Winning the War for Great Talent

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The Veteran Talent Pool

• Winning the War for Great Talent

Presented by Christopher Michel President Milita
ry Advantage www.Military.com Chris_at_MilitaryAdva
ntage.com
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Top 5 Best Practices For Sourcing Veterans

• Use a portfolio of sourcing vehicles.
• Network-based recruiting.
• Leverage your existing veteran talent pool.
• Consider military spouses.
• Leverage free government and private initiatives.

Military.com and Monster works with over 300,000
employers and helps over 50 of transitioning
Veterans
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1 - Use a Portfolio of Sourcing Vehicles

• Best practice HR organizations source veteran
  talent from a combination of general recruiting
  vehicles and niche specialists. Increasingly,
  online niche sites and well-segmented national
  boards are the most effective accountable means
  to reach the Veteran market -- and build your
  brand with transitioning military.

Major Online Job Boards
Major Newspaper Classifieds
High
Military.com
REACH
Small Online Job Boards
Base Newspaper Classifieds
Niche Military Job Boards
Low
Military Print Publications
Military Job Fairs
Low
High
ACCOUNTABILITY
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2 Network-Recruiting

• Tap into existing networks of Veterans and
  connect them to your
• Veteran Employees
• Association of Graduates, NCOAA, etc.
• Build your brand within the community. Show
  testimonials of other
• veterans on your site. Explain veterans
  preference.
• Become a Veteran employer of choice
• Have the networks recruit for you

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3 - Leverage Your Existing Veteran Talent Pool

• Create a Veteran-support group in your company
• Help in transition and assimilation into the
  company
• Mentoring and support
• Special projects. Builds pride.
• Ask your current Veteran employees for help --
  employee referral
• Help to decode valuable military experience
• Expand the network. Ask them to enroll in a
  networking service for
• Veterans

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4 - Consider Military Spouses

• The military spouse is often an
• overlooked but highly valuable
• pool of motivated candidates
• Mature, motivated, educated
• talent pool
• Over 1 million strong
• Internet increasingly enables
• telecommuting

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5 - Leverage Free Government and Private
Initiatives

• DoD, VA, and DoL Web sites programs
• Career One Stop Centers
• Hirevetsfirst.gov
• Severely Injured Career Center
• Embrace ESGR into a positive, not a negative
• Veterans Preference Government
• Contracting
• Veterans Preference
• Veterans Employment Opportunities Act
• Federal Contractor Program
• H.R. 4015 The Jobs for Veterans Act
• Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)
• State incentives, tax breaks, grants for
• training hiring

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Summary Discussion
Thank you for all you are doing for Veteran
employment!
Chris.Michel_at_military-inc.com