Workshops
Complete training to improve support of student veterans
If you are ready to make supporting student veterans a campus-wide focus, our training content can be bundled together into an on-site, two-day workshop on dates of your choosing. Click here to see workshop descriptions.
ON-SITE WORKSHOPS
The Value Of a Veteran offers both the standard Veteran Recruitment Workshop for Employers and a special version of the workshop for Higher Education institutions as on-site training. Payment of a speaker fee, which includes travel expenses, is required to reserve a 2-day on-site workshop. Click to view a partial description of the workshops below.
Contact us to request more information on hosting an on-site training event at your location and the full 2-day agenda.
VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS
Both the standard and the higher-ed versions of the workshop are also available as a VIRTUAL workshop, whereby the content is covered in four individual web seminars on a schedule you determine. You can have up to 100 locations/individuals attend the sessions online! This is a great option when budget and time away from the office are your primary concern. Payment of a speaker fee is required to reserve your requested dates/times for a virtual workshop.
Contact us to request more information on hosting a virtual training event and the full agenda.
LICENSE
Much of the content offered in the workshop for Higher Education can be licensed on a per-seat, annual basis as individual recorded web seminars. This option is ideal as refresher training for those who have attended a workshop and as initial training for new campus employees.
Contact us to request more information on licensing content.
PARTIAL WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
AUDIENCE: College/University Directors of HR, Admissions, Student Life, Career Services and Veterans Services and representatives from each of the various degree programs/colleges
PURPOSE: To gain information, motivation and direction to attract military veterans to campus as support them as both students and employees.
FORMAT: The workshop for higher education is offered over 2 days:
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The Day 1 morning session includes the following topics:
- The veteran’s challenge to pursuing additional/higher education & what colleges & universities can do to help veterans make transition to college
- 18 best practices for becoming a "veteran friendly" college/university
- Grants and other financial incentives to develop your veteran programs
- How to market your degree programs to the military
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The Day 2 afternoon session addresses:
- The benefits of adding military veterans to your workforce, including OFCCP compliance requirements
- Understanding all your cost/low-cost/no cost sourcing options for finding veterans to hire
- Marketing tactics for reaching the military and social media recruiting techniques
- Developing a military-to-civilian skills crosswalk and translating the military occupational code
- Understanding levels of responsibility and salary expectations by military grade
For more information about individual web seminars please visit our Web Seminar page by clicking here
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