We’re hearing a lot in the news these days about the need to hire veterans, especially now that so many will return from combat in the immediate future. While hiring veterans and Wounded Warriors is certainly a patriotic thing to do, it also makes sense from an operational standpoint.

Here are five key points for sourcing, recruiting, hiring and retaining this valuable segment of available talent.

1. Military service members are field tested. Regardless of length of service or whether they “saw action” or not, service members have been trained to do what they do under the most extreme conditions imaginable. They have learned to keep their heads in a crisis and to adapt to ever-changing circumstances. Operating as a team towards a shared goal with limited resources is not theoretical to them: it is standard operating procedure. Would these qualities be valued in your organization? Read the rest of this entry »

Globalization’s effects can be felt everywhere. Gone are the days where people needed to hop on planes to attend business meetings, and gone are the days where managers needed to be physically present to manage their teams. Today companies can move their doors to foreign and more profitable places where labor is cheaper, taxes are [...]
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Globalization’s effects can be felt everywhere. Gone are the days where people needed to hop on planes to attend business meetings, and gone are the days where managers needed to be physically present to manage their teams. Today companies can move their doors to foreign and more profitable places where labor is cheaper, taxes are [...]
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When a company starts planning its relocation to another region, the management usually launches a study on the access to labor markets as we as their skill-level. This type of a study assists management in understanding and managing the risks before entering into any new territory. Such a study should examine the region’s work ethic [...]
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When a company starts planning its relocation to another region, the management usually launches a study on the access to labor markets as we as their skill-level. This type of a study assists management in understanding and managing the risks before entering into any new territory. Such a study should examine the region’s work ethic [...]
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When a company starts planning its relocation to another region, the management usually launches a study on the access to labor markets as we as their skill-level. This type of a study assists management in understanding and managing the risks before entering into any new territory. Such a study should examine the region’s work ethic [...]
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A mutual approach with a distinct vision to enhance talent management in the Philippines that will result in new growth opportunities for both companies.
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A mutual approach with a distinct vision to enhance talent management in the Philippines that will result in new growth opportunities for both companies.
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A mutual approach with a distinct vision to enhance talent management in the Philippines that will result in new growth opportunities for both companies.
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With the technological world advancing at a rapid speed, Singapore has become one of the forerunners in the race towards innovation and advancement. Following in the footsteps of California and India, it has been dubbed by Eyal Gura, founder and CEO of PicApp, as on its way to becoming the third Silicon Valley of [...]
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With the technological world advancing at a rapid speed, Singapore has become one of the forerunners in the race towards innovation and advancement. Following in the footsteps of California and India, it has been dubbed by Eyal Gura, founder and CEO of PicApp, as on its way to becoming the third Silicon Valley of [...]
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With the technological world advancing at a rapid speed, Singapore has become one of the forerunners in the race towards innovation and advancement. Following in the footsteps of California and India, it has been dubbed by Eyal Gura, founder and CEO of PicApp, as on its way to becoming the third Silicon Valley of [...]
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Highly influential Boards such as those at GE and Google have always kept talent development in mind when looking at long-term strategy. The Boards of these companies have relevant expertise, but most importantly they have access to several key line managers (the succession pipeline) who provide the raw data needed to construct a long-term strategy. [...]
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Highly influential Boards such as those at GE and Google have always kept talent development in mind when looking at long-term strategy. The Boards of these companies have relevant expertise, but most importantly they have access to several key line managers (the succession pipeline) who provide the raw data needed to construct a long-term strategy. [...]
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Highly influential Boards such as those at GE and Google have always kept talent development in mind when looking at long-term strategy. The Boards of these companies have relevant expertise, but most importantly they have access to several key line managers (the succession pipeline) who provide the raw data needed to construct a long-term strategy. [...]
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