Your military veteran recruitment efforts must have a solid framework in place in order for them to be successful. That framework is not much different from your other recruitment strategies, but there are a few key factors that can help your company stand out from the pack.

In the second video of our Tips for Military Veteran Hiring series I take a look at some of the best practices employed by companies that are leading the charge in the veteran recruitment space.

• Tips for Military Veteran Hiring Part 1: Retention
• Tips for Military Veteran Hiring Part 3: Use Data

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Data is king. This sentiment is true in most aspects of business, and is surely no difference when recruiting military veterans. Having a firm understanding of who not only who you should be targeting for your open positions, but why those candidates are the most valuable, is vital.

Having a firm grasp on the data that is being culled from your recruitment funnel, such as the characteristics of the candidates who are showing the highest levels of engagement, can help you save both time and money in the recruitment process.

In the third video of our Tips for Military Veteran Hiring series, I take a look at how you can be using data to help amplify your veteran recruitment efforts.

• Tips for Military Veteran Hiring Part 1: Retention
• Tips for Military Veteran Hiring Part 2: Best Practices

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The process of recruiting and hiring military veterans can be a bit challenging. There is no doubt massive benefit in hiring military veterans, and your company is certainly making efforts to do so, but maybe you're falling just short in some areas that you haven't thought of.

In the first video of our series I discuss several tips that can help you take your veteran recruitment and retention to the next level. You can see significant improvement in your recruitment and retention just by following these simple steps.

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Employers are finding it more difficult to retain the current talent that they have. Today's labor market is extremely competitive, and recruiting new employees can be a laborious task. Have you considered policy and culture changes that help to retain the current employees you have? Sounds simple, right? Not necessarily. The tips below are some of the leading practices from employers who have proven to have strong retention rates.

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a federal tax credit that is available to employers for hiring individuals from certain groups who have faced barriers to employment. WOTC partners with other workforce development departments to encourage workforce diversity and to assist in providing additional opportunities to those who are considered to have a significant barrier to employment.