How true is the Hire a Veteran an Effective program by Companies?

2015-04-24T14:41:35-04:00

https://www.hireheroesusa.org/why-hire-a-veteran
http://www.vacareers.va.gov

Vets have the proven ability to quickly learn new skills and concepts. They possess identifiable and transferable skills proven to achieve success.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 24 at 2015 3:06 PM

2015-04-24T15:06:33-04:00

It's not effective at all. If the company owner have never served in the military and hire military veterans its for their own selfish agendas.

Response by LTC John Shaw made Apr 24 at 2015 3:29 PM

2015-04-24T15:29:00-04:00

I was hired as a Service member & Veteran in IT. My job required degrees and experience. and Verizon has been supportive with multiple overseas deployments.
I submitted Verizon for ESGR Freedom Award and they were selected in the top ten in 2012.
Much depends on the manager/director/VP level supporting the service member/veteran but the company usually does a good job.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Apr 24 at 2015 3:34 PM

2015-04-24T15:34:26-04:00

SGT Lugo I am a vet and am upset that all but one job in my career was gotten because I was a vet. I wish there was an expectation out there that a company will hire us on our veteran status alone, but we do have to meet the criteria, in many cases having a degree or particular skill set is one of them. Even being an O got me relatively nowhere on the "leadership skills" side of things.

I've done the rounds of vet hiring fairs myself and there are not a lot of offerings for folks like me with a technical degree, rank irrelevant. A lot of jobs out there are focused on the E-4 - E-5 skill and education level, entry to mid level and more on the service and labor side of things and companies hiring vets will admit that. I attended an event last week sponsored by RallyPoint that addressed some of these very issues and it was both enlightening and insightful to get first hand info from industry leaders in veteran hiring.

If I may make a suggestion, you may want to increase your voting options to get more responses from fellow veteran job seekers out there such as "I was hired based solely on my military experience" or "I was hired based solely on my civilian experience" I think that might get you the results you are seeking. Elizabeth Malkin, Capt Brandon Charters maybe you may have a thought or 2 on this?

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Apr 25 at 2015 1:17 PM

2015-04-25T13:17:57-04:00

I know USAA and GE hires a lot of veterans.