Veterans Affairs committee  That is correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm the president of Military.com. We are owned by Monster Worldwide. We were founded in the late nineties in the San Francisco area and were bought 15 years ago by Monster. So Monster has invested in the veteran space, and because of the employment connection, we grew out that space.

Veterans Affairs committee  No, today there is no portal that is dedicated to Canadian Forces, so there is not a Canadian-like Military.com out there. This is a U.S. Military.com. We have created the translator, which we think the Canadian government can invest in and make its own by having that tool on some other portal within the Canadian government, whether it's Veterans Affairs or the forces.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's right.

Veterans Affairs committee  Exactly....

Veterans Affairs committee  Technically it's endless if you have an aggregate data base like Monster, where we look at all the job boards across the country. In Canada there is a similar system where all government and civilian jobs—if there were a way in which those could be aggregated together, the system could screen against all those jobs.

Veterans Affairs committee  A lot of companies don't use resumés. For a lot of jobs out there, they are looking at skill sets. They want to know what skills you have, what certifications you have, what training you've had, how many years you've worked in a particular area. That's what they want to know.

Veterans Affairs committee  This assignment that I have today was because of that.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's right.

Veterans Affairs committee  Much of the same discussion I heard this morning. The issue of individuals who need real services, medical services, is being addressed in a more holistic way today than it has been at any time in our past. There is no question about it. What we still have a difficult time doing is taking care of all the elementary needs to support their becoming just another citizen in this country, where they can extend the value they have earned and the skill they have developed in the military, and translate that into something that matters in civilian society.

Veterans Affairs committee  Again, that's the problem. In society today, obviously from a business point of view, people use all kinds of networks to find good-quality employees. A lot of our folks are in those networks. Again, they're there and they're struggling trying to figure out how to explain who they really are and what they did.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  That's right. It's about using the right terms, because we use terms in the military that just do not speak the same language in the civilian sector.

Veterans Affairs committee  We found that companies recognized that they had a need to hire veterans but had no real tool inside their company to make that translation work. That's why they placed the MST on their websites to integrate in their hiring process.

Veterans Affairs committee  Again, we have over 10 million members in our overall website. Over 800,000 used the military skills translator in 2014.