. >> reporter: cristin orr schiffer is a job seeker with a master's degree. but she's not your typical applicant. a navy wife, she's lived 11 places in 10 years and is planning a move to hawaii. today, she joined more than 1,300 military spouses in search of jobs that fit the military lifestyle. she says they're often hard to find. >> so there's problems of continuity, there's also problems of seniority. every time you start, you start on the bottom again, because you start at a new organization. or maybe you've moved up one step for every three of your moves. >> reporter: statistics back up orr schiffer's story. one in four military spouses is unemployed, and that number may be much higher. many of the spouses we spoke with here say they have friends in the community who have stopped looking for work altogether. despite the challenges military spouses face in building their careers, employers are finding unique advantages to hiring them. turns out, military life produces some of the skills that businesses want most. >> what we found is social media-- they're