THE GOAL

100,000 HIRES

 VETER ANS & MILITARY SPOUSES

HIRED BY MONTH

One year ago, President Obama asked the First Lady and Dr. Biden to lead aneort with the private sector through Joining Forces to hire or train 100,000veterans and military spouses by the end of 2013. Joining Forces eorts todate have exceeded the President’s challenge and met the hiring milestone

more than a year early.

125,000+ VETERANS AND MILITARY SPOUSES

HIRED THROUGH JOINING FORCES

30,000

60,000

90,000

120,000

150,000

AUG2011

DEC APR AUG2012

0

T A K I N G A C T I O N T O S E R V E

78%ARE

VETERANS(100,000 HIRED)

22%AREMILITARYSPOUSES(28,000 HIRED)

PERCENT

OF TOTALHIRES

OF 125,000+ NEW HIRES…

JOINING FORCES WI LL NOW WORK TO REACH

 A NEW GOAL BY THE END OF 2014:

 250,000+VETERANS AND MILITARY SPOUSES 

HIRED THROUGH JOINING FORCES 

BUILDING ON PROGRESS

AUGUST 22, 2012