Sixty-five percent of employers report they'd hire veterans instead of equally qualified candidates, according to a new CareerBuilder study.
The study also finds that 29 percent of respondents say they are targeting veterans for employment, marking an increase of nine percentage points from 2011, and 22 percent of respondents say they expect to hire National Guard members, up 8 percentage points.
"The unemployment rate for veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq, though declining, is still considerably higher than the general population," says Brent Rasmussen, president of CareerBuilder North America. "While military veterans possess a great deal of the business-friendly skills that employers look for in candidates, one of the challenges vets face is knowing where to begin when job hunting after they return from active duty."
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