Bill Pugh ⋅ San Antonio, TX USAA ⋅ 15 years experience

Dan,

Have him checkout the Texas Workforce Commission website here: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/
He can register as an employer and publish job openings. Also, there may be opportunity in the social networking sites suchas Facebook and LinkedIn.

Bill

Miranda Queen ⋅ Chesapeake, VA U.S. Navy, Petty Officer Second Class ⋅ 12 years served

Hi Dan,
If your friend has facebook, tell him to join the Navy ERB Sailors group on facebook. In that group is a lot of sailors getting between now and September 1. Employers come to the group and list their positions and ask if any sailors are interested. It has been a huge success.

Tom Cal, CFA ⋅ San Francisco, CA Army Veteran, Investment Manager ⋅ 25 years experience

1. Consider contacting Lisa Rosser at "Value of a Veteran". Value of a Veteran "Teach[es] Organizations HOW to Recruit and Retain Military Veterans, Guard / Reserve & Military Spouses"
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lisarosser
http://www.thevalueofaveteran.com/

Stephanie Wolcott ⋅ New York, NY Alcoa ⋅ 10 years experience

There are many websites specifically for veterans. Have your friend check them out.

• www.hireheroesusa.org
• http://recruitmilitary.com/
• http://www.vetjobs.com/
• http://www.veteranscareerfair.com/
• http://helmetstohardhats.org/

John Kalusa ⋅ Alpharetta, GA Scientific Games ⋅ 10 years experience

Go to the ACP Linked In group and post there, then post ask all the veterans to send it to their networks.

Norine Castle ⋅ Carrboro, NC IBM ⋅ 28 years experience

Hello,
You are correct is stating the 'centralized' approach is not easily understood. When a company has a large budget they can use CareerBuilder, Monster and Indeed. However, many cmpanies cannot afford or may not get the results they are expecting. The site that does link them together is ACP and another is Direct Employers: http://www.directemployers.org/. There are many and I have seen people use LinkedIn very successfully.
I hope this helps!

Michael Clark ⋅ Houston, TX Interflote-USA LLC ⋅ 17 years experience

These suggestions are all good.

But it seems there is no centralized way for employers to easily target and identify suitable Veteran candidates. Is there any service like Monster.com that focuses on Veterans?

Tom Cal, CFA ⋅ San Francisco, CA Army Veteran, Investment Manager ⋅ 25 years experience

Also post the jobs on craigslist, highlighting, in an appropriate and legal manner, the desire to hire military Veterans. Perhaps also attend Veteran-oriented job-fairs.

James Cunningham ⋅ Salt Lake City, UT U.S. Army, Sergeant ⋅ 6 years served

Look up the ESGR in your area. If you cannot find a contact for them, I have ESGR contacts here in Utah that can link you up with ESGR at the national level.

Note: ESGR=Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve

Lynette Jones ⋅ New Day Talk Radio

Hi Dan

Go to the unemployment office they are a good source for finding Veterans. Most Veterans have a first hire preference. You could also find reserve units and ask them if you could do a job presentation. Go to military bases and vist the UMR and see if you can post jobs for Vets. Hope this helps.

Kim Gamero ⋅ Boise, ID AECOM ⋅ 8 years experience

The workforce commission should also be able to hook him up with veteran agencies like hireheroes.org. He should also check with the US Department of Veteran Affairs - www.va.gov.

Kim