{"id":71282,"date":"2017-05-15T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/05\/15\/best-for-vets-employers-2017\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:04:49","slug":"best-for-vets-employers-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/education-transition\/2017\/05\/15\/best-for-vets-employers-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Best for Vets: Employers 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=2d46415a-aac9-45ec-8cfa-799cc352490e\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We invited companies across the U.S. to take part in our rigorous, more-than-90-question survey. Not every company that responded made the cut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benny Kinsey retired from the Army in 2010 thinking his experience as a command sergeant major with two bachelor\u2019s degrees and an MBA would make it easy to land a job in the civilian workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My transition was absolutely horrible,&#8221; said Kinsey, 48, who struggled to get interviews \u2013 even to stock shelves at a grocery store. &#8220;It was to the point that I was having problems paying my bills.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven years, a layoff and more than 700 job rejection letters later, Kinsey has finally landed a position as a senior recruiter for General Motors that he can\u2019t imagine leaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The company culture was just so great, so supportive, so veteran friendly,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I hopped at the opportunity, sold my house in Texas and moved to Detroit.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/bestforvets.militarytimes.com\/best-employers-for-veterans\/2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/bestforvets.militarytimes.com\/best-employers-for-veterans\/2017\/\"><b>The rankings<\/b><\/a><\/li><li><b><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/\/best-for-vets-employers-2017-map\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: null\">The map<\/a><\/b><\/li><li><b><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/articles\/best-for-vets-employers-2017-methodology\" target=\"_blank\">The methodology<\/a><\/b><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The supportive culture Kinsey noticed about General Motors contributed to the company\u2019s placement on our latest Best for Vets: Employers rankings of 82 companies across more than 30 industries. The company ranked fourth behind First Data, BAE Systems and Booz Allen Hamilton. Hilton, USAA, Intuitive Research and Technology Corp., Comcast NBCUniversal, Lockheed Martin Corp. and Marsh &#038; McLennan Companies also made the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be eligible for the list, companies had to complete an exhaustive survey with more than 90 questions about company culture, recruitment practices, policies and accommodations for reservists. Only companies whose responses compared well made the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the record number of companies that responded to this year\u2019s survey, service members or veterans comprised 26 percent of overall hires in the latest year for which data was available. Many companies reported affiliation with hiring groups such as Veteran Jobs Mission, Hiring Our Heroes, and the Military Spouse Employment Partnership, attending an average of 36 military job fairs in the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A large majority of companies told us they engage in other targeted recruitment tactics as well, such as working with local National Guard and reserve units and veteran organizations and posting openings on military job boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"340\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bfv-employers-2017-graphic.jpg.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bfv-employers-2017-graphic.jpg.png 533w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bfv-employers-2017-graphic.jpg.png?resize=300,191 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Source: Military Times Best for Vets survey<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: Illustration by Devan Feeney\/Staff<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At BAE Systems, an international defense and aerospace company and Department of Defense contractor, there\u2019s an added reason to recruit veterans: Many jobs actually require military experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of that, in many ways the transition and acclimation period for veterans is reduced, said Chris Davison, who works in veteran recruiting and is the Warrior Integration Program manager at BAE Systems. When veterans get hired, there\u2019s a good chance they\u2019ll be working on equipment that they\u2019ve used on active duty, he said. And besides that, the company uses much of same jargon that would be familiar to military employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We\u2019re a company that not only supports the military, that\u2019s our main customer \u2013 our sole customer, in many cases,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There\u2019s really not a big learning curve I guess. Any veteran would be very well served if they just take a look at us.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>What Companies Look For<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Booz Allen Hamilton Innovation Center in downtown Washington, D.C., there\u2019s a glass wall with a sign that reads, &#8220;Don\u2019t go it alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a phrase service members learn to live by and something that the century-old consulting firm wants to remind its employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The center\u2019s director, former Marine Corps Cobra pilot Kurt Scherer, said his military training and skills have been more useful to him on the job than what he learned attending Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think it\u2019s the focus on people, the leadership, the ability to work hard at a task, the privilege of serving something larger than yourself,&#8221; Scherer said of how military experience applies to working at the company, which dedicates 70 percent of its recruiting budget to finding military-connected employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1257\" height=\"1812\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/theresa-honey.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/theresa-honey.jpg.jpg 1257w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/theresa-honey.jpg.jpg?resize=208,300 208w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/theresa-honey.jpg.jpg?resize=768,1107 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/theresa-honey.jpg.jpg?resize=710,1024 710w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/theresa-honey.jpg.jpg?resize=1066,1536 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1257px) 100vw, 1257px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Army veteran Theresa Honey chairs MD Anderson&#8217;s vet group and works as a cancer researcher.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recruiters at several companies on this year\u2019s list told Military Times that when they meet with veterans at job fairs or elsewhere, they\u2019re not necessarily looking for people who already know how to translate their military experience into &#8220;civilianese,&#8221; as General Motors\u2019 Kinsey calls it. They\u2019re looking for soft skills \u2013 such as integrity, trainability and leadership \u2013 taught in the military that carry over into the civilian sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many companies also said they engage in aggressive follow-up tactics with candidates to determine whether they\u2019d be a good fit for their company and then advocate for them with the appropriate hiring managers behind the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The companies that responded to the survey have an average of four recruiters devoting at least half of their time to military and veteran applicants, and about 40 percent of companies have an internal tool that translates MOS codes for recruiters so that they can better understand applicants\u2019 military experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developing strategies to help recruiters and hiring managers better connect with military candidates has been part of Vivian Greentree\u2019s job at First Data. When she joined the global payment and technology solutions company in 2014, she spearheaded a company-wide military engagement strategy called First Data Salutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the then-head of military and veteran affairs, Greentree, a Navy veteran and military spouse, oversaw steps to include military spouses in the company\u2019s sourcing and recruitment strategies, change job requirements to include &#8220;equivalent military experience,&#8221; and help hiring managers better understand why some spouses may have gaps or frequent changes in employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The different states on their resumes didn\u2019t mean that they were running from the law,&#8221; she\u2019d tell them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Data Salutes has also led to cultural changes large and small, such as business cards for military-affiliated employees and plaques for their desks that say, &#8220;I\u2019m a veteran,&#8221; or &#8220;I\u2019m a military spouse.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just in the last year, First Data has broadened access to its internal training platform, First Data University, where hiring managers and employees can get insight into the experience of military-affiliated employees. The company has also changed its policies for reservists in training or on active duty to include full civilian pay for at least part of the time they\u2019re away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do they do it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think the secret \u2013 the key \u2013 is having more veterans in positions of authority in the private sector,&#8221; said Greentree, now senior vice president and head of corporate citizenship. &#8220;No one wants to hire a veteran more than a veteran. 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