Increasingly more organisations are benefitting from recruiting veterans. Use the checklist below to see where your organisation fits on its military engagement journey.
How many of the criteria below does your organisation meet?
Starting
- The business understands the commercial and social case for hiring veterans.
- There is a dedicated individual to manage this work, in addition to their other responsibilities.
- The organisation supports individuals in their fundraising efforts for military charities.
- Relevant staff are trained.
- There is a small amount of dedicated content on the website and/or intranet about the topic.
- The business is aware of certain veterans in the organisation.
Accelerating
- Activities happen across the business, such as military insight days, CV workshops and work experience placements.
- The business has formally identified employees who are veterans and has engaged them in their work to recruit more.
- The business has engaged with external organisations that can help recruit veterans.
- There is an effort to promote how the organisation is ‘military friendly’.Work is underway to identify and remove any potential barriers in the recruitment process of veterans.
