INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
11/11 looks like a bunch of chocolate dessert sticks), here in the United States and parts of Europe, November 11th also marks the end of
World War I and the commemoration of Veterans Day.Every year in the U.S., tens of thousands of soldiers leave active duty and transition
into the civilian workforce, a route that can be startlingly difficult to navigate
How do you describe what an ordnance specialist does to civilians who have no idea what an MOS is? While the military teaches skills useful
programs aims to help make it easier for veterans to head into the civilian workforce, and particularly into tech, which obviously has huge
growth and great jobs waiting for those who can lock them up
company announced a new employer partnership with mortgage fintech startup Better.com that will see Better.com hire 80 veterans in the next
few months using Shift.org as a sourcing pool, with a projected hiring target of 5,000 veterans and their spouses by 2025 (assuming, as with
all high-growth startups, that the high-growth continues firing on all cylinders).In a press statement, Better.com CEO Vishal Garg said that
such an anxiety-ridden decision, and a big high-stakes moment in your life where you want to get it right for your family, you want to get
it right for your future career trajectory.Part of that anxiety is that saying the right things is often more crucial in recruitment
settings than having the right skills
partnered with employers like Better.com, Major League Baseball, and Symantec to help bridge the divide and open the pipeline to a wider and
more diverse set of candidates.The company was first funded by Garrett Camp of Expa Labs, and netted a reported $4 million round from Jeff
Jordan at Andreessen Horowitz early last year
Slagh said his hope is to eventually work with hundreds of thousands of veterans not just secure great jobs, but also to train them in the
skillsets they need to succeed in the future
The company is exclusively partnered today with Lambda School to help provide some of that technical background, for instance.
