{"id":35335,"date":"2021-05-07T12:59:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T12:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/07\/jobs-market-for-veterans-remains-flat-as-pandemic-restrictions-linger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:06:26","slug":"jobs-market-for-veterans-remains-flat-as-pandemic-restrictions-linger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/education-transition\/2021\/05\/07\/jobs-market-for-veterans-remains-flat-as-pandemic-restrictions-linger\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobs market for veterans remains flat as pandemic restrictions linger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2021\/04\/02\/more-veterans-finding-work-as-unemployment-rates-drop-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans unemployment rates<\/a> stayed largely flat last month with slight improvements in job prospects among younger veterans as America finished its first full year under business restrictions from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unemployment rate for all veterans in April was 5.2 percent, up slightly from the 5.0 percent mark reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/empsit.nr0.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a> in March. The overall national unemployment rate similarly slipped from 6.0 percent in March to 6.1 percent in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The veterans estimates translate into roughly 500,000 individuals looking \u2014 but unable to find \u2014 steady employment last month. About 9.2 million veterans are in the American workforce today.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2021\/05\/04\/va-opens-new-rapid-retraining-program-for-thousands-of-vets-who-lost-jobs-due-to-pandemic\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21097664496181.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA opens new rapid retraining program for thousands of vets who lost jobs due to pandemic<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Eligible vets could receive a year of tuition and other financial support to learn a new career.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 5.2 percent rate is less than half the unemployment number posted by veterans in April 2020, right at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. BLS officials reported a veterans jobless rate that month of 11.7 percent, and a national unemployment rate of 14.7, the highest levels recorded since the Great Depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, the veterans unemployment estimates have decreased steadily, hovering between 5 and 6 percent six of the last seven months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The jobless rate among younger veterans \u2014 a more volatile figure, because of the smaller population and extra difficulty among younger Americans in finding jobs \u2014 fell to 5.1 percent in April, down a full percent from the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the second time in the last five months that veterans from the recent wars posted a better employment rate than that of the entire veterans community. 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Here\u2019s how<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The changes are part of a multi-year effort to provide faster and easier access to GI Bill benefits.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this week, Veterans Affairs officials opened the application process for a new rapid retraining program for veterans who have lost their jobs due to coronavirus-related closures and layoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The benefit, which is open to about 17,000 veterans, is targeted at those who have already exhausted other job-training opportunities but still find themselves without stable employment. 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