GM engineer Ryan Church (left) assists an applicant at a recent veterans’ career fair in Metro Detroit. Church is a member of GM’s Veterans Affinity Group and a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard.

$250,000 GM Gift to Help Put Vets to Work

Automaker also recruiting veterans for some salaried jobs  DETROIT – With higher-than-average unemployment among veterans and an estimated 1 million men and women leaving the military within the next five years, General Motors and the GM Foundation are helping to pay for job fairs across the country aimed at finding meaningful employment for returning veterans.