Download or read book Military Spouse Employment Report written by Rosalinda Maury and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major finding was 90% of responding female spouses of active duty service members report being underemployed, meaning they possess more formal education/experience than needed at their current or most recent position. Additionally, the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS) data show military spouses make an average of 38% less total personal income and are 30% more likely to be unemployed than civilian counterparts. While ACS data consistently show noticeable gaps in income and unemployment between armed forces spouses and their civilian counterparts, this survey discovered there is not a lack of desire to work that is causing these gaps. However, active duty military spouses are more likely to have moved within states, across states, and abroad, compared to their civilian and veteran counterparts. The increased likelihood of moving from one geographic location to another further compounds economic issues for these families. According to survey results, other factors affecting their unemployment or underemployment include relocating to geographic locations with limited employment opportunities, employer perceptions of military spouses, inability to match skills and education to jobs, inflexible work schedules and high childcare costs.
Download or read book Military Spouse Employment Programs written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why GAO Did This StudyThe approximately 725,000 spouses ofactive duty servicemembers facechallenges to maintaining a career,including having to move frequently.Their employment is often important tothe financial well-being of their families.For these reasons, DOD has takensteps in recent years to help militaryspouses obtain employment.Moreover, the federal government hashiring mechanisms to help militaryspouses obtain federal jobs.The National Defense AuthorizationAct for Fiscal Year 2012 requires GAOto report on the programs that helpmilitary spouses obtain jobs. Thisreport examines: (1) DOD's recentefforts to help military spouses obtainemployment, (2) DOD's steps toassess effectiveness of these efforts,and (3) the hiring mechanisms to helpmilitary spouses obtain federal jobs.GAO conducted interviews with DOD,the Office of Personnel Management,and two advocacy groups; conductedsite visits; analyzed relevant data; andreviewed relevant documents, laws,and regulations.GAO RecommendsGAO recommends that DOD considerincorporating (1) key collaborationpractices as it develops its spouseemployment guidance, and (2) keyattributes of successful performancemeasures as it develops and finalizesits performance measures. DODpartially concurred with the tworecommendations, citing steps it hasalready taken. GAO recognizes DOD's"
Download or read book Evaluation of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership Program written by Marek Posard and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous research has found that, compared with their civilian counterparts, military spouses are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed. This work is the second phase of a two-phase study to evaluate data on the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) program for the Military Community and Family Policy (MCFP) office. The authors conducted a new query of job postings in 2016 from the online MSEP Career Portal to analyze the types of jobs that employers were posting on this portal and compared the geographic distribution of these jobs with the locations of spouses. Next, the authors conducted interviews with employers in 2016 who post these jobs on the portal and fielded a survey of spouses in 2019 who had recently used the MSEP Career Portal. Finally, they interviewed a subsample of these respondents in 2019 over the phone. Results showed that the MSEP Career Portal lists a range of jobs, but a limited percentage of them are telecommuting positions, which are often desirable for military spouses, and there are more jobs in the Northeast than in the other regions, which are home to more military spouses. The employers interviewed expressed a desire for more and better communication among MSEP stakeholders, and the spouses surveyed expressed some dissatisfaction with the quality of jobs available via the portal. The authors recommend that MCFP attend to increasing the number of jobs on the MSEP Career Portal that would be of interest to military spouses within their specific labor markets.
Download or read book Monitoring Employment Conditions of Military Spouses written by Nelson Lim and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues of military spouses in the labor market are critical ones for retention of military members. As part of the continuing research on the quality of life of military families, the Department of Defense asked RAND researchers to help develop reliable employment statistics for military spouses that would address inadequacies of traditional Bureau of Labor Statistics measures, which may not represent the impact of military life on military spouses' employment conditions. We determined (1) valid measures of labor market conditions for military spouses and (2) the sufficient sample size to allow generalization to the population of military spouses.
Download or read book Working Around the Military Challenges to Military Spouse Employment and Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study responds to the recognition that the majority of military spouses have paid employment, but that neither the Department of Defense nor other organizations, such as military family advocacy groups, understand which occupations military spouses pursue, their motivations for work, or their perceptions of how the military lifestyle has affected their employment or education. This report provides a rich analytical understanding of military spouses employment and educational status, drawn from robust quantitative data, while also incorporating the input from more than 1,100 military spouses who participated in interviews in the context of this research. The title of this report is intended to reflect the challenges to military spouse employment and education inherent in their proximity to the military as well as the many accommodations to the military lifestyle reflected in the spouse comments herein. This report should be of interest to military policymakers, the analytical community that studies military families, the proponents for military families, and military service members and their spouses.
Download or read book Military Spouse Employment written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were over 605,000 spouses of active duty servicemembers in the U.S. military as of 2018. These spouses may face conditions associated with the military lifestyle that make it challenging to start or maintain a career, including frequent moves and difficulties transferring occupational licenses. This report examines (1) selected employment outcomes for military spouses, (2) DOD’s efforts to evaluate states’ licensing policies for spouses, and (3) DOD’s outreach efforts to promote awareness of employment resources. GAO is making two recommendations to DOD to continue assessing and reporting on states’ efforts to help military spouses transfer occupational licenses, and to establish information sharing strategies on outreach to military spouses about employment resources.
Download or read book Spouse Employment in the Army written by Jacquelyn Scarville and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Married to the Military The Employment and Earnings of Military Wives Compared With Those of Civilian Wives written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this report is to analyze the employment and earnings of military wives compared with those of civilian wives between 1987 and 1999. Today's military is a military of families. About half of active-duty members are married as they enter their fifth year of service, and about three-fourths are married as they enter their tenth year of service. Therefore, in supporting the service member, manpower policy must often also support the member's family. Family considerations are apparent in policies on housing, health care, child care, dependents' schools, and compensation for separation from family members. Many military spouses work in the labor force and contribute to their family's material well-being, yet at the same time they must accommodate the demands the military makes of the member in the form of training, drills, inspections, education, exercises, peacetime operations, and hostile deployment. Also, the member is periodically reassigned, and permanent change-of-station (PCS) moves generally require the working wife to leave one job and find another. Thus, this report assesses the labor supply and wage of the military wife, recognizing the wife's contribution to family earnings and realizing that the military's demands on the member also affect the wife. The analysis is based on a sample of husband-and-wife families drawn from the 1988-2000 Current Population Survey March Supplement and containing retrospective information for the previous year. The sample has two subsamples: one for military families and one for civilian families. We weighted each subsample for each year to reflect the male age, education, and race/ethnicity composition of the active-duty force in that year. We focused on military wives because there were not enough observations to study the husbands of female military members.
Download or read book Working Around the Military written by Margaret C. Harrell and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research confirms that, while many spouses of military service members work and seek education similar to their "look-alike" civilian counterparts, they often lag these equals in terms of finding jobs and receiving comparable pay. Based on the input of more than 1,100 military spouses concerning their employment and educational pursuits as well as other data analysis, the RAND researchers offer recommendations for the Department of Defense to improve quality-of-life issues for its members and spouses, which in the long run will help the department retain the qualified personnel it needs.
Download or read book Married to the Military written by James Hosek and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2002-09-25 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on military wives' contribution to family income, the authors find that, in contrast to civilian wives, military wives are willing to accept lower wages rather than search longer for jobs. They work less than civilian wives if they have young children but more if their children are older; are less probable to work as they get older; and respond to changes in the unemployment rate as workers with a permanent attachment to the work force, not as "added workers."
Download or read book Military spouse employment programs written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Spouses in the Workplace written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To better understand the military spouse employment landscape, HOH surveyed 1,273 spouses of active duty military service members and recent veterans to discover the challenges they face and the effects of military spouse unemployment and underemployment on military recruitment and retention. Key findings include: Unemployment and underemployment continue to be significant challenges for most military spouses. Military spouses with degrees face the greatest challenges in nearly every measurable employment category. Moves between duty stations play havoc on careers. Like most American families, military families want and need two incomes – something that is much harder for military families to achieve. The lack of employment opportunities creates stress and influences a family's decision to stay In or leave the military – factors that ultimately hurt military readiness, retention, and recruiting.
Download or read book Spouse Employment in the Army written by Jacquelyn Scarville and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report reviews what is known about Army spouse employment as a result of the Army Family Research Program (AFRP). The analyses reported apply primarily to civilian wives because they constitute the majority of Army spouses. The findings indicate that, although Army wives are entering the labor force in increasing numbers, their labor force participation lags slightly behind that of civilian wives. In addition, unemployment is considerably higher among Army wives (especially among wives of junior enlisted personnel) than among civilian wives, and there is ample evidence of underemployment. Aspects of the Army lifestyle such as employment interruptions because of frequent relocations seem to have pervasive effects on wives' labor force participation and employment. Other structural/institutional barriers such as inadequate transportation and child care also pose obstacles for military spouses. In addition, AFRP analyses show that Army wives' employment circumstances have important implications for military retention and are likely to influence readiness. Spouse employment; Army wives; Working wives; Labor force participation; Military wives; Employment. (eg).
Download or read book Measuring Underemployment Among Military Spouses written by Nelson Lim and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparisons of military wives with a group of similar civilian wives show that military wives have a greater tendency to be underemployed, even after controlling for labor market characteristics. However, there does not seem to be a strong link between their labor force position and satisfaction with their life situation, so the effects of underemployment among military spouses may not be as serious as previously thought.
Download or read book Military Spouse Employment Programs written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MILITARY SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS: DOD Can Improve Guidance and Performance Monitoring
Download or read book Today s Army Spouse Survey written by Thomas E. Trail and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report identifies challenges that Army families face and resources they need, from the perspectives of spouses, including how spouses prioritize needs and how the Army can best address their most-pressing unmet needs.
