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Veteran's Voice: Getting veterans back into the workforce

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Veteran's Voice: Getting veterans back into the workforce
Veteran's Voice: Getting veterans back into the workforce

Loyalty and integrity are some of the qualities one valley business owner says motivates her to hire veterans.

This week, Kalyna shows us how this push helped one local veteran get back into the work force.

ARE SOME OF THE QUALITIES - ONEVALLEY BUSINESS OWNER SAYSMOTIVATES HER TO.HIRE VETERANS.IN THIS WEEK'SVETERANS VOICE- ISHOW YOU - HOW THIS PUSH -HELPED ONE LOCAL VETERAN GETBACK INTO THE WORK FORCE.VETERANS-PKG (PKG) 1:23:00I ENDED UP IN BUFFALO NEW YORKFOR MY LAST YEAR IN THESERVICE.SERVING IN THE MILITARY IS AFAMILY TRADITION FOR TOMSTEYER.1:23:15 MY FATHER SERVED, I HADBROTHERS WHO SERVED THEMILITARY HE WAS IN CHARGE OFKEEPING OFFICE ADMIN WORK - INORDER - 3:57:12 BACK THEN THEREWAS NO INTERNET, NO CELLPHONES, SO THEY GOTLETTERS AND YOU KNOW I HAD TOMAKE SURE EVERYTHING WASORGANIZED THERE.IN THE COASTGUARD AT THAT TIME WE ALSOHELPED WITH PERSONNEL RECORDS,WE TOOK CARE OF THE MAIL, ANDSO FORTH.WITH YEARS OF SERVICE AND WORKEXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT - THE68 YEAR OLD - DECIDED TO GETBACK INTO THE WORKFORCE -2:10:16 I HAVE A SON WHO IS 15YEARS OLD, THAT I HAVE TO GETTHROUGH COLLEGE - HE LANDED AJOB AS THE HR MANAGER AT ATPEACE HOME CARE - A COMPANYFOCUSING ON IN HOME CARE FORSENIORS AND THE DISABLED.34:50 I WENT INTO THIS BUSINESSMY GRANDFATHER EXPERIENCEDELDERLY ABUSE THAT SERVED ASMOTIVATION FOR CHARLITA TEAGUESTO START HER OWN COMPANY.NOW SHES LOOKING TO FILL 30POSITIONS AND IS PUSHING FORVETERANS TO APPLY.1:11:20 I KNOW THAT VETERANSFROM THE TIME THEY ENTER THEMILITARY - THEY ARE TRAINEDINTO LEADERSHIP - AND SHEPLANS TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUTTO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TOGET THE WORD OUT TO LOCALVETERANS - HOPING TO HELP THEMGET BACK TO WORK.3:14:04 THE MILITARY HAS TAUGHTUS VARIOUS THINGS NOT TO SAY WESHOULD HIRE VETERAN JUSTBECAUSE THEY WERE A VETERAN BUTYOU KNOW ALL THINGSEQUAL, YOUCAN'T GO WRONG HIRING AVETERAN.AT PEACE HOME CARE HAS 30CAREGIVER POSITIONS OPEN.THEY ARE ALSO HIRING AN ADMINASSISTANT AND MARKETING.FOR MORE ON THIS COMPANY ANDOTHERSHIRING IN THE VALLEY,JUST HEAD TO KTNV DOT COM.VETERANS VOICE IS SPONSORED BYLEXUS OF HENDERSON AND LEXUS OFLAS VEGAS.TIME NOW IS X:XX ---A NE

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