Values like service before self, honor, commitment, respect, loyalty, and the quest for excellence are all too rare today in the workplace. Smart employers know they need leaders - and the first place they seek leadership potential is in the military veteran. Young service members often get far more responsibility for property and people than they could ever imagine. Before they're 21, they could be driving a 69.5-ton tank, operating a 47 foot rescue craft, or analyzing satellite information in the nerve center of an air base. In positions such as these, people grow up fast.
Employers know veterans have been trained well to do their jobs.
And that's precisely the point - they know that young veterans are trainable. They may not yet have the exact skills the employer requires, but that doesn't matter. They have done well in the largest job training system in the world - and that predicts the ability to excel in any work environment. Employers who seek computer-literate employees would do well to consider military veterans. In the military, members quickly learn how to work and play alongside people of all backgrounds.