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Discover why hiring veterans is essential for the energy industry’s growth. Veterans bring security, pride, opportunity, and valuable skills. Learn how they contribute to workforce efficiency, leadership, and adaptability to new technologies.
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Why Veterans? It’s a smart decision It’s about security It’s about pride It’s about opportunity
It’s a smart decision • A strong applicant pool helps to reduce the time necessary to recruit and hire employees, as well as the time to train them. • The training and skills that veterans receive while in the military can be directly correlated to the skills. • Veterans bring with them the leadership, teamwork, and ability to learn that builds the foundation for a strong energy workforce.
It’s about security • As the country’s demand for energy continues to increase, a strong workforce is critical to meeting future energy needs and supporting economic growth. • Having a highly skilled workforce is critical to maintaining reliability and customer service, and to securing our assets.
It’s about pride • Energy companies take great pride in their companies, in their communities, and in the customers they serve. They want the next generation of workers to help carry on that tradition. • Because of their consistently courageous responses to unimaginable challenges, America’s servicemen and women are heralded as heroes. • Veterans have proven commitment to pride, duty, honor, and discipline.
It’s about opportunity • Careers in the energy industry can truly build the American dream for many individuals entering the workforce. • The energy industry has an incredible opportunity to build a new workforce—one that provides opportunities to individuals who otherwise may not have had a chance to enter these high-quality careers.
Key Business Drivers • The need to balance supply and demand for the energy workforce in key job categories. • The need to reduce the skill gaps in potential applicants. • The need to adapt to workforce requirements to integrate skills for new and emerging technologies.
Why Veterans? • Trust • Work ethic • Attention to Detail • Work Hard • High Standards • Getting it Done
Why Veterans? • Accelerated Learning Curve • Leadership Skills • Teamwork • Diversity and inclusion • Efficient Performance under pressure • Respect for procedures/ process • Integrity • Focus on Health and Safety • Triumph over adversity