The Military Friendly Workplace: A Seminar Series on Familiarity, Recruitment, Retention and Leadership Development

The Military Friendly Workplace: A Seminar Series on Familiarity, Recruitment, Retention and Leadership Development

Bridget Miller | 2021

Abstract

For too long we have placed the sole responsibility for successful military transition on the service member. Countless services and programs are available for military affiliates to revamp their resumes, practice networking and interviewing skills, and improve the job seeking challenge. However, the successful military transition has two sides. First, we consider the perspective of the service member and other affiliates. Second, we have the perspective of the organizations which support this population. Programs are few and far between to help organizations become truly more military friendly. Organizational leaders may easily find themselves wanting to become a more military friendly organization, yet are unaware of what this truly entails.

This seminar series serves the leaders of organizations in the quest to become more military friendly. Each seminar provides background and practical solutions for the given topic. The following seminars are provided as a part of this series: Military 101: A Crash Course in Military Friendliness and Understanding the Population, Recruitment of Military Affiliates, Retention of Military Affiliates, and Leadership Development of Military Affiliates. Each seminar within the series provides unique solutions to organizational challenges in becoming more military friendly, and allows for a more customizable experience for organizations to choose which topics may be most important to them.