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[[BusinessWeek] For those military personnel who decide to leave the service behind,]
[there are plenty of companies looking for those very recruits--]
[companies that place a lot of emphasis on the skill set and values learned in the services.]
[[BusinessWeek reporter] Inside these walls is a unique recruiting office.]
[This office at General Electric in Fairfield, Connecticut,]
[specifically recruits military talent.]
[The leadership experience and the leadership training they get]
[[Dave Ferguson - Military Recruiter, General Electric]]
[The US Armed Services do a great job at training leadership.]
[[Reporter] GE employs more than 11,000 military recruits.]
[Many come through its program dubbed JOLP, ]
[translated as the Junior Officer Leadership Program,]
[which trains young recruits for two years]
[such as Joe Goodwin, who served as a short range air defense artillery officer]
[He now trains in business development at GE's NBC unit.]
[I think one of the worries is that in the military you don't want to get out]
[and feel like you've lost time. [Joe Goodwin - Military Recruit at GE]]
[And so a program like this and a transition program like this]
[helps you feel like you're caught up to where your peer group would have been.]
[[Reporter] The company offers pay differential and continuing health benefits]
[for the employees who are activated reservists.]
[Chris Graves is a major in the US Marine Corps Reserve.]
[He was deployed to Iraq for a year and a half while working in IT security at GE.]
[General Electric gave me a wonderful exit.]
[[Chris Graves - Military Recruit at GE]]
[They kept me on as an employee. My benefits continued.]
[They gave me partial pay, which may not seem like a lot at first,]
[but it means my lifestyle, my home, the support of my children,]
[my mortgage, everything, on track 100%.]
[And for more on the market and the economy, ]
[you can pick up this week's copy of "BusinessWeek" magazine.]
