Veterans 'Priority' in Spring Hires
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Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2015 · News & Politics
GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. -- National home improvement chain The Home Depot is making veterans priority hires as the company moves into the busy spring season. Spring hiring is already underway and will continue until the do-it-yourself chain fills 80,000 positions across the country, including hundreds in Western North Carolina and the Upstate. "Based on their performance, it could very easily morph into a full-time, part-time position," The Home Depot store manager Bob Goad said. Veterans and non-veterans will apply for these open positions, but Allen Smith with the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce said veterans might even have a better shot of getting a job, if The Home Depot doesn't work out. "As you have more and more folks coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan, as you see reductions in military spending, you see more veterans in the private sector," Smith said. Smith said in some areas around here, the private sector is now offering more opportunities. "We have more jobs to fill than previous years, so employers need those soft skills," Smith said. Click here for a complete list of jobs in our area. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
