125,000+SPOUSES VETERANS AND MILITARY

HIRED THROUGH JOINING FORCES

One year ago, President Obama asked the First Lady and Dr. Biden to lead an e ort with the private sector through Joining Forces to hire or train 100,000 veterans and military spouses by the end of 2013. Joining Forces e orts to date have exceeded the Presidents challenge and met the hiring milestone more than a year early.

VETER ANS & MILITARY SPOUSES HIRED BY MONTH

150,000

120,000 THE GOAL 90,000

100,000 HIRES

60,000

30,000

AUG 2011

DEC

APR

AUG 2012

OF

125,000+ NEW HIRES

22% ARE MILITARY SPOUSES

78% ARE VETERANS

(100,000 HIRED)

(28,000 HIRED)

PERCENT OF TOTAL HIRES

BUILDING ON PROGRESS JOINING FORCES WILL NOW WORK TO REACH A NEW GOAL BY THE END OF 2014:

VETERANS AND MILITARY SPOUSES HIRED THROUGH JOINING FORCES

TAKING ACTION TO SERVE A M E R I C A S M I L I TA R Y F A M I L I E S

250,000+

AUGUST 22, 2012

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