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Training, Leveraging, And Communicating About Military Spouses As Employees, Deborah A. Bradbard, Nicholas Armstrong, James Beamesderfer
Training, Leveraging, And Communicating About Military Spouses As Employees, Deborah A. Bradbard, Nicholas Armstrong, James Beamesderfer
Institute for Veterans and Military Families
This product, a training slide deck designed for hiring managers and human resource professionals, is the third in a series of products that illustrates the unique strengths and challenges that military spouses bring to the workforce while supporting their service member’s military career. This training tool, designed to be used with the other two products in the series, offers a “hands-on” way for those interested in hiring military spouses to gain key insights and ways to train, leverage talent, and communicate when employing military spouses.
The Force Behind The Force: A Business Case For Leveraging Military Spouse Talent, Deborah A. Bradbard, Rosalinda V. Maury, Nicholas Armstrong
The Force Behind The Force: A Business Case For Leveraging Military Spouse Talent, Deborah A. Bradbard, Rosalinda V. Maury, Nicholas Armstrong
Institute for Veterans and Military Families
Companies interested in hiring transitioning service members and veterans may not intuitively understand the business case for hiring military family members—or even that the business case for hiring spouses is unique. Certainly, a spouse focused business case may share some similarities with that of a transitioning service member or veteran. But companies should not assume they are identical. Because there is limited research and data available about the employment of military spouses, a targeted business case has never been fully articulated. In this paper we review some of the available research and outline a business case for hiring military spouse …