Dive Brief:
- Employers of all sizes and types actively recruit military veterans. As it turns out, HR manager is rated among the best in terms of veteran skill matchup, according SHRM.
- Based on a report from CareerCast.com, HR ranks among the top eight professions for servicemen and women transitioning to civilian work, SHRM reports.
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in general, the most opportune industries for transitioning veterans are professional services, which accounts for 19.8% of all veteran employment. Business and finance account for 17.4% of veteran employment and the service industries account for 14.1%.
Dive Insight
According to the CareerCast report authors, as more organizations connect with veterans, more HR managers will require actual experience in veteran recruitment.
Kyle Kensing, CareerCast.com’s online content editor, told SHRM Online that employers are not only "actively recruiting" veterans. They are spending money and using resources to optimize the process. For example, Kensing told SHRM that USAA, an insurance company that serves veterans, earmarks 30% of its recruiting budget to attract veterans. Financial company Charles Schwab allocates 10% and Booz Hamilton up to 70%.
"With these growing efforts from businesses to recruit veterans, a veteran working in an HR role has unique, firsthand experience that she or he can provide both in the recruiting process and as an assistant in workplace transition," Kensing told SHRM Online.
