Learn how successful companies approach veteran hiring, not as a way to pay back or thank veterans for their military service, but as a talent strategy aligned with business needs and one that can directly impact an organization's bottom line. The session will describe how your organization can frame your veteran hiring strategies as a competitive advantage to provide access to a rare and valuable pool of talent that your competitors will not be able to mobilize as effectively. Hear some of the positive traits that veterans can bring to companies including their technical skills, essential non-technical traits, and leadership abilities. Materials will be shared to help you understand specifically how these characteristics and skills can match your organization's needs. Specific company examples will be shared, so you can learn how other companies experience with finding and recruiting military veterans. After this session you will be able to:
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Nathan Ainspan, Ph.D.
Research Psychologist
Transition to Veterans Program Office (TVPO) Department of Defense
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Nathan D. Ainspan, Ph.D. is the Research Psychologist with the Transition to Veterans Program Office (TVPO) of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. TVPO oversees the military-to-civilian transition process for the Department of Defense to ensure that all service members transitioning from military service are prepared for their next step into civilian life. Dr. Ainspan's role is to ensure that any future enhancement to the program are based on behavioral and psychological science and best practices. He has also written, taught, and spoken about the psychological issues impacting wounded and transitioning Service members. His personal research focus has been on improving civilian employment opportunities for transitioning Service members, helping service members translate their skills and experience into civilian terms (and helping companies to understand them), and the psychosocial benefits that employment can have on wounded warriors, injured veterans and people with disabilities. He has edited the following books: The Oxford Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions for Veterans, When the Warrior Returns: Making the Transition at Home, and Returning Wars Wounded, Injured, and Ill: A Handbook. Dr. Ainspan has also just begun editing the How to Hire and Retain Veterans: A Guidebook for Business Leaders and Human Resources Professionals for Oxford Press. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a Fellow of APA Divisions 18 (Psychologists in the Public Service) and 19 (Military Psychology). He was recently awarded the Raymond A. Katzell Award by the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology which is presented to an industrial/organizational psychologist whose work has had a major and widespread impact on society's well-being that has reached a substantial part of the public. He was also awarded the Psychologists in Public Service Distinguished Career Award from APA Division 18.