Military/Veteran Staffing

Why Military/Veterans• Remember when we say Military this includes; Army, Air force, Navy

Marines, Coast Guard, Reserves, and National Guard.• About 200,000 service members leave the military each year.• There are about 24 million veterans, over 11 million under age 60.• Relocation, when a vet gets out they can go any place in the US and the

military pays for it.• Government sponsored education benefits, allowing a military/veteran to

get additional education/training. http://gibill.va.gov/, http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/, http://www.benefits.va.gov/VOW/vocational-rehabilitation.asp

• Work Opportunity Tax credit.– Employers get $2400 for hiring an unemployed vet– Employer gets $4800 for hiring a disabled Vethttp://www.doleta.gov/business/incentives/opptax/eligible.cfm

Special Employer Incentives (SEI)EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE VETERANS RECEIVE:

• Reimbursement of up to 50 percent of the Veteran’s salary during the SEI program, which typically lasts up to 6 months, to cover:

o Expenses incurred for cost of instruction o Necessary loss of production due to training status o Supplies and equipment necessary to complete training • VA provided tools, equipment, uniforms and other supplies ‐• Appropriate accommodations based on individual needs of the Veteran • The advantage of minimal paperwork to participate • VA support during training and placement follow up phase to ‐assist with work or training related needs ‐

Making the Case to Hire Veterans1. Proven Learner, with great skills and training2. Leadership, strategic and planning foresight3. Proven ability to work as a team and independently4. Diversity and strong interpersonal skills5. Ability to work diligently under pressure6. Strong sense of responsibility, procedure, and accountability7. Loyalty and integrity with the ability to see a task through to

completion8. Positively enhances the image of a company9. High degree of professionalism, respect, health, and safety10.Adaptability, quick thinking, with the ability to triumph over

adversity

USERRA- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

• Protects Veterans• Applies to ALL employers• Part of U.S. Department of Labor• Different from EEOC and OFCCP• Protects civilian job rights and benefits for veterans and

members of Reserve components• Provides protection for disabled veterans, requiring

employers to make reasonable efforts to accommodate the disability

http://www.dol.gov/elaws/userra.htmhttp://www.dol.gov/compliance/topics/hiring-vets.htm

More guidelines impacting Vets• Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and

Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA or 4212) unchanged since 1970s- Section 503 prohibits discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and requires employers to take affirmative action in employment practices for PwD– VEVRAA prohibits discrimination again protected veterans and

requires employers to take affirmative action in employment practices for protected veterans

Military Ranks VS Pay Grade

Pay Grade, Abbreviation, Title• Terms Pay grade and rank are sometimes used

interchangeably.• Pay Grade – E=Enlisted, W= Warrant Officer, O =

Officer• Enlisted think of as hands on workers or day to day

operations• Warrant Officers think of as highly technical and

specialized a bridge between enlisted and Officer• Officer the guys in charge, the high level managers

http://www.military-quotes.com/military-rank.htm

Understanding Military/Vets

MOC to Civilian

• All branches of the Armed services have a Military Occupational Classification (MOC). Basically their job. Over 80% have a civilian equivalent.

• The Army has MOS stands for Military Occupational Specialty. • The Air force has Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC).• Navy has Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC)• All military personnel will have had an MOC, the issue is equating it to its

civilian counter part. Below are links that can help.http://www.careerinfonet.org/moc/default.aspx?audience=WP• For occupations associated with Federal jobs use Mil2Fedjobs.com• Documents that will further outline their skills: DD214, PQR (PERSONNEL

QUALIFICATION RECORD), ACE transcript• Also keep in mind most veterans will have had more than one MOC, at the

very least they will have a primary and secondary as well as a lot of other training.

• You still need to take into account, education, skill set, experience.

Understanding Military/Vets

Sourcing research • Military search terms: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard,

Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, etc..• Organization: VFW, DAV, and more see link below for a list

http://www.workworld.org/wwwebhelp/veterans_service_organizations_overview.htm• Other words or Acronyms to use: Veteran, Military, USMC, USArmy, USAF, USCG,

USN, Vet, Former, Retired, prior, ex, etc.. see links below for a list of acronyms and words

http://www.fas.org/news/reference/lexicon/acronym.htmhttp://www.abbreviations.com/acronyms/MILITARY

http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/docs/abbreviations/Branch_of_Service.pdfhttp://www.globemaster.de/html/dictionary.html

• Clearances are huge. There are many types: Secret, Top Secret, Confidential and many more. See list below for types

http://securityclearancejobs.blogspot.com/2007/10/most-complete-list-available-for.html• You can also source by agency worked at, see link below

http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml• You can also source by company supporting federal agencies ( meaning companies providing

talent and services to federal agencies). See link for some of themhttp://washingtontechnology.com/toplists/top-100-lists/2012.aspx

Sourcing stringsGiven all the info provided here is a simple example of what a search string might look like, looking for an ex Army person with Java and a top secret security clearance.

Inurl:resume (Java OR J2EE) AND (Army OR USARMY OR “Army Reserve “ or “Army Reserves” or USAR OR U.S.A.R.) AND (“Top Secret” OR TS)

Keep in mind you can substitute subject and title for url and substitute bio, CV, or “curriculum vitae” for resume. Also you can use the pipe “|” instead of OR in Google, and you do not need to use “AND” in Google. In addition you can use terms like –job –jobs –apply to remove possible job ads.

Also notice no mention of rank, main reason is not a lot of vets put their rank on their resume anymore

***** Remember to do your research first*****

• Every base or installation should have a transition office that helps military find jobs, and would be a good place to connect with and start*******

http://www.careeronestop.org/militarytransition/findTransitionCenters.asp

Resources for employershttp://www.americasheroesatwork.gov/forEmployershttp://nod.org/research_publications/americas_best/http://www.thevalueofaveteran.com/https://www.armypays.com/INDEX.html

Job Fairshttp://www.heroeshiringheroes.com/http://www.uschamber.com/hiringourheroes/http://sacc-jobfair.com/

Additional Resources

Additional ResourcesJob Boards

http://100000jobsmission.com/http://www.showyourstripes.org/https://h2h.jobs/https://monster.com/military.com has a great military presencehttp://www.hireheroesusa.org/https://www.jofdav.com/http://recruitmilitary.com/http://www.helmetstohardhats.org/https://vetjobs.com/http://www.patriotjobs.net/http://www.fedshirevets.gov/http://www.militaryhire.com/

Additional ResourcesJob Boards Continued

http://corporategray.com/http://home.intelligencecareers.com/http://us.jobs/ has a vet sectionhttp://board.jobcentral.com/usacares has loads of info toohttp://www.clearancejobs.com/ http://saveourveterans.org/ has a lot of info, and a jobs sectionhttp://msccn.org/http://www.veteranjobs.com/http://www.militaryconnection.com/ lots of info toohttp://www.hireveterans.com/http://www.postmilitaryemployment.com/# lots of infohttps://msepjobs.militaryonesource.mil/ Board and more

Additional ResourcesInformation for use by Vets and Employers

http://www.hiremilitary.com/http://www.onlinecollege.org/2013/02/21/the-war-home-the-struggle-veterans-find-jobs/

http://gibill.va.gov/http://www.servicelocator.org/http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/https://www.acap.army.mil/default.aspxhttp://www.military.com/veterans-day/hire-veterans.htmlhttp://www.military.com/ has job board, a lot of info and morehttp://www.taonline.com/TAPOffice/http://info.helmetstohardhats.org/content/wounded-warriors/index

http://www.wtc.army.mil/about_us/eei_for_employers.htmlhttp://www.dol.gov/elaws/userra.htm

Additional Resources ContinuedInformation for use by Vets and Employers

http://www.dol.gov/compliance/topics/hiring-vets.htmhttp://www.doleta.gov/business/incentives/opptax/eligible.cfmhttp://www.va.gov/jobs/hiring_programs.asphttp://www.military-quotes.com/military-rank.htm for looking up rankshttp://www.workworld.org/wwwebhelp/veterans_service_organizations_overview.htm List of vet/military orgnizationshttp://www.fas.org/news/reference/lexicon/acronym.htm http://securityclearancejobs.blogspot.com/2007/10/most-complete-list-available-for.html List of Clearances and morehttp://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml Agencieshttp://washingtontechnology.com/toplists/top-100-lists/2012.aspx Support companieshttp://www.careeronestop.org/militarytransition/findTransitionCenters.aspx list of transition officeswww.servicelocator.org List service locatorshttp://www.wtc.army.mil/soldier/education_training.html Lost of info and job boardshttp://www.justiceforvets.org/ ways to help and get involved with helping Vets and more

Additional Resources ContinuedMisc

http://ementorprogram.org/p/veteran/about http://www.usma.edu/Alumni/SitePages/Home.aspx

Military Occupational Classification (MOC) http://www.careerinfonet.org/moc/default.aspx?audience=WPhttp://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/skills-translator/https://www.cool.army/search.htmhttps://cool.navy.milhttp://www.dllr.state.md.us/mil2fedjobs/ military, federal and more

Additional Resources ContinuedVETS

https://www.rallypoint.com/ http://www.postmilitaryemployment.com/ can also post jobs herehttp://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Organization helping vetshttp://www.vetsuccess.gov/ you can also post jobs herehttp://www.wtc.army.mil/http://www.operationveteranspromise.org/http://veteransenterprise.com/ you can also post jobs herehttp://www.acp-usa.org/http://missioncontinues.org/http://www.dhs.gov/operation-warfighterhttp://superreunion.org/schedule.htm has job boards and job fairshttp://www.pva.org/

Questions to Avoid• What type of Discharge did you receive? Only ask if the job

requirement involves a security clearance.• I noticed your in the National Guard/Reserves. Are you going

to be called up for duty anytime soon. No No like asking someone their nationality.

• Did you see any action over there, or any question that could hint at wanting a disclosure of possible disability. You cannot ask them about a disability. You can ask if they read the job description and can perform the essential functions but that is all.

• What rank were you when you got out.

Framework Checklist for creating a veteran/military staffing program!!!Links to most of this information was given in this presentation

• Research all laws, policies and procedures related to hiring veterans.• Decide what things you are willing to do above and beyond what the laws

say, for example are you willing to pay an employee who is also a reservist their salary if the get called up for some reason?

• Decide what MOCs correspond to positions you have within your company.

• Contact the local transition office and work with them.• Identify sites, and events worth participating in based on location, and

likely population of veterans that fit your openings.• Brand your company as veteran friendly company• MOST IMPORTANTLY HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO CREATE, WORK, AND

MANAGE THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS GET BUYIN, BACKING, AND CHAMPIONING OF THE PROGRAM FROM SENIOR EXECUTIVES.

• Educate you recruiters and sourcers

Things to know before you look!• Make sure you know what you are looking for

in a candidate:• Education level• Career level• Location• Functional skill• Corresponding MOC• Career matching VS Job Function

Additional Considerations• Keep in mind it is not just about hiring a veteran it is about helping a

veteran. We are a small community that talks and takes care of our own. Helping a veteran now, can lead to hires in the future.

• Also remember when hiring a veteran that some of them may have additional commitments to the Armed Forces. There are guideline for these commitments and what responsibilities a company may have. See USERRA for more info.

http://www.dol.gov/elaws/userra.htm********************

I am constantly searching for info on finding, hiring and helping vets. The link below is to my website and specifically to the vet part so check it out for updates.http://thesearchauthority.weebly.com/vets.html

Latest Updates

• * Latest OFCCP and Veteran hiring laws http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/vevraa.htm 9/24/20 13 * main changes:

• Hiring Benchmarks• EO clause incorporation• Requirements for disabled and vet hiring

percentages

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