While the unemployment gap for veterans is still wide elsewhere, at Starbucks the military community is growing, thanks in large part to the Starbucks Armed Forces Network (AFN).
Carter pointed out, for example, a transitioning Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of experience who recently joined the Starbucks team as a senior accountant after robust networking with AFN partners.
The AFN is an organization launched and led by veterans in 2009 to support Starbucks military partners (how they refer to their employees) and their families, as well as veterans and military reservists searching for new employment in the civilian world.