficult it is for anyone to get a job, must less our veterans returning home.

When my husband was honorably discharged from the Marine Corp. he found it extremely difficult to find a job in mediocre positions, if any at all. Considering this was a man who was a fire fighter while deployed in Iraq, his patience began to wear thin. Eventually after four months of applying to various positions and jumping through hoops-placed by the unemployment office- he decided to write a letter to Governor Rick Perry. In the letter he explained all he had done for his country, and how he was unable to collect unemployment due to the employees there not "receiving" his letters. Within in 6 days, a check was deposited into our account, along with retro pay for the two months prior. The relief and appreciation we felt is still present as I type this. 

Our veterans should not have to worry about health, well being, or a job when they return home. Their time would be better spent on getting reacquainted with the families they were apart from for so long. Deployments put a lot of stress on a family and the one who feels it the most is often the children. It's horrible to imagine the children of veterans who offer their parent-or parents in some cases-to a country and returns them full of worry and stress; it just doesn’t seem fair. Hopefully in the years to come more will be done for our veterans; I believe we are already on our way.