Hiring Veterans: How to Leverage Military Talent for Organizational Growth

The definitive guide to hiring and retaining members of the military community by the foremost authority on the transition from military to civilian work-life.

＂This book helps give employers the practical tools they need to hire and retain our well-qualified veterans and fully utilize the skills they acquired while serving in the Armed Forces. From leadership and work ethic to managing diverse teams in high-stress environments, [the skills] our veterans bring to the workforce . . . can ultimately prove invaluable to an organization.＂ --Col. Brad Wenstrup, USAR, member of Congress

＂Hiring Veterans is a blueprint on how to welcome, support, and advance the military-connected community. It is a long-needed guidebook for employers that seek to become military-inclusive.＂ --Betsy Hubbard, vice president of programs, National Veterans Leadership Foundation

＂If you or your business leaders seek to leverage the skills and abilities of this nation’s military service members, Hiring Veterans is your guide.＂ --Sean Passmore, head of military talent strategic sourcing and enterprise military and veteran initiatives, Wells Fargo Bank, NA

Veterans represent a real-time talent pool of experienced, trained, and dedicated professionals that, when properly harnessed, comprise an instant means of improving your competitiveness and productivity. Hiring Veterans covers important topics, such as how to successfully

• organize and staff a veteran support program;
• identify and recruit candidates;
• onboard, deploy, and retain veteran hires;
• capitalize on financial incentives for veteran employment;
• and apply for military friendly recognition programs.

Matthew J. Louis, (LTC USA, Ret.) is the President of Purepost, a next-generation staffing solution and public benefits corporation whose goal is to level the playing field in the nation’s talent market. Louis holds an MBA in operations and finance from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and a BS in mechanical engineering from West Point. He’s also a graduate of the US Army Command and General Staff College. Additionally, Louis served in the Southwest Asia combat theater and on the staff of the US Army’s Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. His first book Mission Transition (HarperCollins, 2019) is the most awarded book of its kind. Louis was selected to replace Dr. Jill Biden on JPMorgan Chase’s influential external advisory council, where he advises the organization on its veteran-related efforts. He serves as the veteran Transition Assistance officer for his West Point class and co-chairs the Military Transition Advocacy Roundtable, a nationwide unincorporated non-partisan group of veteran collaboratives that shares best practices and advocates for supportive legislation on their behalf. He also serves as an advisor to the boards of Soldiers To Sidelines and YourNexStage, and is a member of the Business Resource Group Association for Diversity and Inclusion of Veterans (BRGAD-V). He is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and the Association for Talent Development.

Anthony R. Garcia, Sr., Ph.D. (LTC USA, Ret.) is the Chief Science Officer, Board Chairman & creator of ＂PRISM＂ - the Science Behind Purepost Inc. and the Purepost Knowledge Center. Dr. Garcia also serves as President of G3 Leadership & Organizational Consulting. He is a recognized Leadership, High-Performance Work Systems, and Competency Modeling practitioner, researcher, and theoretician. Previously, he served as the Director of Manufacturing Operations, Director of Human Resources, Senior Corporate Consultant for Leadership and Organizational Transformation, and Manager of Leadership and Organizational Development for H-E-B Grocery Company, LP.