New Jersey veterans are (hopefully) getting a well-deserved advantage in civil service careers that would be great to see nationwide. A bill created by two state senators now only needs the governor's signature to go into law, and would allow NJ veterans to qualify for veterans' prefrerence in civil service positions while still on active duty.
Too often, exams are scheduled and taken by servicemembers on active duty, but not scored until months after they discharge... so they aren't technically "veterans" when doing the test, costing them their preference. This bills eliminates the classic bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo and, as one of the senators notes, "grant(s) employment preference to eligible veterans so that they may compete for job opportunities prior to being discharged from the military." This should be an outstanding help to many transitioning Jersey veterans!
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