Military Veteran Employment

Nathan D. Ainspan, Ph.D., has researched, written, and spoken extensively about military-civilian transitions and veterans' civilian employment. He is currently the Senior Research Psychologist with the Military-Civilian Transition Office (MCTO) at the Department of Defense. His work focuses on improving civilian employment opportunities for returning service members and the psychosocial benefits that employment provides to wounded warriors and injured veterans. Kristin N. Saboe, Ph.D. is an Army veteran, nationally recognized leader, award-winning psychologist, public speaker, and strategist. While an officer and Research Psychologist in the Army, she deployed to Afghanistan and served as a staff officer at the Pentagon. Her writing, research, and community involvement focuses on veteran and military spouse employment, human performance optimization, leadership, and well-being in both military and civilian settings.

Introduction: Nathn Ainspan and Kristin Saboe
1. Recent History of Veteran Recruitment and Retention
Lisa Rosser
2. Why Hire Veterans?
J. Michael Haynie
3. Messaging and Branding to Engage Veterans as Employees
Peter A. Gudmundsson
4. Employer Misconceptions of Veterans and Veteran Misconceptions of Employers
Eric Eversole
5. Understanding Veterans' Resumes and Conducting Veteran Interviews
William McLennan
6. Personality Factors of Veterans and Skills Training in the Military
Theodore L. Hayes and Robert Hogan
7. Hiring and Employing Wounded and Disabled Veterans
Judy Young, Lisa Stern, and Daniel Geller
8. Veteran Hiring and Retention: Lessons on Organizational Culture, Shared Expectations and Leadership 9. Practices
Sherri Eiler, Ren Nygren, Sandra Olivarez, BG (Retired) Gary Profit
9. Veteran Affinity Groups and Mentoring Programs
Mark L. Poteet and Tammy D. Allen
10. The Key Role of Supervisors for Supporting Veterans in the Workplace
Leslie B. Hammer, Krista Brockwood, and Sarah N. Haverly
11. Employment Situation of Military Spouses: How Companies Can Source, Assess, Hire, and Retain Service Members' and Veterans' Spouses
Deborah A. Bradbard
12. Supporting the National Guard and Reservists as Civilian Employees
Michael Kirchner and Ann Herd, Ph.D.
13. Retention of Veteran Employees
Mark Goulart