RecruitMilitary Honors “Veteran Hiring Leaders Who Make a Difference”

LOVELAND, Ohio - Aug. 19, 2014 - PRLog -- RecruitMilitary, the nation’s leading military-to-civilian recruitment firm, will honor 15 men and women as “Veteran Hiring Leaders Who Make a Difference” in the September/October 2014 issue of Search & Employ^®, its print and digital magazine. All of the honorees have multiple years of experience recruiting veterans and share a passion for veteran hiring and service. Many of them are veterans themselves, while others are members of military families.

The 15 are the first group chosen by RecruitMilitary; the company plans to recognize more hiring leaders in later issues of Search & Employ^®. A panel of four veteran hiring experts at RecruitMilitary nominated the 15 honorees.

Peter Gudmundsson, CEO of RecruitMilitary and a former officer in the United States Marine Corps, said, “We seek to draw attention to those individuals who get beyond ‘Rose Garden Recruiting’ target announcements, and really accomplish the frontline work of making sure that America’s leading companies take advantage of the opportunity to hire high-quality veteran talent. In a nation that generates a lot of noise about veterans and employment, these leaders propel their organizations to the front by actually hiring America’s best.”

Gudmundsson hopes that honoring these leaders will spur more veteran hiring and spread their lessons learned to others.He noted that “what drives our firm is that today’s veterans constitute a great treasure of talent and skill. It is in the commercial interest of employers to attract, hire, appreciate, and retain that talent. Fundamentally, veterans represent an opportunity for companies, rather than an obligation or a destination for charity. Furthermore, we know that readers of Search & Employ^® will understand and appreciate what our honorees have been doing. Their success helps all of us.”

RecruitMilitary distributes 58,000 print copies of the magazine bimonthly to military installations globally, National Guard and reserve units, men and women who attend its all-veteran job fairs, and veteran hiring leaders. The digital magazine is linked to three RecruitMilitary newsletters and the website at www.recruitmilitary.com.

The honorees are, in alphabetical order:

LINDA CLARK   Director – Human Resources Talent Management, Seventy Seven Energy

JOHN DiPIERO   Military Advocacy, USAA

BILL EDMUNDSON   Strategic Recruiting Consultant, Gulf Coast Division, First Command Financial Services

SIMEON GARRIOTT   Military Relations Manager, Western Region, Lockheed Martin

EVAN GUZMAN   Head of Military Programs & Veteran Affairs, Verizon

KATIE KILLIUS   Enterprise Talent Acquisition Program Manager, Wells Fargo & Co.

AVERY KING   Lead Military Veteran Recruiter, HCA, Hospital Corporation of America

SHANNON NOEL MULLINS   Talent Acquisition Manager, Ingersoll Rand

GARY M. PROFIT   Senior Director of Military Programs, Walmart

CHRIS RIEBEN   Talent Acquisition & Military Program Lead, Air Liquide America

DAVID A. SMITH   Vice President, Staffing Manager – Military Veterans Recruiting Program, Bank of America

KRIS URBAUER   Program Manager – Military Initiatives and Junior Officer Leadership Program, General Electric

JOE WALLIS   Senior Program Manager, Military Recruiting, Microsoft

JOHN H. WESLEY, III   Manager of Military Staffing, BNSF Railway

ABRAHAM ZAMBRANO   NAM Recruiting Manager, Schlumberger

RecruitMilitary helps organizations excel by leveraging the talent of our nation’s finest people, our veterans. Founded in 1998, the company produces over 100 all-veteran job fairs nationwide, giving tens of thousands of veterans an opportunity to interact with leading employers and other organizations (http://recruitmilitary.com/employers/expos).  In addition, the company offers the largest and most complete database of veteran talent, with over 700,000 members (http://recruitmilitary.com/employers/resume-database).

Company leaders are available to speak and write on any topic related to veteran hiring, job search, and tapping the veteran talent pipeline for organizational excellence.