Access Employment Toolkit to Learn About HIring Wounded Warriors

When servicemembers become wounded, ill or injured, they often face a change in their career trajectory.

While approximately 50% return to their military careers, many separate from service and begin a new career in the civilian workforce.

These Veterans are well-trained, highly-skilled professionals who can strengthen any organization, increasing diversity and the bottom line. There is no standard definition of a “wounded warrior”—today’s military personnel experience a wide range of injuries, from amputations and burns to traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

What is most important is that these injuries do not prevent them from contributing to society, but often make them more resilient, determined, and ready to serve.

10 Reasons to Hire Vets

1.  Accelerated learning curve

2.  Leadership

3.  Teamwork

4.  Diversity and inclusion in action

5.  Efficient performance under pressure

6.  Respect for procedures

7.  Technology and globalization

8.  Integrity

9.  Conscious of health and safety standards

10. Triumph over adversity