Military Spouses Welcome Here
Feb 06 2012
By Sarah
If you thought the fight between UFC Heavy Weight Champion Brock Lesnar and Alastair Overeem was unsettling, take a look at our military spouse unemployment rate that’s at 26 percent and rising according to a study done by the Department of Defense.
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics recently reported that the national unemployment rate has dropped down two notches to 8.5 percent; it’s lowest in almost three years.
However, while the job market has been slowly on the rise for the majority of America with the government pumping over 200,000 jobs into the private sector, it’s hitting rock bottom among military spouses.
A recent University of Maryland Study found a 42 percent wage gap between military spouses and civilian spouses. If that wasn’t disheartening enough, they also revealed that military spouses were consistently more qualified than their civilian counterparts and those military spouses who want to work, can’t find jobs (Defined by the Defense Manpower Data Center).
How are America’s businesses responding?
Companies like TroopSwap.com are setting an example. TroopSwap’s workforce is comprised of 90 percent military spouses and veterans. Organizations, such as, The Mission Continues, are partnering with TroopSwap with the goal of placing more veterans into leadership-oriented employment opportunities.
TroopSwap.com, is the first e-commerce platform exclusively for military families and is member of Military Spouse Employment Partnership. Lieutenant General (RET) Daniel Christman, former superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Anthony Principi, former Secretary of Veteran Affairs, both serve as advisors to the company.
Owned by a service disabled Veteran, the company further serves the military community by donating 10% of its profits to the Wounded Warrior Project.
To learn more, please e-mail: blake@troopswap.com, follow TroopSwap on Facebook, or Twitter @TroopSwap.
Sarah is a proud military spouse and the West Coast Director of Community Outreach for TroopSwap. She resides in San Diego, Ca with her husband on their ranch and is an active supporter of our troops and their families on a local and national level.
