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The Business Case for Hiring Military Veterans: Strategies, Approaches and Best Practices

Discover the competitive advantage of hiring military veterans and how they align with business needs, diversity initiatives, and bottom line goals. Gain access to a pool of talented, cleared, tested, and trained employees at no cost to your company. Learn essential skills including integrity, teamwork, leadership, and decision-making that veterans bring to the civilian workplace. Find resources to recruit veterans and maximize the benefits they provide.

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The Business Case for Hiring Military Veterans: Strategies, Approaches and Best Practices

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  1. The Business Case for Hiring Military Veterans:Strategies, Approaches and Best Practices Nathan D. Ainspan, Ph.D. Transition to Veterans Program Office (TVPO) October 2016

  2. Why Hire Veterans? • NOT patriotism or to thank the veteran • BUT as your talent strategy aligned with business needs • LINKED to business goals/your bottom line • INTEGRATED with diversity initiatives • Cleared, tested, and trained employees AT NO COST TO YOUR COMPANY

  3. Competitive Advantage • Rare • Valuable • Difficult to imitate or differentiate • Gain access to this pool of talent and know how to retain them before your competition.

  4. Competition Not Recruiting Veterans =Your Competitive Advantage

  5. The Recruiting Landscape

  6. Skills Employers Desire and Employees Lack

  7. Skills Employers Desire and Employees Lack

  8. Caution About Generalizing

  9. Veteran Status = Certification/License/Diploma

  10. Advanced Beyond Their Civilian Peers

  11. Integrity

  12. Skills Employers Desire and Employees Lack RAND’s Essential Skills Translation Tools

  13. Veterans’ Essential Skills Handling Work Stress

  14. Veterans’ Essential Skills Being Dependable and Reliable

  15. Veterans’ Essential Skills Conscientiousness and Attention to Detail

  16. Veterans’ Essential Skills Interpersonal Skills

  17. Veterans’ Essential Skills Teamwork and Team-Building

  18. Veterans’ Essential Skills Leading, Motivating, and Inspiring Others

  19. Veterans’ Essential Skills Oral Communication

  20. Veterans’ Essential Skills Decision-Making/Decisiveness

  21. Veterans’ Essential Skills Training Others

  22. Veterans’ Essential Skills Managing and Supervising the Work of Others

  23. Veterans’ Essential Skills Critical Thinking

  24. Veterans’ Essential Skills Written Communication

  25. Veterans’ Essential Skills Project Planning

  26. Other Traits • Highly Qualified – Strict Entry Criteria, Drug/Background Tests, and Security Clearances • Advanced Technical Skills • Trained, Trainable and Can Train Others • Resilient • Entrepreneurial • Trust • Comfortable and Adapt at Discontinuous Environments

  27. Resources for Recruiting Veterans • Contact your Local Base Transition Office • American Job Centers • http://www.careeronestop.org/Site/businesses.aspx • Hiring Our Heroes (US Chamber of Commerce) • https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/hiring-our-heroes • DoD’s SkillBridge program • www.DoDSkillBridge.com • DoD’s Transition Assistance Program • www.dodtap.mil • VA’s Veteran Employment Toolkit • http://www.va.gov/VETSINWORKPLACE/mil_structure.asp

  28. Resources for Recruiting Veterans • Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve • www.esgr.mil • Tax benefits from state and local government • Check your industry for initiatives • Check out state/business/military partnerships

  29. Publications • Guide to Leading Policies, Practices, and Resources • The Business Case for Hiring a Veteran: Beyond the Clichés • Revisiting the Business Case for Hiring a Veteran • Available from the Institute for Veterans and Military Families • http://vets.syr.edu/employment/employer-resources • What Veterans Bring to Civilian Workplaces by the RAND Corporation (Essential Non-Technical Skills) • http://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TL160.html • Hiring Our Heroes’ Employer Roadmap • http://employerroadmap.org/ • Talent Development’s Supporting and Developing Veterans • http://www.td.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2016/09/TD-Supplement-Supporting-and-Developing-Veterans • VA’s Guide to Hiring Veterans • http://www.employerroadmap.org/download/va-guide-to-hiring-veterans • The White House’s Guide to Hiring Veterans • https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/white_house_business_council_-_guide_to_hiring_veterans_0.pdf

  30. Nathan D. Ainspan, Ph.D. Research Psychologist Transition to Veterans Program Office Department of Defense nathan.d.ainspan.civ@mail.mil

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