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Companies Take Part in Army Spouse Employment Partnership

Friday, January 16, 2009

In 2002, then Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, created a special program called the Army Spouse Employment Partnership to create career opportunities for military spouses. The program is a partnership between the public sector and private corporations; over the last six years more than 41,000 jobs have been created for military spouses.


One of the latest private corporations to join the program is Converges,
a global leader in relationship management, who announced its plans to help Army wives and husbands find employment.

Convergys human resources will work with the program to reach out to Army spouse at Convergys' 81 contact centers. The company also plans to aggressively use the Web to inform spouses about the job opportunities at the company.

"Hiring military spouses makes good business sense and fits very well into Convergys' commitment to global talent management, and that's why we didn't hesitate to join Army Spouse Employment Partnership," said Clark Handy, Convergys Senior Vice President, Human Resources. "Military spouses represent a talented and diverse workforce of people who are often concentrated on or near US military bases around the world and whose exceptional work ethic and low attrition rate speak volumes about the high quality of work they can provide."

Convergys joins 27 other companies, along with Black & Veatch Corporation, EMC Corporation, Lowe's Corporation and West Corporation who signed up to help this past October. This past year approximately 8,000 Army spouses were helped with jobs, which is a significant contribution as the nation struggles through a recession.

Military spouses, because of the unique circumstances of the military lifestyle, have a harder time in general achieving the kinds of educational and career goals that civilians can. Military spouses, who are enrolled at a school near the base, may have to disrupt or discontinue their schooling when their military spouse is transferred to another duty station of state.

Although congress and state legislators have begun to address the issue, many military spouses who move to a new state are not eligible to receive in-state tuition rates, making the cost of education unaffordable. One important solution already available for military spouses is online education.

The advantage of distance learning for military spouses is that they can enroll in a program, and continue studying no matter where the military family is transferred. Many online training programs are also self-paced, which means that students often have up to one year to complete a course or program.

This would allow, for example, a military spouse to take two months off while he or she moves with their family to a new duty station in another state. As soon as the family is settled in their new home, the spouse can get right back online and resume studies.

In addition to eliminating the whole issue of in-state tuition rates, online education also allows military spouses with children to study without leaving the home. Military spouses can study during nap times, at night or on the weekend; distance learning allows military spouse to be both parents and students. Get military education with military tuition assistance from Allied Schools.com.

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