Hiring: combat vets p1 - Military Transition - Military Times EDGE

Nearly 30 percent of 683 human resources professionals across all industries reported hiring an Iraq or Afghanistan veteran during the past three years, a nationwide survey found. That gives combat veterans an official advantage over nonmilitary candidates when it comes to landing a civilian job, according to the Society for Human Resource Management, which conducted the survey in October 2008. Those who hired a war veteran reported benefits including a “strong sense of responsibility” (95 percent), “ability to work as a team” (94 percent) and “[ability] to work under pressure” (92 percent). Greater numbers of HR professionals reported hiring combat vets in government and publicly-owned for-profit companies — 67 and 50 percent respectively.