Veterans bring mission focus, leadership, and transferable skills that strengthen culture and performance. This guide shows how to source veteran talent, translate military experience into your roles, and remove barriers with practical steps such as SkillBridge partnerships, clear job language, interview adjustments, and recognition programs. Just in time for Veterans' Day, I'm proud to share a few tips to diversify your talent pool and attract and hire veterans and active military personnel. As a Certified Military Veteran Recruiter, here are a few areas of guidance I often share with my clients that may be helpful in your business.

One of the keys to a successful recruitment strategy is to ensure you attract diverse talent. Diversity recruiting is the practice of hiring candidates using a process that is free from biases for or against any individual or group of candidates. Diversity can come in many forms including but not limited to: ableism, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, race and ethnicity.

Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus, more people are working from home than ever before. If you’re a work-from-home newbie, you’ve already noticed the transition isn’t as easy as others make it seem. Especially for all the working parents when you add virtual learning into the mix!