Veteran Hiring: Unplugged with Eric Eversole, President of Hiring Our Heroes

Veteran Hiring: Unplugged with Eric Eversole, President of Hiring Our Heroes

“There’s no one size fits all,” says Eric Eversole. He’s the President of Hiring Our Heroes, a nationwide initiative to help veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses find meaningful employment opportunities.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation launched the program in March of 2011, and through their commitment-based engagement of the business community, more than 940 job fairs held across the country, and a suite of free online career tools, they’ve worked with their partners to help hundreds of thousands of veterans and military spouses find jobs.

We were able to sit down with Eversole and discuss best practices for veteran hiring. Watch the video to hear what he had to say:

Take Care of Your Personal Brand

Stepping Up Branding and Diversity Efforts: Unplugged with Senior Talent Acquisition Ops Manager Deane Osner

Shaw Industries has a strong corporate brand, however from an employer standpoint, it’s something that Senior Talent Acquisition Operations Manager Deane Osner is keeping a close eye on and taking measures to improve. One example is by making sure all of the sites have materials to promote the company’s recognition from Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers.
In this video, Osner discusses more of their current initiatives around employer branding, diversity, veteran and disability outreach, and the candidate experience:

Get to Know Our Newest OFCCP Expert Joyce Morgan

Get to Know Our Newest OFCCP Expert Joyce Morgan

Earlier this year we announced a newly formed alliance with Joyce Morgan of Morgan Consulting Services, LLC. The addition of Joyce to the DirectEmployers Compliance Advisory Team uniquely positions us to provide a three-pronged approach – functional, advisement and legal consulting – to aid our Members in tackling the daily challenges associated with their federal contractor status.

The Importance of Accessibility in Online Job Seeking

The Importance of Accessibility in Online Job Seeking

As part of our all-encompassing program at the DirectEmployers 2015 Annual Meeting & Conference (DEAM15) this past May, we had the honor of having Josh Christianson and Joiwind Ronen from the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) speak to our attendees. The goal of their session? To help attendees understand the importance of accessibility in widening their diverse talent pool.

Unplugged with Manager of Digital Strategy Seth Flater: Rethinking Your Data and Employment Brand

Unplugged with Manager of Digital Strategy Seth Flater: Rethinking Your Data and Employment Brand

Why pay attention to Manager – Digital Strategy Seth Flater? For starters, he graduated Cum Laude with a mathematics degree, keeps a graphing calculator in his night stand and finds math jokes funny. In addition, he has set-up over 29,000 source codes (and counting) and constantly analyzes metrics from thousands of domains. We sat down with Seth to get his perspective on data and employment branding trends. Listen to what he had to say in the following video:

Bold Recruitment Brands (Video)

Bold Recruitment Brands (Video)

Traditional advertising tactics can be a good baseline for attracting talent to your organization, but progressive advertising and a bold recruitment brand can set an organization apart from the crowd and create a memorable brand and enhanced job seeker experience....