Dear Corporate America, This letter is intended to ask for your help and to open your mind, perhaps a little bit. I have recently completed my tour of duty … Read more

Dear Corporate America, This letter is intended to ask for your help and to open your mind, perhaps a little bit. I have recently completed my tour of duty … Read more
The Australian defense department has started a new campaign with a “Superman” motif to recruit reservists, the first big effort like this in … Read more
You’ll see how many people are looking for jobs; how the Swedish military is advertising; and who beat out Booz Allen in a Best-place-to-work list, … Read more
With every good intention, American employers are honoring the nation’s military veterans today with promises of jobs and redoubled recruiting … Read more
When interviewing a former service member, your goal is to understand the various roles, responsibilities, skills, and experience the candidate has … Read more
As America prepares to honor its military veterans, a new survey says recent and soon-to-be vets are concerned about finding a job and many feel … Read more
Amidst high unemployment rates among military veterans, Kelly Snell, who works for a government hiring office in Washington state, says he’s finding … Read more
You’ve read, I’m sure, about the troubles many veterans arriving home from Iraq and Afghanistan are having in getting jobs. Navsea, among … Read more
Two proposals from the Federal Office of Contract Compliance Programs, now open for public comment, seek to require federal contractors and their subs to … Read more
This week’s webinar with Lisa Rosser covered proven techniques for attracting military veterans. For more podcasts, webinars, and articles on … Read more
This was the seventh year of the ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards, but it was the military talent category, added for the first time, that was mentioned by … Read more
Several Mondays ago, I watched a National Geographic documentary called Restrepo. Restrepo is a feature-length documentary from National Geographic that … Read more
For those who attended my session at the ERE Fall Expo, you heard first-hand about CACI’s Predictive Staffing Model and were the recipient of a “secret … Read more
Amidst the rah-rah news yesterday about the drop in unemployment claims, little notice was paid to another one of the data points in the weekly report … Read more
Want to hire someone who’s led a team, managed a huge project, saved lives, mastered technology, learned to handle pressure, and dealt with … Read more
Marvin Smith tells me that Microsoft will soon launch a new site based around Microsoft hiring people from the service — to be found at … Read more
“This is America … a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.” — President George H.W. … Read more
There’s an interesting discussion going on over at the Video 2.0 for Recruitment blog about the U.S. Army’s $33 million investment in a … Read more
Today brings news of the U.S. Army’s $38 million recruiting video games, a recruiting marketing video that is surprisingly fresh and entertaining and … Read more
The New Jersey SHRM council and eight other state HR groups have been honored for their innovative programs addressing local workforce challenges. Read more