The Importance of Veteran Hiring Programs: Why Hiring Veterans Without Them Doesn’t Work
If you are a business, you value talent that improves your productivity and competitiveness. One of the most overlooked talent pools that can rapidly enable your business’ productivity and competitiveness are products of this nation’s military, its veterans. Yet, they are often overlooked and/or misunderstood. Many organizations speak to the desire to hire veterans, but don’t put the budgetary priorities in place to realistically enable it. They may even attempt to hire veterans but don’t put a formal program in place to do so. An absolutely critical element to enabling the successful hiring of veterans is a formal veteran hiring program. My book Hiring Veterans speaks directly to how your organization can enable such programs. The article below explains why these programs are necessary to enable the outcomes you expect – and deserve – in hiring our nation’s finest.