Not necessarily.
What about the 35 year old housewife who’s husband dies? Suddenly she finds herself with no work experience and an outdated education, caring for two or three kids. She’s got to start from the bottom like everyone else.
Of the infantryman who gets out of the army at age 28 with a medical. There’s not too many job openings for a sniper in the civilian world.
Sometimes life plans change and the path you were so sure of takes an unexpected twist.
These people may bring a maturity and discipline to the workplace that an employer may see as worthy, but they’d have to sell themselves.
The Housewife has skills. She must have skills to manage a house.
As for the Military person, he shows he has commitment. He see a job thru no matter how much it sucks.
Too bad Obama crashed the job market so bad that these sorts of people have to fight against College educated people who are vying for the same low paying jobs.