Veterans bring valuable skills and experience from their military service to your workforce. This toolkit is designed to help you better understand how veterans can be valuable assets to your company. You can also learn more about how hiring veterans may benefit your organization, its mission, and bottom line.
Employers and companies can benefit from hiring veterans. Military personnel are often cross-trained in multiple skills and have experience in varied tasks and responsibilities. Many veterans have learned what it means to put in a hard day’s work. They have also come to appreciate the challenges and satisfaction of a job well done. Much of this experience can translate to their participation in the workforce; making the veteran an asset on the job.
Working well in a team. Teamwork is considered an essential part of daily life and is the foundation on which safe military operations are built.
Having a sense of duty. Responsibility for job performance and accountability for completing missions are something to take pride in.
Experiencing self-confidence. Holding a realistic estimation of self and ability based on experiences is expected of each service member.
Possessing a strong work ethic. In the military, the mission always comes first.
Possessing a variety of cross-functional skills, such as extensive training on computer programs and systems, interacting with various people with different skills to accomplish a task, and coordinating and troubleshooting problems in novel and known conditions.
Having the ability to follow through on assignments, even under difficult or stressful circumstances.
Being able to problem solve quickly and creatively.
Being able to adapt to changing situations.
Being able to follow rules and schedules.