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Tweet Today, Monster announced its participation in Facebook’s new application for the Social Jobs Partnership, a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), the Direct Employers Association (DE), the National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) and Facebook. As a worldwide leader in the online recruitment industry, [...]

Tweet Monster released its comprehensive May 2012 Veterans Talent Index report this week, and this week’s 5 for Friday rounds up the five top stories on veterans employment issues. 5.  Veterans Can Find Work in “Green” Industries Through Public-Private Partnership. MLive.com: “Given the need to improve employment for returning veterans and the need for workers [...]

Tweet Monster is co-hosting the Veterans Virtual Career Fair this week, giving veterans and recruiters the chance to connect in a collaborative virtual environment. The event, which is being held March 27-29, is free to our veteran community. I spoke to retired Rear Admiral “T” McCreary, who now serves as a vice president at Monster [...]

Here at Monster, hiring veterans is more than a best practice – it’s a value we live every day. That’s why this Veterans’ Day, we’re featuring some of our own leaders who have transitioned from the military to the civilian workforce – and how their military experience is helping Monster, and its customers, win the war for talent.

Here at Monster, hiring veterans is more than a best practice – it’s a value we live every day. That’s why this Veterans’ Day, we’re featuring some of our own leaders who have transitioned from the military to the civilian workforce – and how their military experience is helping Monster, and its customers, win the war for talent.

I contribute on occasion to Forbes.com on the issues impacting our business and our customers. Tomorrow is Veterans Day – a time to honor the men and women who have dedicated their lives to defending our freedom.

Here at Monster, we value the veterans among us and recognize the unique skill sets and an outstanding work ethic they bring to the workforce. As we draw operations to a close in Iraq and as budgetary pressures on our military increase, more and more service members will be leaving the armed forces and trying to enter the civilian workforce.

The Veterans Virtual Career Fair will run from November 14 to 18. If you’re a vet, register today. All you have to do is sign up, post your resume, and start visiting the virtual “booths” of employers. Each booth will have information about the employer and the jobs available, and there will be opportunities to speak with recruiters right at the event. From your computer, you’ll be able to communicate and engage with job exhibitors and attendees in a virtual environment. As long as you have Internet access, you’ll be able to participate.

Here at Monster and Military.com, our ultimate goal is to get veterans to work in meaningful jobs that put their hard-earned skills to work in a civilian setting while giving employers access to a pool of largely untapped and highly valuable talent. Our just-released Veterans Talent Index more than supports the notion that veterans bring a unique set of skills and added value to the employers that hire them. Employers we surveyed overwhelmingly agree that hiring veterans just makes good business sense – nearly all (99%) employers who had hired a veteran felt their work experience was about the same or much better than non-veteran workers. Of that, 69% of employer respondents felt that veteran workers perform their job functions ‘much better’ compared to non-veterans.

Connecting people with job opportunities is our mission at Monster. A big part of that mission is connecting employers with pools of largely untapped talent – like the slew of transitioning veteran talent making their way into our workforce today. One way (among many) we’re helping employers that want to tap into veteran talent is through a new data-driven tool we just unveiled this morning. The Veterans Talent Index is the first of an ongoing series of reports that will highlight both the requirements of today’s employers and the needs of transitioning service members, illuminating the gap that is responsible for the high unemployment rate rampant in today’s veteran population.