Details on AT&T's support for military veterans and information on our talent attraction programs and resources to optimize career search for transitioning veteran job seekers.
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AT&T is an Employer of Choice for Veterans
5,000 Veteran Hire Commitment
Promoting AT&T’s Jobs to Veterans
Online Career Tools for Veterans
100,000 Jobs Mission & Veterans Talent
Exchange
• Recognition
• Learn More
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3. AT&T as a Military Friendly Employer
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100 years of support for our
military
Careers Presence at the US
Olympics Warrior Games
Placed jobs flyers at military
base calling centers
Causes.com campaign to
benefit Wounded Warrior
Project
AT&T ‘Love a Vet’ YouTube
campaign
First-ever AT&T Veteran
Hackathon
AT&T Careers poster in the AT&T calling
facility at Camp Leatherneck in
Afghanistan
4. AT&T Veterans Employee Resource Group
• 30 years of serving those who serve our Country
• Supported by AT&T executive leadership
• Over 7,000 members nationwide
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~75% of members are Veterans themselves
• Emphasis on volunteerism
95 members awarded President’s Volunteer Service Award in
2012
• Volunteer projects focus on the Military and Veteran communities
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• Members serve as recruitment ambassadors to translate military
experience for our civilian recruiters and represent at veteran
career fairs nationwide.
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6. AT&T Veteran Hire Commitment
5,000 Veterans in 5 years
On April 30, 2013, in response to a
challenge from the First Lady, AT&T
made a public commitment to hire
5,000 veterans and military spouses
over the next 5 years.
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7. Promoting AT&T’s Career Opportunities to Veterans
Advertising
• Online advertising
on dozens of
veteran career sites
• Print Advertising
• Organic media and
PR coverage
Networking
• Veterans Service
Organizations
• Government
veteran agencies
• Careers for
Veterans Job
Search Advisor
program
• Social Media
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Events
• Traditional and
Virtual Veteran
Career Fairs
• Specialized hiring
events for student
veterans and JMOs
• Employer
Conferences
8. AT&T Military Career Site
www.att.jobs/military
• Demonstrates
commitment to
employing
veterans
• Link to military
skills translator
• Testimonials from
AT&T veteran
employees
• Link to Careers for
Veterans Talent
Network and Job
Search Advisor
Program
10. Careers for Veterans Job Search Advisor Program
http://veterans.att.jobs
Almost 3,000 transitioning
veteran job seekers participated
in the program in 2013 (8,000
total since 2011)
200 AT&T Veterans served as
job search advisors
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11. 100,000 Jobs Mission
• AT&T one of 11 founding members
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Coalition has grown to 109 employers
• Goal to hire 100,000 veterans by
2020
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As of June, collectively hired 77,000+
veterans
• AT&T leads best practice sharing
• We sponsor technology to power
candidate registration at events
• Leading the Veteran Talent
Exchange, a shared database for
coalition members to refer veteran
candidates.
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13. Recognition
• Increased visibility within
the veteran job seeker
community
• Exponential increase in
veteran applicants and hires
• We are sought out by other
employers and the media to
share best practices
• Consistently ranked as
Military Friendly Employer
by GI Jobs and Military
Times
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Support for our troopsEmployee testimonialsSkills translatorInterview TipsWeekly online eventsCareers for Veterans job search advisor program
Everything we do on the attraction and recruitment front piggybacks on the tremendous support that our company has shown for veterans for almost 100 years now.We frequently connect with different areas of our business to include a careers component to other aspects of veteran support – whether it’s volunteer, sponsorship, philanthropy or community involvement – this is especially important given how high profile veteran unemployment is.
Our Veteran ERG is a game changer – recently celebrated its 30 year anniversary. – this always spurs a round of applause when we speak about this publicly. Clear proof that we were supporting our veteran employees before the current “crisis”Our Veterans ERG members serve as recruitment ambassadors – participating as job search advisors in the careers for vets program and representing us at veterans career events, sometimes alongside staffing managers, to help translate skills and resumes.Also, the fact that we have a cohesive veterans resource group is a powerful attractor to potential veteran new hires since they know there are others just like them and that they can join an instant community from day one. Also, volunteerism is a crucial component to the challenge that veterans experience after transitioning to the civilian workforce. This helps them reclaim the sense of purpose that they got from their military service by giving back to other veterans.
Demonstrates AT&T’s commitment to helping veterans, particularly those with service connected disabilities, to develop businesses that can sell to large enterprise like us.Due to the decreased availability of certified service dsabled veteran owned businesses, we either partner with smaller companies as subcontracted tier 2 suppliers or help train new businesses via programs like operation hand salute
We always resisted drawing a line in the sand with a commitment but after pressure from the First Lady at events early this year, our company committed to hiring 5,000 veterans in 5 years. In less than a full year we are almost at ½ the commitment.This is due to 1) increased self-ID 2) expanded outreach and recruiting and 2) increased hiring in the technician space where 60% of these veterans are joining us
Net net – we are only hiring 8% of veterans who apply to our jobs (last year it was 4%)We don’t need to do more work to increase veteran applicant flow but to increase the odds of them progressing through our process.In some parts of the business, our staffing managers could have consultative conversations with their clients about eliminating the need for industry experience, etc.Technician = slam dunkCall center – seeing some progress but many veterans don’t want those jobs (low paying, behind a desk, etc)Retail stores – there is a ton of potential to narrow the gap between applicants and hires.Events – only free, sometimes tricky to approve local travel, great way to engage and promote ATT as great company for vets, not efficient way to hire. Always include ERG reps when possible.
A great tool that matches military occupational code to AT&T jobGreat when someone wants to do similar work in the civilian space