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This Veterans Day, Hire More Veterans in Higher Education
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As Veterans Day approaches, take time to acknowledge the veterans working on your campus and the veteran job seekers looking for employment in higher education. HigherEdMilitary has served the military-affiliated higher education space since 2020 and is honored to share why veterans are an integral part of every higher education campus.
For Higher Ed Hiring Committees:
"Why should universities hire more female veterans? Like the rest of the public and private sectors, universities want to hire candidates who check all the boxes. They want staff and faculty to be both:
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Smart AND sensitive
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Enthusiastic AND practical
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Flexible/creative AND able to follow a process
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Demonstrate leadership AND be a team player."
"... veterans working in higher education chose to do so as an extension of their military service, which aligned with fulfilling institutional values, traditions, and leadership opportunities. Further, the veterans who work in higher education demonstrate more mission focus, strategic thinking capabilities, adaptability to change, resiliency, and leadership. Additionally, the most mentioned skill for higher education veteran employees was their experience with diverse communities."
"We hear the terms 'military-friendly' and 'veteran-friendly' tossed around quite often in higher education. These terms are often used to recruit veterans, their spouses, and their dependents as students into colleges and universities. But is your institution 'military-friendly' or 'veteran-friendly' if you do not actively recruit, hire, and retain veterans as employees?"
"What do veterans REALLY need for Veterans Day? Instead of a free appetizer or 10 percent off coupon, what if we start putting qualified veterans into leadership positions?"
For Veteran Job Seekers:
"I was an assistant S-4, special projects officer, OSO, and a longshoreman. I might have just said, I was a martian, klingon, nyasasaurus, and alien. Few civilians have even the faintest clue what military jobs such as these are: unit supply specialist, visual information equipment operator-maintainer, Seabee, or a command and control battle management operator."
"I love research, discussions, education, and writing. Initially, I didn't consider a second career path in higher education. Still, I loved being part of the higher education community through interactions with my professors and peers in the doctorate program. Throughout my doctoral studies, I looked into higher education positions and how I could leverage my military experience and get hired as a professor or administrator in higher education."
"Colleges and universities, of all sizes, are consistently seeking individuals with a background in leadership, team building, innovation, and the unique ability to motivate others. HigherEdJobs posts hundreds of new jobs in higher education every day. The need is there, the candidates sought will possess a varied background of talent, and you could very well fit into one or more the positions."
"Over the past few decades, the military has put high priority on the education and advanced study of senior noncommissioned officers and officers themselves. While academic and intellectual attitudes toward the military tended to be negative following the Vietnam War, recent decades have witnessed a greater appreciation for the distinction between military and political decision-making, the advanced education of active-duty officers, and the important role played in civic affairs by retired military personnel. Graduates of West Point, the Air Force Academy, and the Naval Academy, among others, have become academic leaders and have served with distinction in civilian public and private colleges and universities."
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