Three Myths Prevent Employment Of Disabled Veterans

Posted: Monday, November 26, 2012 5:44 am | Updated: 2:38 am, Tue Nov 27, 2012.

Three Myths Prevent Employment Of Disabled Veterans By NAPS,
North American Precis Syndicate sedaliademocrat.com

(NAPSI)—Jon Zagami is a leader. He gets results. He motivates his peers and he works hard. Most employers would be grateful to have an employee like him. Yet each year, many employers will turn down the opportunity to hire eligible candidates like Zagami, simply because of one factor: They are disabled veterans.

Research from the Society for Human Resource Management shows that there are three key misperceptions that employers have about hiring wounded warriors like Zagami. These include lack of knowledge about how military skills translate into a civilian job, fear of post-traumatic stress disorder on job performance, and confusion that the cost of accommodations will be high.