Veterans are a very large and diverse untapped talent pool. Approximately 200,000 U.S. Service members leave the militaryħ and transition to the civilian workforce. There are 18 million military veterans This unique source of talent offer organizations trained, skilled and dedicated applicants
Learning objectives:
- How to get organizational leadership to adopt a veterans hiring initiative by identifying strategic value of hiring veterans
- Learning the components of the U.S. military service.
*Review best practices to establish a program
- Understanding the unique nature of hiring veterans
- Highlighting available resources
- NYC SHRM / SHRM foundation opportunities and resources including volunteer opportunities
Speaker
John J. McCaffrey Jr. SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CEBS, GBA
SHRM Military Community at Work ambassadors . John is amongst the first 50 such ambassadors.Lazarus H. Brieger Award honoree for exceptional service and leadership.Over 30 years of human experience with a proven ability to achieve strategic business objectives while cultivating employee excellence and commitment to success. Generalist and specialist experience within nonprofit,healthcare,unionized corporate , regional and nonprofit environments.
