IT Top Choice for Transitioning Veterans

Pete Prestipino
by Pete Prestipino 11 Nov, 2010
IT Top Choice for Transitioning Veterans

Online network for professionals LinkedIn released data today providing insights that may help veterans find new careers after their military service. 

 

The top industries include IT, Telecommunications, Financial Services, Law, Computer Software, Government, Higher education, health care, retail, and management consulting. 

 

"LinkedIn's analytics team is constantly looking at trends and patterns in our data so we can provide useful insights for professionals," said DJ Patil, LinkedIn's Chief Data Scientist. "When we looked at some of the trends around military professionals here in the U.S., we knew this was information that could help veterans figure out what other careers and opportunities are available to them."

 
Pete Prestipino
Pete Prestipino
Digital marketing executive with proven experience in all aspects of search engine optimization (SEO), performance-based advertising, consumer-generated/social media, email marketing, lead generation, Web design, usability, and analytics. - 20-year Internet marketing veteran, currently serving as the Digital Marketing Campaign Manager at Antenna Group (formerly Chicago Digital). - Former Editor-In-Chief of Website Magazine, and a regular speaker on Web technology digital marketing strategy - Author of several books on digital marketing Including Web 360: The Fundamentals of Web Success; Affiliate 360: The Fundamentals of Performance Marketing; Domains 360: The Fundamentals of Buying & Selling Domain Names, and SEO 360: The Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization.