RSSIssue 7:11 – Wednesday, November 1, 2006
The VetJobs Early Eagle is for member employers, recruiters, friends and
supporters of VetJobs.
VetJobs is sponsored and partially owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States.
VetJobs is the only job board endorsed by the Vietnam Veterans of America.
This month’s Early Eagle is sponsored by: TECHEXPO Top Secret
Contents:
1. Message from the Top
2. Career Call on Radio Sandy Springs
3. NLRB’s Expansive Definition of ‘Supervisor’ Could Cut Union Strength
4. Health Care Staffing Unhealthy
5. Truth or Consequences
6. National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of October XX, 2006
7. Significant Events this Month in Military History
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1. Message from the Top
Happy Birthday to VetJobs! On November 11 we celebrate Veterans Day and
simultaneously the seventh anniversary of VetJobs! I want to thank all the
member employers have helped make VetJobs one of the top job boards on the
Internet. Thanks to your votes, VetJobs has been voted to the WEDDLE’s User’s
Choice Award for three years in a row, marking VetJobs as one of the top 30 out
of 40,000 employment sites. VetJobs is the only military related job board to
achieve this recognition!
On November 11 we celebrate Veterans Day. Originally known as Armistice Day, it
was created by an Act of Congress on May 13, 1938. It set the 11th of November
of each year as a legal holiday to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and
be known as Armistice Day, which was set in remembrance of the end of World War
I. The Armistice was signed at 11:00 AM on the 11th day of the 11th month. In
1954, after World War II had required the greatest military mobilization in the
history of the United States and following the Korean War, the 83rd Congress
amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word Armistice and inserting the
word Veteran. With the approval of this legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1,
1954, November 11th became known as Veterans Day, a day to honor American
veterans of all wars. We will forever be in the debt of our veterans. Let us
honor them accordingly.
And in November we celebrate the establishment of the United States Marine
Corps! On November 10 we celebrate the Marine Corps’ 231st birthday! If you see
a Marine, say Happy Birthday!
And of course November is the month we celebrate Thanksgiving. The tradition of
the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving is steeped in myth and legend. Few people
realize that the Pilgrims did not celebrate Thanksgiving, though some of their
descendants later made a “Forefather’s Day” that usually occurred on December 21
or 22. Several Presidents, including George Washington, made one-time
Thanksgiving holidays. In 1827, Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale began lobbying several
Presidents for the instatement of Thanksgiving as a national holiday, but her
lobbying was unsuccessful until 1863 when Abraham Lincoln finally made it a
national holiday with his 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation. Today, our
Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November. This was set by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 and was approved by Congress in 1941, who changed
it from Abraham Lincoln’s designation as the last Thursday in November, which
could occasionally end up being the fifth Thursday and hence too close to
Christmas for businesses.
As you celebrate Veterans Day and Thanksgiving, please remember our troops who
are serving in defense of our country. For many of the troops overseas, their
holidays will be celebrated at the tip of the spear as they continue the fight.
Today’s military is an all volunteer military. They are highly educated and well
trained. In fact, the troops in Iraq represent the most sophisticated,
technologically superior military that the world has ever seen. Contrary to
some, our military does not serve in Iraq because they did not do well in
school. They serve to honor their country and defend our rights and way of life.
They WANT to serve. To imply otherwise is disgraceful and a slap in the face to
our military and veterans.
Finally, we are definitely back in the political season. With the number of
veterans shrinking each year, it is important that people get out and vote. When
VetJobs was founded seven years ago, there were 18 million veterans in the work
force. Today, there are only 12 million with tens of thousands coming back from
various conflicts overseas. So please be sure to vote on November 7 and vote for
those politicians who support veterans!
As always, if there is anything we at VetJobs can do for you, please do not
hesitate to call or email.
And remember, Freedom Is Never Free – Support Our Armed Forces and Veterans!
Best regards,
Ted Daywalt
President
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2. Career Call on Radio Sandy Springs
Career Call is aired Sundays at 3:00 PM EST on Radio Sandy Springs. Be sure to
tune in on the Internet for these exciting programs at
www.radiosandysprings.com . On November 5 the guest will be Bob Hollingsworth,
the Executive Director of the National Committee for Employer Support of the
Guard and Reserve (ESGR). If your company would like to sponsor a show or you
would like to be a guest on the program, email info@vetjobs.com.
3. NLRB’s Expansive Definition of ‘Supervisor’ Could Cut Union Strength
In a 3-2 opinion announced October 3, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
expanded the definition of supervisor under the National Labor Relations Act
(NLRA), which labor officials predicted would bar millions from the law’s
protections. The decision reignited the long-standing conflict over who is a
supervisor excluded from the protections of the NLRA. The decision in Oakwood
Healthcare Inc. (Case 7-RC-22141) actually is the lead case of three rulings
issued September 29 but made public on October 3. The three collectively are
referred to as the “Kentucky River cases” because the U.S. Supreme Court ordered
the NLRB in 2001 to redefine its test for determining who is a supervisor under
the NLRA in NLRB v. Kentucky River Community Care (121 S. Ct 1861 (2001). The
expanded definition of supervisor in Oakwood will mean that “up to 8 million
workers, including nurses, building trades workers, newspaper and television
employees and others may be barred from joining unions.
4. Health Care Staffing Unhealthy
Nearly 70 percent of the nation’s health care providers are struggling to retain
nurses and other critical-skill workers, a new survey shows. Retaining
registered nurses is a particularly acute problem for about 84 percent. The
survey suggests that health care organizations are competing hard against one
another for a shrinking workforce of professionals, especially as demand for
services escalates. Compounding the problems: About half (47 percent) cite
relocation among the top reasons people leave, which contributes to a 14 percent
voluntary turnover average that is considerably higher than in other industries.
5. Truth or Consequences
Online hiring tests are not winning over HR executives of U.S. companies.
According to SHL Group in Toronto, 70 percent believe it is possible for
applicants to cheat in an online test. Also, 95 percent worry that candidates
will intentionally mislead organizations by exaggerating their qualifications.
U.S. companies aren’t alone. SHL said companies around the world are concerned
about the ability of online tools to guarantee that information is secure and
reliable.
6. National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of October 11, 2006
Total number currently on active duty in support of the partial mobilization for
the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 80,234; Navy Reserve, 6,053; Air
National Guard and Air Force Reserve, 6,925; Marine Corps Reserve, 7,217; and
the Coast Guard Reserve, 265. This brings the total National Guard and Reserve
personnel, who have been mobilized, to 100,694, including both units and
individual augmentees. A cumulative roster of all National Guard and Reserve
personnel who are currently mobilized can be found at
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2006/d20061011ngr.pdf .
7. Significant Events this Month in Military History
1775 – Continental Congress establishes two battalions of Marines. Samuel
Nicholas was appointed “Captain of Marines” on 28 November 1775, and promoted to
major on 25 June 1776. Because of his senior status among other Marine officers
of the Revolution, he is numbered as the first Commandant.
1775 – Americans under General Richard Montgomery capture the British fort of
Saint Johns (War of Independence).
1861 – The Confederate raider Nashville captured and burned the Union clipper
ship Harvey Birch in the Atlantic Ocean (Civil War).
1864 – Union General W.T. Sherman began his march to the sea from Atlanta, GA,
in an effort to cut the Confederacy in two (Civil War).
1865 – Dr. Mary E. Walker, the first female surgeon in the Union Army, is
presented with the Medal of Honor, the first woman to receive that award.
1910 – First airplane flight from the deck of a ship.
1917 – American troops were first engaged in fighting during World War I
attacking German troops near the Rhine-Marne Canal in France
1918 – World War I ends at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh
month.
1942 – Operation Torch begins with Allied landings in northwest Africa (World
War II).
1943 – U.S. Marines landed on Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands, one of the
bloodiest campaigns waged by American forces against the Japanese in the Pacific
(World War II).
1965 – Battle of Chu Pon-ia Drang River, Vietnam. U.S. 1st Calvary fought North
Vietnamese regulars for four days (Vietnam War).
1967 – American troops broke a North Vietnamese assault at Loc Ninh, near the
Cambodian border (Vietnam War).
1968 – Battle of NuiChom Mountain. The 4th Bn, 31st Infantry, 196th Inf Bde
fought and destroyed the 21st NVA Regiment on Nui Chom Mountain southwest of Da
Nang, Vietnam in a fierce six day battle. Cpl Michael Crescenz won MOH as they
fought inch by inch up the steep mountain. (Vietnam War)
1979 – Iranian militants seized the US Embassy in Tehran, held 65 Americans
hostage.