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THE "V-3 INITIATIVE"
SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE
SOME KIND OF DEFENSE OR
ECONOMIC SUMMIT.
IN A WAY --- IT IS A
LITTLE OF BOTH.
THE "VIRGINIA VALUES
VETERANS" INITIATIVE IS
ABOUT GROWING THE
STATE'S ECONOMY BY USING
ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE
RESOURCES,
VETERANS. 10 ON YOUR
SIDE'S ART KOHN SHOWS US
AN EFFORT TO RECAPITALIZE
VIRGINIA'S WORKFORCE.
MORE THAN 300-THOUSAND
MEN AND WOMEN LEAVE THE
MILITARY EACH YEAR
LOOKING TO TRANSITION
BACK INTO THE CIVILIAN
WORKFORCE.
"HISTORICAL STATTISTICS
SHOW THAT OF THAT NUMBER,
RETURN TO THEIR HOME OF
RECORD, ONE THIRD OF THEM
REMAINED WHERE
THEY WERE LAST STATIONED
(AND FOR A LOT OF THEM
THAT'S RIGHT HERE
IN NORFOLK) AND ONE-THIRD
OF THEM GO TO AREAS OF
THE COUNTRY WHERE
EMPLOYMENT."
MANY OF THOSE VETERANS
ARE FINDING MEANINGFUL
EMPLOYMENT RIGHT HERE IN
HAMPTON ROADS.
"AT NEWPORT NEWS
SHIPBUILDING 18- PERCENT
OF OUR NEW HIRES THIS
YEAR ARE VETERANS
REPRESENTING A
100-PERCENT INCREASE IN
VETERAN HIRES FROM JUST
(SOUND OF APPLAUSE)
TUESDAY MORNING, THE CITY
OF
NORFOLK BECAME THE FIRST
MUNICIPALITY IN THE STATE
TO RECIEVE
THE VIRGINIA VALUES
VETERANS BRONZE
EFFORTS TO HIRE
VETERANS.
"...IS THIS REALLY ABOUT
VETS OR IS THIS ABOUT
YOU."
BOTH ACTUALLY. BUT THIS
IS NOT A JOB FAIR, THE V3
INITIATIVE IS ABOUT
TRAINING COMPANIES TO
CONNECT WITH VETERANS AND
IN
MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHT
THE COMMONWEALTH
STIMULATE VIRGINIA'S
ECONOMY.
"OUR SHARED GOAL IS TO
NOT ONLY DRIVE DOWN
UNEMPLOYMENT BUT LEVERAGE
TALENT TO ACCELERATE
VIRGINIA'S AND NORFOLK'S
ECONOMIC RECOVERY."
INDUSTRIES RIGHT NOW ARE
TRANSITIONING TO
CIVIL SECTOR AND YOU HAVE
PEOPLE THAT CAN MEET THAT
NEED, PROVIDE
A TALENTED WORKFORCE AND
BRING THOSE COMPANIES