I ordered 3 copies…call me crazy, but I expect heavy play.

BunniesPB…not really helping there.  You are assuming veterans are idiots, we aren’t.  When we tell someone we saved the company (or organization, however you want to put it) 300 million dollars and were over a billion dollar program…and they’re whole budget is a little over a couple million…as well as us having college degrees and managing skills of people in units ranging from 5 to 200…and we’re applying to jobs that fit that description of managing people and making money as well as handling budgets of several hundred thousand…

The best they usually would say would be…let’s hire that high school kid who just got out???

I’m finding it applies to Government jobs as well as civilian.  I’m realizing that there’s a reason why there’s 30% unemployment amongst young military whereas the population in the same age range that hasn’t been military is about half that (slightly less).  For some reason people seem to be pretty anti-military in their hiring practices.

Most of the time they don’t even KNOW about my disabilities or pain.

ABWorsham

My condolences.  That is truly sad when things like that occur.  I know how it can be to have constant pain and be on pain killers.  It stinks.  Years ago I mentioned that if a certain procedure didn’t actually cure it, I’d go out and drink myself literally to death or something similar because living in that much pain day to day kills any happiness in life.  I didn’t do it, but I can relate to the hopelessness one can feel.  The VA supposedly has counselors that are there…but I don’t what they actually really can do.  I think they do nothing except to try to tell you to cheer up…

Afterall…we only have a lifetime of pain to look forward to…

I’m no where close to even thinking about taking my own life, but I can relate to how your cousin may have felt and the ensuing hopelessness that comes with it.

I am a Veteran who recently got out of the military.  I also have constant pain from my injuries…which the military decided that a severance was good enough with assurances that the Vet association would take care of me (yeah right, it takes months if not years for anything to even get accomplished or even go through…though they have had my medical records for a while now, don’t know what they can do about that though.

I browse these boards as a guest, but seeing this topic made me decide to register to respond to it.

It is tough for Vets right now.  I have no idea what I’m doing wrong.  I have a college degree with several years of management (military leadership, but you can’t get much higher in important decisions as life and death when people are trying to kill you and those under you) and I’m seeing jobs I apply for going to high school graduates who are barely out of school!

I know I’m more qualified than that, and I have NO idea what people have against my qualifications.  Sometimes I wonder if they are really pro-vets or if in reality many companies write you off the second they see that you are a Vet or that you have a DD214 with the honorable discharge on it?

So, I can sympathize with any Vets that are having difficulties out there these days.