How Hiring Military Veterans Helps Your Company Save Money – Part 2: Staffing Hard-to-Fill International Positions and Assignments

An increasing number of companies target the military talent pool as part of their talent acquisition strategy. There are many good reasons to do so, but a key one is when a company is addressing international positions and assignments. An excerpt from HR consultant Lisa Rosser's recent HireMilitary.com blog post is below:

"Many military veterans have lived and worked abroad during their military careers, and may be more receptive to your company’s international assignments than the average candidate. The military has assignments in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America, Australia, and Africa."

If interested in reading more, please find the complete post here.

Tags: hire, hiremilitary.com, international, military, positions

0 members like this

Comment by Michele Skinner on February 26, 2009 at 12:52pm: excellent arrticle for anyone looking to hire proven leaders who are also experienced engineers, operations managers, project managers, IT professionals, sales reps, six sigma certified, or skilled technicians. Add to that, they have communication, presentation, motivational, coaching and a "can-do" approach and commitment to their company's mission that we don't always see in the civilian workforce.