{"id":57,"date":"2006-05-25T12:02:03","date_gmt":"2006-05-25T17:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=57"},"modified":"2006-05-25T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2006-05-25T17:02:03","slug":"a-worthy-cause-operationheroforhirecom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/a-worthy-cause-operationheroforhirecom\/","title":{"rendered":"A Worthy Cause &#8211; Operationheroforhire.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kudos to CareerBuilder.com for launching the website <a href=\"http:\/\/jobpath.com\/csh\/search.aspx?csh=CSH_OHFH&#038;cbRecursionCnt=1&#038;cbsid=ce12c50d61fa43a9a2f618f868bec9c5-201877262-RM-1\" target=\"_blank\">Operationheroforhire.com<\/a>.  You can read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careerbuilder.com\/jobposter\/smallbiz\/articles.aspx?prid=pr307&#038;siteid=JP_Mail_NL_A&#038;sc_extcmp=JP_Mail_NL_Vetrans&#038;cbRecursionCnt=1&#038;cbsid=40d674c9186249ab9325950abf3633ca-201876998-X9-2\" target=\"_blank\">press release here<\/a>.  Essentially, they are attempting to connect soldiers returning home to employment opportunities.  We plan on supporting this initiative and hope that you will too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kudos to CareerBuilder.com for launching the website Operationheroforhire.com. You can read the press release here. Essentially, they are attempting to connect soldiers returning home to employment opportunities. We plan on supporting this initiative and hope that you will too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-hiring"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1127,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/scarcity-of-quality-sales-candidates\/","url_meta":{"origin":57,"position":0},"title":"Scarcity Of Quality Sales Candidates","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 13, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"No surprises here from the ManageSmarter.com article - Roundin' Up Reps. 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