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Patty Murray: “I had one spouse tell me that she sent out a number of resumes, didn't hear anything back, so she sent to the same…”

On the recordMay 14, 2018
I had one spouse tell me that she sent out a number of resumes, didn't hear anything back, so she sent to the same people and didn't put on a military spouse affiliation on her resume, and heard back. That's just wrong.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray highlights discrimination faced by military spouses in job applications.

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