U.S. Firms Hiring Veterans.
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Some of America's biggest companies are tapping into the growing population of young veterans to fill positions within their ranks.Here are the firms arid their plans: ·
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Wa art is offering jobs to honorably discharged vets in their first 12 months after leavingthe military. · · · ·
• BlackstoneGroup, a privateequity firm, plans to hi.re 50,000 veterans over the next five years. .
• UPS wants to hire 25,000 veterans over the next five years.
• JPMorganChase a.Co., has established a "military recruiting" team of mostly
veterans to relate better to vetercm applicants. The compa11y even has an Office
of Military and Veteran Affairs and developed
Military 101, a program to inform its recruiters and hiring managers. · .·. . . . ...
• Hurnana Inc., has already met an initialgoalof hiring 1,000 veterans andplans to
hireanother1,000vetsoverthenexttwoyears:·. · · ·· · ··
As Hayes Roth, the chief marketing officer of the consulting firm Landor Associates, told theLds Angeles Times, "There's more thancharity or being nice people.lt [hiring veterans] canbe a smart businessmove." · · · ·
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