With a high unemployment rate holding steady, military veterans – many of whom are disabled – have a hard time finding employment after leaving active duty. But, as a new ranking from CareerBliss shows, when they are hired, they often are happiest in technology and communications industries.

CareerBliss announced its second annual list of the happiest places to work for U.S. Veterans on Tuesday.

The results are based on "tens of thousands of job postings that require both a military background and happy employee reviews to qualify." In its evaluation, the online job finder looked at key factors that affect work happiness including work-life balance, one's relationship with his/her boss and co-workers, work environment, job resources, compensation, growth opportunities, company culture, company reputation, daily tasks and job control over the work performed on a daily basis.

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