Jeff Neal: Navigating veterans prefence

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Jeff Neal: Navigating veterans prefence

You thought it was invented just to complicate your hiring process. But the veterans preference goes way back to George Washington himself. Still, it is...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

July 6, 2016 11:40 am

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You thought it was invented just to complicate your hiring process. But the veterans preference goes way back to George Washington himself. Still, it is complicated. Jeff Neal, blogger and senior vice president of ICF International joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to sort it out.

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