Labor relations specialist Louis Lopez realized that Bell Atlantic needed technicians-and that homeless veterans at the Salvation Army s Borden Avenue Resid ence in New York needed another chance. Train and hire homeless veterans. Since the program began in 1990, Bell Atlantic has employed more than 200 homeless veterans, and Gates says a program in the Washington, D.C. area is under consideration. D.C. The American Legion also honored Green Bay, Wis.-based Schneider National Inc. for hiring veterans. The program is a boon to veterans who have families and can t afford a long delay between military service and a civilian job.
Veterans make up our best source of drivers and have the best retention rate.
Some 25 percent of our managers come from the military. Team players Using many of the free and inexpensive resources available, companies can tap into the talent of the U.S. Armed Forces-the same men and women who defeated Saddam Hussein s army in 100 hours. These are people who saved lives. Miles Z. Epstein covered veterans employment issues from 1991-1996 as Executive Editor of The American Legion. In 1995, he received the Outstanding Defense Leadership Award for coverage of veterans issues.