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Disabled veterans will now get coordinated help finding
jobs that match their training and skills. In an agreement between the
Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) and the
Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Service, offices of
both agencies throughout the country will cooperate in placing disabled
veterans in suitable jobs.
Preston M. Taylor, assistant secretary of labor for VETS,
today kicked off the cooperative effort with co-signer John Vogel, the Veterans
Affairs under secretary of benefits, at a Vocational Rehabilitation and
Counseling training workshop in Salt Lake City, Utah.
"Disabled vets too often have to settle for less pay and
fewer challenges than other veterans," said Taylor. "This agreement will give
veterans with disabilities a chance to prove what they can do in the job
market."
"We need to put to good use the skills that these disabled
veterans have developed," said Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich. "The United
States cannot afford to overlook any worker who is willing and determined to do
a job and do it well."
There are approximately 26 million veterans in the United
States, one million of whom are unemployed. In 1993 thirty percent of the
disabled veterans participating in VETS assisted programs were placed in
jobs.
This agreement will coordinate regional VETS and VA
offices to help place disabled veterans in jobs commensurate with their
qualifications. The agreement emphasizes individual attention to veterans. In
the past, VA representatives placed veterans in jobs based on forms and
applications. Under the new agreement, representatives will work with veterans
enrolled in the VA vocational rehabilitation programs individually so they are
better able to match their qualifications with appropriate jobs.
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