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One Interview, One Veteran
You’ve read, I’m sure, about the troubles many veterans arriving home from Iraq and Afghanistan are having in getting jobs. Navsea, among others, has done great work to try to change this. Among the...
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Veteran Hiring That’s Working
Amidst high unemployment rates among military veterans, Kelly Snell, who works for a government hiring office in Washington state, says he’s finding success in preparing military men and women for...
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Veterans Less Confident Than Employers About Job Prospects
As America prepares to honor its military veterans, a new survey says recent and soon-to-be vets are concerned about finding a job and many feel unprepared for the transition back to civilian life....
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Interview Questions for Veterans
When interviewing a former service member, your goal is to understand the various roles, responsibilities, skills, and experience the candidate has accumulated over the course of his or her military...
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Young Veterans Are The Ones Most Likely to Be Jobless
With every good intention, American employers are honoring the nation’s military veterans today with promises of jobs and redoubled recruiting efforts. From Washington, where Michelle Obama announced...
View ArticleMilitary Recruiting, Job Hunting, Destruction Jobs, and More in Today’s Roundup
You’ll see how many people are looking for jobs; how the Swedish military is advertising; and who beat out Booz Allen in a Best-place-to-work list, all in today’s roundup. (more…)
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Aussie Military Launching New Recruiting Campaign
The Australian defense department has started a new campaign with a “Superman” motif to recruit reservists, the first big effort like this in seven years. Its plans includes TV ads, movie ads,...
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Dear Corporate America, From Any Veteran, USA
Dear Corporate America, This letter is intended to ask for your help and to open your mind, perhaps a little bit. I have recently completed my tour of duty serving our country and now it is time for...
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New Site Seeks to Move Veterans Into IT Jobs
Moving “Troops to Tech” is the goal of one new careers site, linking military veterans with IT careers. It was made by a trade association called CompTIA and includes information for veterans on how to...
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Ryder’s New Site Adds Military Translator
We mentioned that awards honoree AT&T had added a military skills translator to its career site. The latest to do so is Ryder, which today is launching a website section for hiring veterans that...
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We’ve Got Veterans, Absenteeism, Jobs, and Lawsuits, But No Laughs
If you’re here for a laugh, we’re going to disappoint you this week. Maybe it’s due to the memories Memorial Day evokes; maybe it’s because the economic news has been gloomier than usual (and we...
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Somebody Get Gordon Ramsay to a Gym
Lucky for Shami Marangwanda she landed a recruiting job with Starbucks, because the irascible and profane Gordon Ramsay and his cohorts dashed her hopes of becoming a MasterChef. The Zimbabwe native...
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Military Matters: Why Hiring Veterans and Their Families Should Be Top...
As a U.S. Navy veteran and talent acquisition professional for America’s leading physical security services company, I commit each and every work day to pursuing gainful employment of our country’s...
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Yes, You Can Recruit Like the Army
Back in early Spring, I was approached by a local HR organization to present at its local symposium with regard to an article that I wrote for ERE several months ago — “What Corporate Recruiting Can...
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Career Fair’s Target: Veterans With Disabilities
There’ve been events focused on veteran hiring, and those aimed at hiring people with disabilities — but one upcoming, one of the first of its kind, is aimed at a combination of the two. The October 31...
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Defense Department’s Recruiting Needing an Overhaul
The Defense Department in the U.S. just isn’t doing what it needs to in order to recruit and retain science, technology, engineering, and math employees. That’s according to a new report from two...
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Aiming at Young, Diverse Candidates, New Marine Ads Emphasize Community Service
The U.S. Marines are apparently picking up on the “good job is a meaningful job” thing, as it will be using some of its ad dollars to emphasize that a Marines career involves helping people and the...
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Veterans Employment Prospects Improve, But Women Vets Still Struggle
As the nation prepares to celebrate Veteran’s Day Sunday, there is encouraging news about the progress American business has made in hiring veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The...
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Veterans Worry About Their Job Prospects
Just days after the nation honored its military veterans, a new survey says job seeking vets are putting in more effort, yet feel less confident than they did last year about finding a job. This survey...
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Hiring Secrets of a Top Job Creator
After closing 2007, at Veterans United Home Loans, the leading dedicated provider of VA Loans, we employed a 109-person workforce, all within our centralized Columbia, Missouri location. We will will...
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