Outcomes from Job‐Recruiting Efforts To Assist Black Veterans

Abstract

to ascertain whether the Veteran's Readjustment Program (VRP) brought a significantly larger percentage of Black Vietnam War veterans into the work force at the U.S. Army Missile Command Center than did traditional Office of Personnel Management recruitment procedures.

1984–1989 Survey of Recruitment Efforts to Assist Black Veterans

“…When compared with the recruitment data reported by Bradley and Kennedy (1987) for 1978-1983, the number of persons recruited from 1984 to 1989 via the VRP shows a steady decline. The reasons for this decline are not readily known.…”

“…In a previous issue of this journal, Bradley and Kennedy (1987) compared the employment of Black Vietnam-era veterans through traditional Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recruitment procedures with their employment through the VRP for a 6-year survey period (1978)(1979)(1980)(1981)(1982)(1983), revealing that the VRP was about two times more effective in bringing Black veterans into the work force. This article expands the survey period of that study, reporting recruitment data from 1984 through 1989.…”

Veterans' Preference: A Barrier to the Recruitment of Women?

“…Employment problems facing Vietnam-era veterans have been and, for the present, continue to be severe enough to warrant special recruitment assistance. Bradley and Kennedy (1987) conducted a study that shows the VRP at the U.S. Army Missile Command is effective in the recruitment of Black veterans. The current findings on adverse effects on female recruitment suggest that similar studies, including longitudinal ones, should be conducted at other installations to determine the extent of the barrier to women.…”