Grow Your Military Hiring Program
Program Schedule:
Unlocking the Potential of the Veteran and Military Spouse Workforce - September 30, 2021
Featured organization: Hiring Our Heroes
You hired a Veteran, now what? Supporting and retaining your Veteran team members - October 21, 2021
Featured organization: Growing Veterans
15 Things Veteran Wants You to Know - November 4, 2021
Best Practices for Recruiting Military Talent - and Retaining Them! - January 13, 2022
Veteran and Military Spouse Hiring Resources:
SHRM resources:
SHRM: https://pages.shrm.org/veterans
Employing Veterans Digital Toolkit:
https://pages.shrm.org/Veteran-Employment-Digital-Toolkit
Become an Ambassador: https://www.veteransatwork.org/veterans-ambassador-program/
Other resources:
Hiring Our Heroes - Hiring Veterans & Military Spouses Workbook: https://www.hiringourheroes.org/resources/hiring-veterans-military-spouses-workbook/
Hiring Our Heroes - US Chamber of Commerce Foundation: https://www.hiringourheroes.org/employers/
Military Spouse Employment Partnership: https://msepjobs.militaryonesource.mil/msep/
Syracuse University Institute for Veterans & Military Families (IVMF): https://ivmf.syracuse.edu/article
Syracuse University - IVMF - The Business Case for Hiring a Veteran: https://ivmf.syracuse.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/The-Business-Case-for-Hiring-a-VeteranACC_2.21.18.pdf
O*NET Online: https://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/
CareerOneStop Civilian-to-Military Occupation Translator: https://www.careeronestop.org/BusinessCenter/Toolkit/civilian-to-military-translator.aspx
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR): https://www.esgr.mil/Employers/How-ESGR-Can-Help
Indeed: https://www.indeed.com/hire/hireavet
YesVets: https://esd.wa.gov/yesvets
Department of Labor - Employer Guide to Hiring Veterans: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/VETS/files/Employer-Guide-to-Hiring-Veterans.pdf
Blue Star Families: Bluestarfam.org
Strengthening America's Military Families: White House Report on Administration Commitments to Support the Families of Service Members and Veterans, their Caregivers and Survivors: https://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces/blog/2021/09/30/strengthening-americas-military-families-white-house-report-on-administration-commitments-to-support-the-families-of-service-members-and-veterans-their-caregivers-and-survivors/
WA State SHRM, Proud Partner of YesVets since March 2018. As an affiliate chapter of WA State SHRM, we are also included in the partnership as YesVets Ambassadors.
Currently, there are 1074 participating YesVets employers and 5,000+ veterans hired.
We encourage all businesses to become a YesVets employers and continue hiring veterans.
It is super easy to sign up. Just click on the following link: www.yesvets.org. You will also find additional information about the YesVets program
