10 Apps to Help Vets Find Jobs

Last Wednesday, we joined Dr. Jill Biden at the Code for America headquarters, a non-profit startup that has attracted dozens of civic-minded software developers spending a year building new products and services - powered, in part, by open government data - to improve the lives of everyday Americans.

Dr. Biden celebrated the convening efforts of Code and 10 apps developed by the private sector to improve the employment prospects for our Nation's heroes - from apps that help veterans build new skills or a professional network, to a personalized list of open job postings. We observed the results of LinkedIn's "Veterans Hackday" - two of the 44 apps built over a weekend; a collaboration between two tech companies that had never worked together before - Jibe and KMS Software - to deliver an almost-paperless approach to qualify for eligible tax credits; and the impressive work of a veteran entrepreneur, Fidelis, focused on the military to civilian transition...