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Military Times

» “The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday the national unemployment rate remains mostly unchanged at 9 percent, while the jobless rate for veterans of all generations dropped to 7.7 percent in October, down from 8.1 percent in September. But for Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans who left active duty since 2001, the unemployment rate for October was 12.1 percent, up from 11.7 percent in September and from an average of 10.5 percent in 2010.”

What it Takes

»Veterans aren’t victims

»A job and a cause are pathways to re-integration

Stereotypes

Skills

TRUCK DRIVER

Judgment

COMMUNICATIONS

Management

TRANSPORTATION LEADER

Thinkers

HUMAN RESOURCES

Pinnacle Five

» Veterans…˃ Learn Quickly˃ Accept Leadership Roles˃ Work Well with Culturally Diverse Teams˃ Readily Adapt to Age Diverse Organizations˃ Embrace Innovation and Change˃ Perform Efficiently Under Pressure˃ Understand Technology˃ Accept Risk and Accountability˃ Operate with Integrity˃ Focus on Health and Safety Concerns

www.PinnacleFive.com

Best Practices

» Have a strategy˃ Learn about benefits available to Veterans˃ Learn about tax incentives available to employers

» Create a welcoming and educated workplace˃ Learn about military culture˃ Use resources to create a Veteran friendly hiring process˃ Understand invisible wounds

» Recruit Veterans and military spouses˃ Detailed job descriptions – military language?˃ Alternatives to full-time work - know where to look˃ Know what you can and can’t ask in an interview

Best Practices

» Hire qualified Veterans and accommodate Wounded Warriors˃ Make a plan for the Veteran

+ Company mission and intent+ Hierarchy chart+ Frequent Check-ins+ Remind the Veteran about self-identifying need for

accomodations.

» Promote an inclusive workplace

Hire Veterans

» www.AmericasHeroesatWork.gov

» Texas Veteran Leadership Program

» If you are an Employer seeking to hire quality employees, please contact [email protected]

Simple things

» Mentors

» Organization Charts

» Veteran-friendly offices

» Flexibility

» Place value on military service

New Plans

» www.MyNextMove.org/vets/» Veteran gold card

˃ would allow post-9/11 veterans to receive six months of case management, skills assessments and career counseling at one of the roughly 3,000 One-Stop Career Centers run by the Labor Department.

» www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov/jobSearch/index

» American Jobs Act˃ Returning Heroes Tax Credit˃ Wounded Warriors Tax Credit

» Veterans Opportunity Work Act

Resources

Overwhelming…

What is TexVet?

TexVet Missions:» One – Support Texas military, veterans and family

members with information and referral services and by facilitating the delivery of these services across traditional boundaries.

» Two – Serve as the hub for the statewide peer to peer facilitation network and volunteers. By documenting and supporting this network we will facilitate the delivery of services, increase engagement by volunteers and ensure the continuity of the network for the future.

Problem…

VA Facilities

P2P Facilitators

Aligning needs to resources

Val Verde & Kinney Counties 7,000+ Veterans

Mix it up

Integrated Partners

SVA

LMHA

Volunteer

Volunteer

VA

BEITZReg. Mtg

Partner Zone

MiVetPeer.net / Tele no.

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Mary Dee

(Rockdale)

El PasoLubbockTarrant CountyDallas CountyCorpus ChristieTylerSan AntonioGalvestonHoustonAustin

Going Forward

» Statewide P2P Network» Coordinators at local & state level

search, connect & document points on the network

» “Back End” support to P2P network and all involved in that support» Accessibility increased : redundancy

reduced: reduce redundancy

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The Network

Tools

» Texas Military, Veterans, and Family Members have unparalleled support & benefits

» Safety net for Veterans adds resiliency to employers

» Veterans have someone to turn to – You have someone to turn to

» Hands-on Partner contribution

» Dynamic sections• Blogs• Search• Information

» Social media integration

Version 3.0

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Sneak Peek

V e r s i o n 4.0

» Curated» Dynamic » Updated Search» Back-end CRM

So – Lo - Mo

»Social»Local »Mobile»Mapping ˃Partners˃Users

One-hand drumming

Contact

3950 North A.W. GrimesRound Rock, TX 78665

(512) 341-4924

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