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10 reasons to hire vets

Hiring veterans is not just goodwill, it’s good business, says the President’s National Hire Veterans Committee. Here are the committee’s top 10 reasons to hire vets:

• Accelerated learning curve: Veterans have the proven ability to learn new skills and concepts. In addition, they can enter the workforce with identifiable and transferable skills, proven in real-world situations.
• Leadership: The military trains people to lead by example as well as through direction, delegation, motivation, and inspiration. Veterans understand the practical ways to manage behaviors for results, even in the most trying circumstances. They also know the dynamics of leadership as part of both hierarchical and peer structures.
• Teamwork: Veterans understand how genuine teamwork grows out of a responsibility to one’s colleagues. Military duties involve a blend of individual and group productivity. They also necessitate a perception of how groups of all sizes relate to each other and an overreaching objective.
• Diversity and inclusion in action: Veterans have learned to work side-by-side with individuals, regardless of diverse race, gender, geographic origin, ethnic background, religion and economic status as well as mental, physical, and attitudinal capabilities. They have the sensitivity to cooperate with many types of individuals.
• Efficient performance under pressure. Veterans understand the rigors of tight schedules and limited resources. They have developed the capacity to know how to accomplish priorities on time, in spite of tremendous stress. They know the critical importance of staying with a task until it is done right.

     For the rest of the list, visit the committee’s Web site.

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