{"id":21963,"date":"2015-02-20T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T17:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/02\/20\/methodology-spouse-employment-snapshop\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:19:47","slug":"methodology-spouse-employment-snapshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/education-transition\/2015\/02\/20\/methodology-spouse-employment-snapshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Methodology: Spouse employment snapshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Companies provided information by responding to our 2014 Best for Vets: Employers survey, which included several questions related to military spouses. We judged the employers based on their spouse-related culture, policies and recruiting, while also giving slight consideration to their veteran policies. Not everything listed in this chart was considered in our evaluation of companies, and several items not listed were considered. The companies with the best responses are designated with a diamond symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>The list: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/bestforvets.militarytimes.com\/life\/2015\/spouse-employment\/\" title=\"http:\/\/bestforvets.militarytimes.com\/life\/2015\/spouse-employment\/\">Spouse employment snapshot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Main story: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/story\/veterans\/best-for-vets\/2015\/02\/20\/best-vets-spouse-employment-snapshot\/23737087\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/story\/veterans\/best-for-vets\/2015\/02\/20\/best-vets-spouse-employment-snapshot\/23737087\/\">Find out what spouses and employers had to say.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Employees<\/b> and<b> 2013 hires<\/b> numbers include all employees, whether or not they are military spouses. Most companies were unable to provide this information related to military spouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Hiring<\/b> indicates whether a company told us they were currently hiring or had plans to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Spouse hiring groups<\/b> indicates whether a company told us it is affiliated with the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) or the Army Spouse Employment Partnership (ASEP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Transfer accommodations<\/b> rates the policies a company told us it has for employees who have to move because of a spouse&#8217;s military orders. 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