Earlier this year, IAVA launched our Combat to Career campaign to help create and facilitate those opportunities.

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When Paul Rieckhoff started his organization, The Iraqi And Afghan Veterans of America (IAVA), he had his work cut out for him.

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From Atlanta to San Francisco and Dallas to Chicago, hundreds of IAVA Member Veterans and supporters will be leading marches and events all across the country.

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The IAVA's Bridget Postlethwaite, who has run a VA business from her home in the Channel Islands since 1997, believes it is an ideal career for many people.

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The International Association of Virtual Assistants (IAVA) was founded to alert businesses to the potential of using VAs, and also to give home workers a forum to share acheivements and problems.

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On the private sector side, IAVA hosted our first of many Smart Job Fairs, where we brought hundreds of vets out to meet with employers who were ready and able to hire veterans, properly resourced them with GI Bill trainings and resume workshops, and helped them create networks of peers.

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