DirectEmployers Association Supports President Obama’s Commitment To Employing America’s Veterans

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — DirectEmployers
Association supports President Obama’s commitment to employing America’s
veterans. Continuing efforts to help get our military veterans back to work, the
Association has partnered with Code for America in creating the Veterans
Employment Platform offering an online military skills translator for employers
across the country.

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The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an organization within the
Department of Defense, has awarded DirectEmployers Association with an “Above
and Beyond” award in recognition of the company’s “outstanding service and
continuing support” of U.S. defense efforts.

“DirectEmployers Association recognizes that our veterans bring leadership
skills, a sense of teamwork, as well as a commitment to succeed,” states Bill
Warren, Executive Director for DirectEmployers Association. “We are honored to
continue a long history of supporting this very well deserved military community
of our nation’s heroes.”

DirectEmployers Association also provides an online program to help veterans
find jobs. This platform is a .jobs Military Crosswalk customized for hiring
companies worldwide. Member companies AT&T, Camber Corporation, Providence
Health & Services, and ConocoPhillips are the first to pilot this platform.

Veterans seeking employment can visit the following websites to locate a wide
variety of opportunities: www.Veterans.jobs; www.att-veterans.jobs;
www.camber-veterans.jobs; www.providence-veterans.jobs;
www.conocophillips-veterans.jobs

Many more of these corporate websites with private sector jobs will be available
in the near future.

Visit the White House website for President Obama’s press release.

About DirectEmployers Association

DirectEmployers Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit, 600 plus member
employer association. As provided in its corporate bylaws, a board of directors
consisting of member company representatives manages the business and affairs of
the Association. Daily operations are managed by an executive director and
operations staff at the direction of the president and board of directors. Its
mission is to provide employers an employment network that is cost-effective,
improves labor market efficiency and reaches an ethnically diverse national
workforce. For more news and information, please visit www.DirectEmployers.org

www.Veterans.jobs

Veterans.jobs assists military personnel in transitioning from active duty to
employment opportunities in the civilian workforce. Using the Military
Crosswalk, Veterans can enter their military occupation plus the .jobs suffix to
find relevant civilian jobs. Examples: www.42F.jobs; www.25B.jobs;www.2891.jobs.

SOURCE DirectEmployers Association