Potential employer says 'veteran status' is 'sooo 2010'
The following letter was sent to a veteran who applied for a job.
Dear Job Applicant,
We thank you for your interest in the position with our company. However, at this time, we don’t feel like you are a proper fit for us. Your résumé mostly included your military experience and then the fast food restaurant you worked at in high school. And while we’re sure that “snappin’ necks and cashin’ checks” is a very valuable skill in the military, it’s a skill that doesn’t really transfer over to civilian employment.
Look: I’m going to be honest with you and try to help you out. Hiring managers are over the whole “veteran status” thing. We have been for a long time. 2004 or so, we were all about it. We were getting tax breaks all over the place.
And although we didn’t serve in the military ourselves, choosing instead to go to college so we could actually be qualified for these jobs, we felt like we were doing a patriotic duty by hiring you guys when you got back. Doing our part to help the country…
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