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SHRM Poll: Military Employment

SHRM Poll: Military Employment. February 20, 2012. Key Findings.

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SHRM Poll: Military Employment

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  1. SHRM Poll: Military Employment February 20, 2012

  2. Key Findings • Are organizations hiring veterans? Roughly two-thirds of organizations (64%) have hired veterans within the past 36 months. This percentage has increased 11 percentage points compared with 2010 (53%). Larger organizations (100 or more employees) were more likely than smaller organizations (1 to 99 employees) to have hired veterans within the past 36 months. • Do organizations make specific efforts to hire veterans? Of organizations that have hired veterans in the past 36 months, 45% had made specific efforts. Of organizations that have not hired any veterans in the past 36 months, only 15% had made a specific effort to recruit veterans. • Are organizations aware of effective resources for recruiting veterans? Only 13% of organizations are very familiar with effective resources for finding veteran job candidates. Government agencies were more likely to be aware of effective resources for recruiting veterans. Only a small percentage of organizations are very familiar with, and use, the Depart of Labor’s Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program (3%) and/or Local Veterans’ Employment Representative (4%).

  3. Key Findings • What online job boards are the most effective in helping to recruit veterans as potential job candidates? HR professionals indicated that Career Builder (39%), Monster (34%) and Indeed (23%) were the most effective for recruiting veterans. • What are the benefits of hiring employees with military experience? Among the organizations that had hired veterans within the past 36 months, the top three reported benefits were the candidate’s strong sense of responsibility (97%), and ability to see a task through to completion (96%) and the organization’s ability to give back to U.S. veterans by showing gratitude for their service (95%). Organizations that had not hired veterans within the past 36 months reported similar potential benefits. • What are the challenges of hiring employees with military experience? Approximately half of the organizations that have hired veterans in the past 36 months agreed or strongly agreed that the biggest challenges of hiring individuals with military experience are difficulty transitioning from a structure and hierarchy in the military culture to the civilian workplace culture (52%) and translating military skills to civilian job experience (50%). Post-traumatic stress disorder or other mental health issues (42%) were also reported as challenges when hiring veterans.

  4. Within the past 36 months, has your organization hired any veterans as full-time, part-time or temporary/contract workers? Note: Respondents who answered “Not sure” were excluded from this analysis.

  5. Within the past 36 months, has your organization hired any veterans as full-time, part-time or temporary/contract workers? Comparisons by organization staff size Larger organizations (100 or more employees) are more likely than smaller organizations (1 to 99 employees) to have hired veterans within the past 36 months. Comparisons by organization sector Publicly owned for-profit organizations and government agencies are more likely than privately owned for-profit organizations to have hired veterans within the past 36 months.

  6. Did your organization make a specific effort to recruit and hire veterans? Note: n = 133-150 (2012); n = 145-175 (2010).

  7. Did your organization make a specific effort to recruit and hire veterans? Comparisons by organization staff size Of organizations that have hired veterans in the past 36 months, larger organizations (25,000 or more employees) are more likely to have made a specific effort to recruit and hire veterans compared with smaller organizations (1 to 499 employees).

  8. How aware is your organization of effective resources for finding veteran job candidates? n = 250

  9. How aware is your organization of effective resources for finding veteran job candidates? Comparisons by organization sector Government agencies are more likely to be very aware of effective resources for finding veteran job candidates compared with privately owned for-profit organizations.

  10. How familiar are you with the following Department of Labor (DOL) veterans’ programs? Have you used either of these programs in your organization’s recruiting? Note: n = 291 (2012); n = 364-365 (2010).

  11. How familiar are you with the following Department of Labor (DOL) veterans’ programs? Have you used either of these programs in your organization’s recruiting? Comparisons by organization staff size Larger organizations (25,000 or more employees) are more likely to be very familiar with and use the Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program compared with smaller organizations (1 to 99 employees and 2,500 to 24,999 employees).

  12. Within the past 36 months, how effective have the following national online job boards been in helping your organization recruit veterans as potential job candidates? Note: n = 277-293. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.

  13. In addition to the job boards listed above, what other sources does your organization use to recruit veteran job candidates? • Civilianjobs.com • ClearanceJobs.com • Craigslist • Employerpartnership.org • HirePatriots.org • Hireveterans.com • Industry contacts • Job fairs • JSFirm.com • LinkedIn • Military.com • Recruiters and/or staffing agencies • Rigzone.com • State or local sponsored programs, employment listings or job boards • USAJobs.gov • Word of mouth/referrals • WorkSource Note: List is not inclusive of all responses.

  14. How likely is your organization to actively recruit unemployed veterans and/or unemployed veterans with disabilities now that there is a tax credit available?

  15. To what extent would each of the following help your organization’s efforts to recruit and hire military veterans? Note: n = 266-277 (2012); n = 302-335(2010). Respondents who answered “N/A – Experienced in this area, do not need assistance” were excluded from this analysis. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. An asterisk (*) indicates that this response choice was not available in 2010.

  16. Do you agree that the following are benefits of hiring employees with military experience? Note: The percentages above reflect only the responses of “strongly agree” or “agree.”

  17. Do you agree that the following are benefits of hiring employees with military experience? (continued) Note: The percentages above reflect only the responses of “strongly agree” or “agree.”

  18. Based on your overall experience, do you agree that each of the following is a challenge in hiring employees with military experience? Note: n = 154-159. Only respondents whose organization had hired veterans in the past 36 months were asked this question. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.

  19. Demographics: Organization Industry Note: n = 290. Percentages do not total 100% due to multiple response options.

  20. Demographics: Organization Industry Note: n = 290. Percentages do not total 100% due to multiple response options. An asterisks (*) indicates < 1%.

  21. Demographics: Organization Sector n = 291

  22. Demographics: Organization Staff Size n = 283

  23. Demographics: Other • Is your organization a single-unit company or a multi-unit company? • Does your organization have U.S.-based operations (business units) only or does it operate multi-nationally? n = 259 Note: n = 296. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding. • Are HR policies and practices determined by the multi-unit corporate headquarters, by each work location or both? • What is the HR department/function for which you responded throughout this survey? n = 188 Note: n = 189. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.

  24. SHRM Poll: Military Employment Methodology • Response rate = 13% • Sample composed of 359 randomly selected HR professionals from SHRM’s membership • Margin of error is +/- 5% • Survey fielded January 4-22, 2012 For more poll findings, visit www.shrm.org/surveys Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SHRM_Research

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