Program based on successful 2014 one-hundred day initiative
WHO:
George Owings, Secretary, Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA)
David McGlone, Deputy Secretary, Department Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR)
COL Chris Cole, Maryland National Guard
Keynote: David Wallace, Military Relations Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
More than 80 Maryland employers
Military relations managers and veteran recruiters from Lockheed Martin, CACI, CSC, First Data, Jiffy Lube-Pikesville, PNC Bank, Maryland State Police and the Maryland Department of Budget and Management (DBM) serving as presenters, panelists and/or speakers to highlight recruitment and retention best practices.
WHAT: The launch of Operation Hire Maryland, a sustainable program designed to support employers as they develop or expand current veteran hiring and retention programs.
Through the collaborative efforts of MDVA, the Maryland Department Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR), Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED), the Operation Hire Work Group, and Maryland businesses, Operation Hire Maryland is building a veteran friendly business network to share best practices and proven methods for recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and retaining veterans in the civilian workplace.
WHERE: Community College of Baltimore County Catonsville, Maryland in the Student Services Center, Room 004
WHEN: Thurs day, June 4, 8:30 AM to 3 PM
WHY: The Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs recognizes the success of last year's veteran hiring challenge. We heard the call from Maryland businesses to continue the campaign—and so we are.
It is our duty to continue on with this very rewarding initiative that brings together leaders in the field of veteran recruitment.
Originally modeled after similar programs in Virginia and North Carolina, we recognize that a program of this design is simply good for business and good for our veterans.
So the soldiers who had jobs and quit them are going to get jobs quicker then people who haven't had them and need a job? Soldiers make good money fighting over seas. I made a killing as a PFC. No pun intended. They quit a job and shouldn't be put ahead of those who need work.
ReplyDeleteI support our Military and Veterans, but I totally disagree. They should compete just like anyone else. I worked for the State of MD and seen this discriminatory program work against other workers. They were first in hiring, first in preferential positions and first in promotions. Majority of these Vets were cry babies thinking they desire everything and not have to work for anything like the normal worker.
ReplyDeleteI speak from experience of this discrimination. I had no chance of promotions or preferential positions with 20Years experience over a Vet or Female of lot less experience and 10 times the knowledge and operational knowledge of the position. That is why I retired as soon as I could.