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Hawaii hopes to recruit military members nearing the end of their service to fill vacant state jobs

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Hawaii hopes to recruit military members nearing the end of their service to fill vacant state government jobs.

The U.S. Department of Defense launched SkillBridge in 2011 to assist soon-to-be veterans transition from the military to the civilian labor force.

Hawaii ended last year with more than 1 in 4 civil service positions in state government vacant.

Most of Hawaii ’s military personnel on Oahu , HPD hopes to attract applicants who want to continue to serve others and live in Hawaii .

State-DOD partnership faces other obstacles in recruiting workers to apply for permanent jobs.

Most jobs don’t provide the same sense of purpose and camaraderie people find in the military.