December 2011 |
Transition-e-news Volume 3 Issue 65 |
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Transition Insight
"Hiring veterans is not goodwill, it's good business" |
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Seven (7) Texas colleges are offering a unique program where your Military Training and Expertise may be transferred into College Credits. The colleges will provide models for awarding college credit by evaluating military training, including testing and prior learning assessments which other Texas colleges may replicate. There will be a focus on allied health careers, and the initiative will partner with the Military Education Training Center (METC) in San Antonio to provide current active duty service members with an accelerated degree plan. To learn more and determine eligibility, contact the Texas Workforce Commission at (512) 463-8942 |
Take the Interview Helps Hiring Our Heroes Find Jobs for VeteransTake the Interview has announced a partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Hiring Our Heroes to help veterans improve their interviewing skills in order to successfully assist their transition to the private sector. "With one in five employers actively looking to hire U.S. veterans in the next 12 months, Take the Interview will become a valuable tool in any veteran's job search," says Danielle Weinblatt, Founder and CEO of Take the Interview. Take the Interview demonstrated its product at the Hiring Our Heroes event in Las Vegas on Dec. 9, 2011. Take the Interview is a video-interviewing software. To assist veterans in finding new jobs, Take the Interview will give them free access to its candidate dashboard where they are invited to complete practice interviews. These interviews can be shared with veterans' friends, family or advisors or reviewed by recruitment experts at Take the Interview to gain valuable feedback about their interview presence. Veterans will have the option of submitting their best interviews on Take the Interview to its database accessible to employers looking to hire veterans. "The skills these men and women learned in their military service are very admirable and transferable to the private sector," says Weinblatt. "We're excited to connect employers with veterans searching for work." |
Sears Holdings Increases Commitment to Providing Jobs and Support to Military PersonnelRetail Giant Boosts Military Hiring, Calls for Others to Follow Suit With close to 40,000 troops expected to return from Iraq by the end of 2011, Sears Holdings is calling on all companies to do their part on an issue where the retail giant leads by example. Sears Holdings recently committed to increase its veteran hiring by 10 percent over the next year, and it has been living up to its word. To-date in 2011, Sears has hired 1,636 military members – up more than 200 percent from 2010 -- 927 of whom were hired between Aug. 1 and Nov. 7 alone. "With so many military members returning home, the support need increases accordingly, especially during the holiday season," said David Works , a Navy veteran and SVP and president, Human Resources at Sears Holdings. "Sears has long made supporting U.S. veterans a priority throughout the organization. We are committed to providing resources for as many of our returning heroes as possible, in order to empower them and help better their lives." Consistent with its aggressive military hiring goals, Sears Holdings currently employs more than 30,000 U.S veterans, with more than 1,500 still serving in the National Guard and reserves, and thousands of military spouses. The Sears Associate Military Support Group helps maintain a positive work environment for these employees. Another Sears Holdings policy - so military-friendly that it generates year-round inquiries about its validity - is the company's offer of a military pay differential to its full-time associates who are reservists, serving on active duty. Reservists who are employed full-time are allowed to continue participating in life insurance, medical and dental programs. "We're humbled by how many calls and emails we receive about the military pay differential policy," Works said. "These people are amazing employees and it's the right thing to do to retain them in our ranks." |
Women Veterans Get Help Finding Good-Paying JobsIt often takes women military veterans much longer to find good-paying jobs than their male counterparts, but some are starting to find organizations that want to help. Statistics show it takes women four to seven years to transition from military life to civilian life and to find a good-paying job. Deborah Frett, CEO of Joining Forces for Women Veterans, said part of the reason for that is due to women having more responsibilities. "It's huge, especially when you look at all of the current estimates with the drawdown. So we're expecting well over 150,000 women veterans in the next 3 to 5 years that are going to be coming back into the workforce," Frett said. Even women with two Master's degrees, like Dawn Smith, struggle finding good-paying work. She returned home to Thomasville in 2008 after spending 8 1/2 years in the Air Force. She's a single mother raising four children. Her degrees are in accounting and business. "My male counterparts, they find a job just like that, and some of them don't even have the same education as I do and I'm baffled," Smith said. She has been working as a secretary for the IRS, but she recently began selling Remetea herbal teas online. She credits Frett's organization for helping her get started with not only that, but also getting her to rewrite her resume. Smith said companies are now calling her at least once a week to set up an interview. Frett's organization started 1 1/2 years ago in Washington D.C. and will launch nationally within the next few months. For more information, go to bpwfoundation.org. |
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