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  • November 28th, 2012

    Google Launches “VetNet” To Help Military Veterans Re-Enter The Civilian Life, With Google+ As The “Plumbing”

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    For the men and women that serve our country, coming back from that life isn’t easy. I don’t have experience with it, but do know many veterans who are going through that.

    Today, Google launched a new initiative called VetNet, to help people connect and re-enter the working life. The company is putting its social backend, Google+, to work on this project. → Read More

    November 13th, 2012

    Iraq Veterans Launch RallyPoint: A LinkedIn For The Military (And Life After)

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    According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics, while the unemployment rate among U.S. veterans has dropped to 8.3 percent, it still sits above the national average, and for younger vets, the rate is even higher. Taking up the cause of their fellow service men and women looking for a better way to find employment after life in the armed forces, two Iraq War veterans, Yinon Weiss and Aaron Kletzing… → Read More

    November 9th, 2012

    Vets In Tech Holds Hackathon In SF This Weekend

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    A hackathon this Veteran’s Day weekend in San Francisco is looking for a few good men and women. It’s sponsored by VetsinTech, a group working to connect veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with the Silicon Valley tech ecosystem.

    VetsinTech says these veterans share many entrepreneurial skills valued by tech startups including a dogged determination, a high degree of discipline, the… → Read More