Out of the millions of American veterans that served in the military from 2001, approximately 170,000 are unemployed. The increase of unemployed veterans may be due to the difficulties of applying their military background to available jobs, though many veterans are strongly encouraged to work in careers like Predictive Maintenance or Reliability Engineering because of their military experience. So, why are so many veterans unemployed? It is difficult finding these types of jobs. No one is pointing veterans in the direction of jobs that require their skills and experience, besides military occupations. However, it is difficult finding military jobs because the increase in competition. What should the veterans do to find jobs in this economy? Look beyond the regular career building websites. Find the field that seeks expertise common to yours and go to websites that hire solely for those positions. Stop going to the same “career building” websites and start going to the “obtain a career” websites. For example, NextUp Careers is a website designed specifically for the predictive maintenance and reliability engineering fields; which, as previously mentioned, many veterans have experience in these areas. NextUp Careers can help you obtain the job you have been looking for. There are so many companies seeking veterans with experience, now you just need to start looking in the right place.