Honors abounded in the past week for service to country, but veterans adjusting to life after the military still face significant challenges in finding a job — from figuring out how to apply skills learned in the service to employer perceptions about post traumatic stress.
Timothy Rockefeller, a veteran services representative at the Connecticut labor department who works to connect employers and veterans, said leaving the military is a whirlwind of a few days, and there is a lot of information given about support services in a short period of time.
The transition to civilian life is jarring enough but figuring out where to go to get help in finding a job can be just as tough, said Rockefeller, who was a combat marine in Afghanistan in 2004.
