HJ966: Commending the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation.


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 966
Commending the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 18, 2019
Agreed to by the Senate, February 21, 2019

 

WHEREAS, for five years, the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation has helped veterans and military spouses find employment opportunities through its Veterans Employment Initiative; and

WHEREAS, the Veterans Employment Initiative of the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation has connected military spouses to employment opportunities and has provided support to member companies in their efforts to recruit, hire, train, and retain qualified veteran and military spouse employees; and

WHEREAS, since the Veterans Employment Initiative’s start in 2013, 12,000 veterans and their spouses have benefitted from the program’s professional development programming and placement services; and

WHEREAS, the Northern Virginia business and technology community and the National Capital Region’s academic institutions and policymakers are central to the existence and growth of the Veterans Employment Initiative; the program is also supported through regional military and community nonprofit partnerships, with the active assistance of committed volunteers; and

WHEREAS, the Veterans Employment Initiative runs programming that includes Vetworking events with a mix of career education and networking, recruiting days, and employer training events; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of its Veterans Employment Initiative; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for the Veterans Employment Initiative’s legacy of professional support for veterans and their spouses.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 966

Offered February 13, 2019
Commending the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation.
Patron-- Reid

WHEREAS, for five years, the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation has helped veterans and military spouses find employment opportunities through its Veterans Employment Initiative; and

WHEREAS, the Veterans Employment Initiative of the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation has connected military spouses to employment opportunities and has provided support to member companies in their efforts to recruit, hire, train, and retain qualified veteran and military spouse employees; and

WHEREAS, since the Veterans Employment Initiative’s start in 2013, 12,000 veterans and their spouses have benefitted from the program’s professional development programming and placement services; and

WHEREAS, the Northern Virginia business and technology community and the National Capital Region’s academic institutions and policymakers are central to the existence and growth of the Veterans Employment Initiative; the program is also supported through regional military and community nonprofit partnerships and with the active assistance of committed volunteers; and

WHEREAS, the Veterans Employment Initiative runs programming that includes Vetworking events with a mix of career education and networking, recruiting days, and employer training events; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of its Veterans Employment Initiative; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Northern Virginia Technology Council Foundation as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for the Veterans Employment Initiative’s legacy of professional support for veterans and their spouses.