SALISBURY – A job fair at the VA Medical Center in Salisbury today attracted more than 200 veterans in the first hour.
Veterans came from as far as Greensboro, Charlotte and Hickory. Twenty-five employers took resumes and applications and did initial screenings.
There are 720,000 unemployed veterans in the country, according to a statistic from Sen. Patty Murray, chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs’ Committee.
Joblessness among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan was nearly 11 percent in August, compared with an 8.1 percent jobless rate nationwide.
Read more in Friday’s Post.
Contact reporter Emily Ford at 704-797-4264.