BLACKSTONE is a private equity group that intends to hire 50,000 Veterans during the next five years. BLACKSTONE is the Parent Company of these portfolio companies:

1. Hilton

2. Waldorf Astoria

3. Sea World in Florida

4. Hotel del Coronado in California

BLACKSTONE owns 80 companies that generate $120 billion in revenue. They are looking for candidates that have managerial experience, specifically, those candidates that are suited for middle management.

Capable middle managers drive businesses and bring about growth.

Sea World is looking to hire paramedics.

BLACKSTONE CEO and Chairman Stephen Schwarzman stated that this hiring program for Veterans is part of the White House’s “Joining Forces” Initiative when interviewed on Fox Business News on April 30, 2013.

Your TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS are those essential skills that dominate your core skills in prior employment. A person in a supervisory capacity would need to know the technical aspects of their job but more importantly their essential skill lies in getting other people to do their jobs with maximum efficiency and productivity; while instilling a sense of purpose and well-being onto their subordinates. The supervisor would only need to learn the technical aspects of their new job. (This can be accomplished through a Vo Tech School, Trade school, college or OJT (On the Job Training).

A tank mechanic would find few civilian jobs that require tank maintenance but many industries rely on machinery and automation where "mechanically minded" people are adept in repairing and maintaining machinery. Companies and local governments that purchase heavy equipment for snow removal; construction etc. would always have a need to hire people with mechanical skills.

These are TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS and you never lose them.

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Did you know that Female Veterans face a huge employment problem once they are discharged from the military? Women vets have a 20% higher unemployment rate than do their male veteran counterparts. Civilian women have a significantly lower rate of unemployment than do female veterans.

Much of this problem can be attributed to societal stigma such as women are incapable of being "bread winners" or women can't be "family providers".  The stigma of perceived PTSD by civilian employers pose problems that women may have been victims of MST. (Military Sexual Trauma)

The most trying years for female veterans is 2-3 years within their discharge as most women vets end up homeless due to economic stress.

SOURCE: PBS Television and pbs.org which aired a news clip for the program called: DRESS for SUCCESS based in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina which aired on Wednesday, March 4, 2015.