Need Qualified Employees ?

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Need Qualified Employees ?

• When you recruit recently separated military
  veterans, you are reaching out to a unique pool
  of potential employees who have all ready
  demonstrated integrity, commitment to excellence
  and the desire to do the best job possible.
  Veterans give you a clear edge on the
  competition. Todays military service members
  typically possess a level of training, maturity
  and discipline rare in the civilian workforce.
• Hiring veterans is just smart business.

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Benefits of the military experience

• Leadership training
• The military trains people to accept discharge
  responsibility for activities, resources and
  ones own behavior. This training includes
  setting an example, giving carefully considered
  directions, inspiring leadership capabilities in
  others and continually motivating others in the
  group.
• is leadership good for business ?

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Benefits of the military experience

• Ability to meet deadlines handle stress
• One definite characteristic of military service
  is that service members must perform. They must
  do their job, do it right the first time and in a
  timely fashion. They are continuously setting
  priorities, meeting schedules and accomplishing
  their missions.Pressure and stress are built into
  this, but service members are taught how to deal
  with all these factors in a positive and
  effective manner.
• is meeting deadlines good for business ?

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Benefits of the military experience

• Ability to conform to rules structure
• In any organization and especially in the
  military, there must be rules and structure to
  avoid chaos and internal breakdown. Individuals
  in the service have learned and followed rules
  everyday in their working environment. While in
  this environment, they have also learned loyalty
  to their units and their leaders.
• is loyalty good for business ?

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Benefits of the military experience

• Systematic planning organization
• Most military operations require thorough
  planning and workload management. Carefully
  considered objectives, strengths and limitations
  of other people, resources, time schedules,
  supplies, logistics and various other factors are
  always being considered. Organization, evaluation
  and adjustment are continuously being assessed.
• is planning organization good for business ?

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Benefits of the military experience

• Self direction
• Many service members are trained to understand
  difficult often complex issues and solve these
  issues or problems without step-by-step guidance
  from above.
• Self discipline, i.e. drug free
• With an Honorable discharge, service members are
  certified drug free.
• ..is self direction self discipline good for
  business ?

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The value of military training

• Specialized advanced training
• All service personnel receive advanced training
  in their fields. Their career fields designate a
  specialized focus skill building for their
  individual jobs. Advanced training and
  cross-referenced training can be on computerized,
  financial, medical, engineering, administrative,
  personnel, technical mechanical or security
  fields.

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The value of military training

• Examples of actual veteran skill sets
• Power Generation, (inc. nuclear) ENLISTED
• Scientists Professional, OFFICERS
• Skilled Trades, ENLISTED
• Healthcare, OFFICERS
• Plus dozens more (available online _at_
  www.michigan.gov/mdcd click on veteran services)

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Availability of skilled veterans

• Michigans skilled veteran labor pool, costs you
  nothingand the rewards could be substantial.
• Call us at 800 455 5228 or e-mail us at
  ProjectMove_at_michigan.gov
• Visit us at www.michigan.gov/mdcd click on
  veteran services

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and finally

• About Helmets to Hardhats