Posted on Mar 2, 2015
VETERAN HIRING: If a company states they are "Veteran Friendly," what is your initial reaction?
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My first reaction tends to be one of skepticism, mostly because we have seen cases of companies getting "outed" for not being military friendly at all. I tend to think that companies that label themselves as this are more checking the box than anything. Or, it's as some way of driving sales of their product. I'm just answering with 100% honesty, and I wish I felt different...but I'm just so skeptical of people self-annointing as military friendly without HAVING THE PROOF to show all of us why they are saying that.
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SFC Chad Sowash
No question it's not easy to ascertain, although for those companies who are committed they find a way.
After watching many a Private go outside the front gate and spend an exorbitant amount of cash on a variety of items over the years I can say I understand the "luring" game.
After watching many a Private go outside the front gate and spend an exorbitant amount of cash on a variety of items over the years I can say I understand the "luring" game.
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SPC David Shaffer
To be honest, I always try to think the best when an employer says they are veteran friendly. I know there are many dishonest companies and people, but I think it is imperative to do the research and find out where these companies truly stand. After we know which companies are being truthful we can spread the word on this fine network so that others can also apply to these companies. If anyone runs in to the other corporations that abuse our veterans to save money, make money, or look good. I encourage everyone to let others veterans know so we can spread the word. Rally Point is a perfect place for us to share this type of information. It will make job searching a lot easier for SM's and Veterans alike. Maybe we can have a place on Rally Point to post this information CPT Aaron Kletzing ?
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Cpl Tim Linville
I'm with the skepticism group. At my age, I have pretty much seen every trick the employers use. Still never found a company worth it's weight in spit and I will be 52 this month. Smoke and mirrors, lies, that's what the commies have made of this country.
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Maj David Han
I have worked as a beltway bandit in DC providing consulting services for a few large corporations. I always pushed to try and hire Wounded Warriors and veterans. I have personally seen and heard company leadership say that they wanted to hire Wounded Warriors. I often presented resumes of Wounded Warriors to them and ultimately ended up having to navigate the bureaucratic bull. In the end I was only ever able to get 1 veteran hired. But the big corporation couldn't hire the veteran due to the hiring requirements - no degree. The only way I could get the veteran hired was through a small business that was on the contract with the corporation that I worked for.
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In my humble opinion, very few civilian sector companies who claim they are "Vet Friendly" in practice actually hire very few if any Vets. I worked for one such company for a number of years and they were not alone. Out of their more than 100 employees, on 3 were actual veterans. The actual numbers were less than one (1) percent. Not a good way to endear yourself to Veterans whom they claimed to support.
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SFC Chad Sowash
Hey David, thanks for sharing your experience. I agree and have seen the same in my experiences, although I have also seen many companies truly commit to veteran hiring and drive 10%+ of their hiring from veterans. It can be done, an organization just needs the right experts on the ground, a team and a solid mission focused on needs of the business..
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
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