This collection highlights strategies for recruiting, supporting, and retaining military-affiliated employees in higher education, including resource groups, structural changes, and leveraging veterans' skills effectively.

Building Your Military-Affiliated Employment Funnels: Advice from The Citadel

Struggling with recruiting military-affiliated talent? Check out this advice from The Citadel. It takes more than just being a military college to retain 20% of their workforce that identify as military veterans. Learn about their strategies and funnels to help boost your own military-affiliated recruitment.

Four Tasks to Establish a Veteran Employee Resource Group: Steps from The University of North Dakota

Check out these four steps to build a veteran employee resource group: identifying military-affiliated staff, setting goals, defining participation options, and building momentum. Organic outreach and inclusive structures help campuses strengthen connections, visibility, and support for military-affiliated communities.

How Austin Peay Restructured All Military-Affiliated Services Under One Division

Austin Peay State University reorganized its military-affiliated services into a unified division to improve coordination, visibility, and student support. The restructuring centralized staff, streamlined recruitment, enhanced communication, enabled budgeting, while addressing staffing gaps and emphasizing collaboration and mission-focused service overall.

How Higher Education Professionals Can Meaningfully Support Military Spouses in the Workforce

Higher education is a professional sector that employs a significant number of active-duty military spouses. Check out these recommendations that hiring managers, supervisors, and team members can implement to support and retain the military spouses working on your campus.

Relevant Experience Required: Reflections on Finding a Career in Higher Education as a Veteran

Curious what it is like for a veteran on their first day working in higher ed? A veteran recounts his transition from the military to a higher education career, facing identity shifts, differences, and difficulty translating experience. Through mentorship and crisis response success, he gains confidence, realizing military skills are valuable and embraces a unique perspective on how his contributions benefit higher education.

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Military Friendly Institutions Serving Military in HigherEd Women Veterans Working as a Veteran in HigherEd Workplace Inclusion

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