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VA Forming Internal Task Force to
Examine Veteran Job Development
WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) today announced the initial hiring of 10 full
time Veterans Employment Coordinators to focus
efforts to attract, recruit and hire veterans throughout
the Department. These coordinators will
work closely with the recently formed Federal Recovery
Coordination Program to assist Operation Enduring
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans to
potentially obtain employment with VA.
“After our young men and women have concluded
serving in our military, VA will use every hiring
flexibility available to bring their talents and
skills to our department should they want to continue
to serve this great nation through the VA,” said
Acting-Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon Mansfield.
The Veterans Employment
Coordinator job announcements will be posted
on ** www.usajobs.gov and www.va.gov/jobs with
the goal of being hired by the end of the year. The
coordinators will work with veterans interested
in employment at the VA, including those who have
completed one of VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation
and Employment Services programs.
“VA believes enhancing a veteran’s
opportunity for employment is not merely the obligation
of a grateful Nation. It is good government
and good business,” added Mansfield. “This
stepped-up recruitment and hiring of veterans into
the Department of Veterans Affairs ensures we are
able to employ some of our Nation’s most
highly motivated, disciplined and experienced citizens.”
Mansfield also announced the formation of
an internal task force to examine the Department’s
retention, training and development of veterans
already in the VA workforce. The task
force will be led by the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Human Resources and Administration,
with employment experts from the Veterans Health
Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration,
National Cemetery Administration, and additional
VA staff offices.
Approximately 31 percent of the 230,000 Department
of Veterans Affairs employees are veterans, and
7.7 percent are service-connected disabled veterans.
SOURCE:
US Department of Veterans Affair
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