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Employers Cite Benefits from Employing Veterans

• Veterans have experience working in and leading teams.
• They are flexible and able to work in a stressful, fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• They are dependable, demonstrate a strong work ethic, and have the tenacity to consistently complete the work.
• Veterans display integrity and loyalty.
• Veterans are experienced with culturally diverse and global working environments.

Some Recruitment Methods Are More Successful Than Others

• Companies identify prospective veteran employees in a variety of ways, including job fairs, recommendations from other veterans, and various online resources.
• Companies cited the most benefit from reaching transitioning service members before they left the military.
• Some federal resources, such as the Veterans Employment Center and SkillBridge, are particularly helpful in reaching transitioning service members.

Making the Connection Between Specific Skills and Available Jobs Can Be Challenging

• Some military skill sets, such as information technology and maintenance, have obvious application in the private sector, while military-specific skills can be more difficult for employers to understand and appreciate
• Within companies, veterans and other individuals with training in military occupations and culture are most successful recruiting veterans.

Veteran Employment Programs in Companies Tend to Focus on Recruitment and Lack Broader Metrics of Success

• Companies have focused on how to identify, attract, and hire veterans and have not dedicated as many resources to gathering evidence of veteran employee performance and retention.
• Company metrics that empirically demonstrate higher performance and longer retention among veteran employees may be increasingly important to justify veteran employment resources.