Contact:
JR Rodrigues
Jobless Warrior
PO Box 7815
Cumberland, RI 02864
jr@joblesswarrior.org
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Volunteers and Growing: Jobless Warrior's
Official Launch on the Horizon
CUMBERLAND, RI
[February 27, 2012] – Jobless Warrior, a new
online veteran and career professional matching
service, has signed on its 100th
volunteer this month and continues to make
steady progress in recruitment. Organization
leadership has high hopes for an official launch
of the Jobless Warrior services for veterans
this spring.
“We’re extremely
excited about the current progress of volunteer
recruitment, and we have high hopes that we will
be able to officially launch the Jobless Warrior
services in the next few months,” says JR
Rodrigues, founder of Jobless Warrior.
Jobless Warrior is
a new initiative with plans to match military
veterans to career service professionals such as
coaches, resume writers, job networking groups,
and others who have the skills, knowledge, and
resources to assist them in navigating today’s
difficult job search market. The intent of the
program is to enable military warriors to launch
new, successful careers with private industry
organizations.
“Military veterans
have so much to offer to today’s business
provider,” says Rodrigues. “They’re loyal.
They’re responsible. They can multi-task and
persevere in dynamic, stressful environments.
And most of all, they’re grateful when given the
chance to use the skills honed on the field in a
new way. The benefits of hiring a veteran are
enormous.”
At present,
Jobless Warrior has more than 100 volunteer
career professionals registered to provide pro
bono, job preparation services to veterans.
Companies such as Inspire Careers, Morse
Transition Consulting, Resume Results, and the
Bostonian Group, among others, have signed on
and are eager to begin providing services to
those who have served our country.
A recent study on
military employment by the Society for Human
Resource Managers found that more than half of
all human resource managers surveyed over the
past three years have recently hired or have
plans to hire a veteran in the near future. The
same survey found, however, that 46 percent of
these managers need help and assistance in
identifying qualified veterans during their
recruitment efforts. The human resource
challenge, they say, is decoding and translating
military skills, experience, and training into
civilian terminology to more easily match
qualified veterans to appropriate positions in
their organizations.
By pairing
veterans with career coaches who can help them
to translate and showcase their skills and
knowledge to civilian agencies, Jobless Warrior
will connect veterans with individuals who can
assist them in making the warrior-to- business
transition quickly and smoothly, benefiting all.
“We have the
potential to really impact the job transition
success of our vets,” says Rodrigues. “But we
still need more providers and professionals to
volunteer to help in order for Jobless Warrior
to be a solid success.”
To learn more
about Jobless Warrior, visit the organization
website at
www.joblesswarrior.org.
Volunteer recruitment is ongoing, and the
organization still needs additional career
service professionals and other service
providers to join them in the quest to mitigate
joblessness among today’s veterans.
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JoblessWarrior.org
is a free website service for all veterans and
volunteers. Its mission is to end unemployment
and underemployment for veterans and to enhance
the start of post-military careers by improving
job search effectiveness through one-on-one,
professional support and other essential career
resources.
