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The state is stepping up efforts to help veterans find jobs.

Governor Charlie Crist launched the Employ Florida Vets website this week, to cut down on the number of unemployed veterans. Most veterans don’t learn job searching skills in the service, but they do learn discipline, strong work ethic and the value of being on time: skills Agency for Workforce Innovation spokesman Robby Cunningham says are useful to all employers.

“This website has a very unique feature that allows them to translate the training that they learned in the service in to certain occupations, and lets them search by occupations for jobs that are available in those areas,” said Cunningham.

One in five homeless people is a veteran. The unemployment rate for those who have served is above the national and state averages.