Do you work for, or know of, businesses who offer Veteran Transition Training/Orientation for their New Hires?

Cpl Anthony Pearson — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:28:16 -0500

I work for a great company headquartered in Allentown, PA.

PPL Corporation is veteran-friendly and does several things to honor and advance our employees who served, as well as actively recruit military service members for various jobs, both physical labor and corporate.

- We have an employee-run Veteran Business Resource group.
- We attend job fairs aimed towards recruiting veterans.
- We recognize our veterans both internally and externally via corporate media channels (i.e. intranet portal, web site, employee magazine, etc.).
- We are working on a Veteran Leadership class for transitioning our veterans from military to corporate environments.
- And the list truly goes on...

If you live in any of our service territories, you should absolutely consider looking them up.

Response by SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL made Nov 4 at 2015 3:31 PM

SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:31:19 -0500

Cpl Anthony Pearson great information, I do not know of any, thanks for sharing.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2015 3:47 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:47:50 -0500

State Farm is one. No school fees and lots of ways to have your agency funded with Grants and Loans. I've been thinking about it.

Response by SrA David Steyer made Nov 4 at 2015 4:08 PM

SrA David Steyer — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:08:54 -0500

I would LOVE to find one in the Tampa, FL area.

Just about anything at this point. If anyone knows of one, please let me know...I spoke to Edward Jones at a recent job fair and they talked a lot about hiring and training veterans for financial advisers, so I applied. The same day I applied I heard back and I was not considered. It may be a good opportunity for other people who apply and get considered.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2015 4:27 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:27:52 -0500

Cpl Anthony Pearson SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" That is truly awesome brothers!!

Response by Cpl Kenneth Ledbetter made Nov 4 at 2015 8:01 PM

Cpl Kenneth Ledbetter — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 20:01:54 -0500

I know that Edward Jones gives high priority to hiring veterans. My brother-in-law works with them and he tells me to pass it on to any vets I know that are looking for a position with a great future.

Response by Capt Brandon Charters made Nov 4 at 2015 9:33 PM

Capt Brandon Charters — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 21:33:40 -0500

Time Warner Cable does an excellent job at this. They have even gone to great lengths in order to get government buy-in on their training and resources available to transitioning vets. In my opinion, they have built the gold standard thanks to LTC Paul Turevon, Joseph Wong, and the rest of their veteran support network.