Military Veteran Employment: A Guide for the Data-Driven Leader

  • 6h 15m
  • Kristin N. Saboe, Nathan D. Ainspan
  • Oxford University Press (UK)
  • 2021

Drawing on the principles and research from industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology and best practices from human resources (HR) management, this book will help civilian employers improve the way that they locate, hire, and retain military veterans and military spouses. Each chapter provides accessible guidance founded in research and data from leaders and experts to help companies maximize the benefits of veteran employees. This book offers a summary of best in class practices that will enable veteran employers and employees to thrive.

About the Author

Nathan D. Ainspan, Ph.D., has researched, written, and spoken extensively about military-civilian transitions and veterans' civilian employment. He is currently the Senior Research Psychologist with the Military-Civilian Transition Office (MCTO) at the Department of Defense. His work focuses on improving civilian employment opportunities for returning service members and the psychosocial benefits that employment provides to wounded warriors and injured veterans.

Kristin N. Saboe, Ph.D. is an Army veteran, nationally recognized leader, award-winning psychologist, public speaker, and strategist. While an officer and Research Psychologist in the Army, she deployed to Afghanistan and served as a staff officer at the Pentagon. Her writing, research, and community involvement focuses on veteran and military spouse employment, human performance optimization, leadership, and well-being in both military and civilian settings.

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • The Recent History of Veteran Recruitment and Retention
  • Why Hire Veterans?
  • Messaging and Branding to Engage Veterans as Employees
  • Employer Misconceptions of Veterans and Veteran Misconceptions of Employers
  • Understanding Veterans’ Résumés and Conducting Veteran Interviews
  • The Soft Skills Veterans Bring to the Workforce
  • Hiring and Employing Wounded and Disabled Veterans
  • Veteran Hiring and Retention—Lessons on Organizational Culture, Shared Expectations, and Leadership Practices
  • Veteran Affinity Groups and Mentoring Programs
  • The Key Role of Supervisors for Supporting Veterans in the Workplace
  • The Employment Situation of Military Spouses—How Companies Can Source, Assess, Hire, and Retain Service Members’ and Veterans’ Spouses
  • Supporting the National Guard and Reservists as Civilian Employees
  • Retention of Veteran Employees
SHOW MORE
FREE ACCESS

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE

Book Practitioner's Guide to Operationalizing Data Governance
Course Leadercamp on-demand: Critical Thinking for Relational Leadership
Rating 4.5 of 179 users Rating 4.5 of 179 users (179)
Audiobook The DevSecOps Playbook: Deliver Continuous Security at Speed