If you could retain employees who execute efficiently, are eager for new responsibility, work effectively under stress and stick with a task no matter how long it takes, wouldn’t you? The answer seems obvious, and there’s a huge pool of candidates with just these traits looking for jobs: military veterans.
There are nearly 18 million veterans in the U.S., about 8% of the civilian population aged 18 and over, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In October, veterans had a jobless rate of 3.0%, slightly better than the non-veteran unemployment rate of 3.2%. Clearly, many employers in the corporate world are seeing the advantages of hiring military veterans.
