The national HR organization, SHRM, has mounted a campaign urging employers to hire veterans. Many years ago, the state of CA added Vietnam Vets to the list of protected classes, and now is this tantamount to (whisper it) affirmative action? While HRM for the Home Depot in the late 90's I was part of the team that introduced special hiring consideration for veterans and military school graduates: they were immediately considered for Asst Manager positions, even if they had no retail experience. Such was the regard held for the leadership training they received in the military.
So, yes, it amounts to reverse discrimination. Have our military personnel become so revered that they deserve special consideration or is this another assumption about the leadership skills they aquire from active duty? Are we still bending over backwards to make up for the negative treatment they received when they returned from Vietnam? Or do we just feel sorry for them because they had to put their lives on hold for tour after tour after tour in an unfunded, unjustified war in a godforskaen part of the world?
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