Career | Military Friendly Employers
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If you're transitioning from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation Second Career, the entire situation can seem extremely overwhelming. Do the skills that you've developed defending your country matter in the civilian job market? Many employers understand the value of military experience and look to hire former military personnel.
Military friendly employers are those companies that recruit and hire military veterans and help them to make the transition into the private sector. Military friendly companies say military veterans are in demand because they bring discipline, work ethic and skills that employers value among their employees. As the need for employees with a strong work ethic increases, competition among military friendly employers increases. Employers are now pouring more resources into the effort to recruit personnel undergoing military separation.
So why are military veterans such a hot item to Corporate America? Military friendly employers say the real world experience in solving complex problems at such a young age makes former military personnel invaluable in the civilian workforce. Military friendly employers say that many military veterans are also educated beyond the norm. Many have already obtained advanced degrees and have extensive training in specialty focus areas.
Here's a list of the top 15 military friendly employers according to the GI Jobs magazine:
- Union Pacific Railroad
- The Home Depot
- Johnson Controls
- BNSF Railway
- USAA Insurance & Financial Services
- General Electric
- ITT Corporation
- BellSouth
- ManTech International Corporation
- Sears Holdings
- J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
- Kellogg, Brown and Root
- Applied Materials
- Cintas
- Sprint Nextel
You can check online at Monster to see if any of these employers currently have vacancies. |
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