A Call to Action for Professional Military Spouses
Recent survey findings are fueling calls to expand employment support for military spouses in niche career fields, including entrepreneurship.
The ongoing national push to help spouses obtain entry-level jobs and secure financial aid for undergraduate education has left professional military spouses with higher education degrees and/or executive-level careers feeling isolated in the military community.
Sue Hoppin, founder and president of National Military Spouse Network, is the spokesperson in front of the organization's recently released White Paper, “Milspouse Employment: 5 Recommendations for Removing Barriers to Entrepreneurship.” In it, the survey covers the now widely known statistics of military spouse underemployment (55 percent) and overall unemployment (28 percent).