Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is Now 5.9%
Today the 2019 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark was updated on the VEVRAA Benchmark Database. Effective on March 31, 2019, the new benchmark is 5.9 percent. Looking for prior national percentages? View a chart of...Top Ten Reasons Veterans Are Valuable Employees
As November winds down and the holiday season approaches, we are left to consider all that we are thankful for. Homes, family, health. But, other important things may go overlooked, like our nation’s servicemen and women who risk their lives to give us safety and...Assess, Define & Standardize: How Member ONEOK Successfully Tracks their Outreach
Outreach. The government requires that you do it in order to participate in government contracts, but how do you find the time and the tools to effectively document anything you’re doing? How do you start building a program that may not even exist and THEN get buy-in...Life After Listing: Working With States to Meet Your Hiring Needs
One of the biggest benefits of DirectEmployers’ compliance solution is the listing of Member jobs to local employment offices. Through this service, federal contractors have peace of mind knowing that they are compliant with the VEVRAA Mandatory Listing Requirements...DEAM’d A Wealth of Knowledge: Mike Bazinet’s Conference Experience
Let’s talk programming. There’s something to say about peer-to-peer education. You have a depth of understanding and a connection to shared struggles, solutions and best practices. This is the reason why we stack our agenda with practitioners from a variety of...Top Tips for Writing an Effective Job Description
Ah, the job description; the advertisement for your open position. Whether or not you realize it, the job description has a number of functions other than describing role responsibilities. Therefore, writing an effective job description is more important than you...Annual VEVRAA Hiring Benchmark is 6.7 Percent
Today the 2017 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark was updated on the VEVRAA Benchmark Database. The benchmark – 6.7 percent – is effective March 31, 2017. Contractors who adopted the previous year’s national benchmark...Member Spotlight: Promoting Collaborative Learning
It’s a new year and a new year to expand your knowledge and network with your peers! Having concerns as to whether you are doing something right is human nature. Asking yourself questions like, “Did I approach that situation right?” “Are there ways I could...DirectEmployers Announces 4th Annual Member Awards Competition
To aid in peer-to-peer learning amongst its 875+ member organizations, Indianapolis-based nonprofit DirectEmployers Association announces its 4th Annual Member Awards Competition. Members of Association are invited to submit their initiatives in two competition categories–OFCCP Compliance and Recruitment Marketing.