KARLA PORTER

Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 23, 12:00p.m. The Ex-Recruiter Show with Paul Paris & Karla Porter. Guest: Blake Can­non, Recruiter & Patriot. Call in at: 347–989-8728.

Blake Can­non on some of the most press­ing issues work­force fac­ing mil­i­tary vet­er­ans from his most recent blog post:

No Skin in the Game — Why?

Here are a few of the imme­di­ate prob­lems that need to be addressed right away

• There are an enor­mous amount of recently sep­a­rated Vet­er­ans that have entered the work­force and there will be more on the way with the upcom­ing with­drawal of troops from Iraq.
• Most com­pa­nies do not cur­rently have a defined Vet­eran Hir­ing Program
• Com­pa­nies hire dif­fer­ently today than they did after any other major mil­i­tary conflict
• Most orga­ni­za­tions are uti­liz­ing Inter­nal recruiters who typ­i­cally have zero mil­i­tary expe­ri­ence (and that’s OK)
• Exter­nal Recruiters – Com­pa­nies typ­i­cally will not pay a fee for Mil­i­tary Per­son­nel with mixed back­grounds and expe­ri­ence – they do not con­sider Vet­er­ans fee eligible
• Hir­ing from web­sites does not work for Veterans
• Com­pa­nies and the Pub­lic have a good out­ward mes­sage for sup­port­ing Vet­er­ans but they are not as a whole, will­ing to put any real skin in the game…
• A vet­er­ans true expe­ri­ence & knowl­edge is not always con­veyed to employ­ers correctly.
• Assess­ment Tools not avail­able that relate to Mil­i­tary Personnel

Blake Can­non
Dis­abled Vet­eran, US Army and a Proud Recruiter!
blake.cannon@recruitveterans.com
@BlakeCannon