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The Herman Trend Alert June 29, 2011 A Challenge for the US---Veteran Unemployment Though this issue is one that is acute here in the United States, it is a challenge for other countries of the world as well. According to statistics published by the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), for over 25 years the overall veteran unemployment rate was always lower than the national unemployment rate. However, recently BLS reported the current unemployment rate (May 2011) in the 18 to 24 age group comprised of 60,000 veterans was 31.9 percent, nearly double their civilian counterparts. The unemployment for the 25 to 29 veteran age group is 14.4 percent with the civilian counterparts is 9.5 percent. Fortunately, these data do not tell the whole story. According to Ted Daywalt, president of Vetjobs, the award-winning veteran job board, "Most veterans are getting jobs." Generally, veterans who are totally separated, retired, or medically discharged (wounded warriors) are finding jobs. The reason the younger vets' unemployment has risen so high in the last three years is the majority of these people are in the National Guard or Reserves; employers simply do not want to hire a new employee someone who may be taken away for 12 to 24 months at any time. Studies by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), "Workforce Management" Magazine and BLR (formerly Business and Legal Resources) indicate over 60 percent of today's employers will not hire an active member of the National Guard as a new employee. This challenge accounts for why many National Guard units returning have unemployment rates in the 30 percent to 45 percent range. That is why the USERRA (Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act*) complaints have increased 800 percent between 2006 and 2010, after the current call up policy went into effect. The high unemployment rate among National Guard troops is also a contributing factor to why the suicide rate jumped from 50 in 2009 to 112 in 2010. Moreover, 43 percent of those suicides had employment issues! Our forecast: the US government will address this problem, however not soon enough. The 30,000+ returning troops are likely to intensify the problem. * This legislation was designed to protect the rights of members of the National Guard and Reserve. © Copyright 1998- by The Herman Group, Inc. -- reproduction for publication is encouraged, with the following attribution: From "The Herman Trend Alert," by Joyce Gioia, Strategic Business Futurist. 1.336.210.3548 or https://hermangroup.com. To sign up, visit https://HermanTrendAlert.com. The Herman Trend Alert is a trademark of The Herman Group, Inc."
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