Nearly a third of military spouses have had to leave a job at least three times because of a military-related move.
You would think that employers in the U.S. would be eager to support military families and more than willing to hire military spouses while their other halves are off serving their country.
But apparently, you'd be wrong. A FlexJobs and Blue Star Families survey of military spouses found that a whopping 46 percent of military spouses have felt discriminated against in job searches for that very reason—they're military spouses.
And that appears to be borne out by the unemployment rate among said spouses, which at 16 percent is four times higher than the civilian unemployment rate. But it goes further than that, according to the survey results.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
