Hiring Military Veterans: Why It Makes Good Business Sense for Government

When: Thursday, May 13, 2010

Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Need motivation and direction to jump-start or reinvigorate a military recruiting initiative? Facing a tough sell with your key stakeholders? Unsure of all the hiring authorities and benefits available to those government organizations that hire veterans? This webinar is for Directors of HR, Recruiting Directors, Diversity Directors, recruiters, hiring managers and/or those charged with developing specific hiring initiatives.

What you will learn:

Making the Business Case for Including Veterans and Veterans with Disabilities in your Recruiting Strategy
- Special Hiring Authorities
- DVAAP
- Executive Order 13518
The Top #9 Biases Employers Have about Veterans (and How to Counter-argue Them)
What Do You Need to Know about Hiring Veterans with Disabilities?
- What does the term “service disabled” mean?
- What is PTSD and should I be concerned?
- Where can I find additional information and support?

Meet the Presenter

LTC Lisa Rosser (US Army Reserve)

Lisa Rosser is on a mission to help organizations improve their veteran recruiting and retention programs. She is a vocal advocate of hiring veterans to be the solution to poor fit, high turnover, feeble pipelines, and homogeneous succession plans.

Lisa helps her clients make the business case for targeting the military, learn which recruiting tactics are most effective, and implement retention programs that resonate with veterans and makes them feel "at home" in their new environment.

Lisa ‘s military career spans over 20 years (both active and reserve), 3 continents, and 4 major deployments, including the Gulf War, Somalia, Bosnia and a 2-1/2 year mobilization immediately following the events of 9/11. Her military career includes detailed work as a telecommunications officer and as an operations officer, and general work in the human side of the military - performance management, recruiting, placement, training and skills development. She continues to serve in the Army Reserve, working as an instructor in a training battalion. Her civilian career included 8 years with Accenture, a Global Fortune 500 consulting firm.

In 2007 Lisa founded her own company, The Value Of a Veteran. In that capacity Lisa is a consultant, author, speaker, and workshop leader on military hiring and retention strategy development. She’s written "The Value of a Veteran™: The Guide for Human Resource Professionals to Regarding, Recruiting, and Retaining Military Veterans ", and delivers workshops and seminars nationwide to corporate, government and higher education employers.

Sign Up Today and Your Entire Staff Can Listen In for One Fee

Register today online (must pay by credit card). Or, download your registration form and fax the completed form to (703) 684-0948 or email to meetings@ipma-hr.org.

The price for IPMA-HR members to participate in the webinar is $150; the price for nonmembers to participate in the webinar is $200.

There is no limit to the number of staff from your office participating in this webinar. In the room where staff will participate, you'll need a speaker phone and a computer. Prior to the event, you will get instructions on how you will link to the webinar by telephone and on the Internet. One registration fee gives you a unique access code for one phone line and a link to the Web component. As many of your staff that you can pack into a room can attend and listen in by speakerphone.

Please note: Additional phones lines require additional access codes, which means separate registrations for each additional access code you need.

Cancellation Policy

You may cancel your registration up to 48 hours in advance of the webinar, and transfer your registration to a future webinar without penalty. If you do not transfer your registration, you must cancel no later than one week prior to the webinar date to receive a full refund of your fee.

Questions? Contact us by phone at (703) 549-7100 or by e-mail at meetings@ipma-hr.org.