RSSIssue 8:4 – Sunday, April 1, 2007
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The VetJobs Early Eagle is for member employers, recruiters, friends and supporters of VetJobs.
VetJobs is exclusively sponsored and partially owned by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. VetJobs is the only job board endorsed by the Vietnam Veterans of America.
This month’s Early Eagle is sponsored by: WEDDLE’s and TECHEXPO Top Secret
Contents:
1. Message from the Top
2. Vets Band Together to Line Up Business
3. Tough to Fill Jobs – Survey
4. National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of March 21, 2007
5. Significant Events this Month in Military History
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1. Message from the Top
This past month has been very interesting. We have received many calls from human resource departments who are concerned about America’s Job Bank (AJB) being closed in June of 2007. Many companies had used AJB because it was free and being sponsored by the Department of Labor, posting on AJB met their compliance requirements for EEOC and VEVRAA. With AJB going away companies now have to find an alternative. For many, that alternative has become VetJobs!
The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) requires covered federal government contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment specified categories of veterans protected by the Act. It prohibits discrimination against such veterans. In addition, VEVRAA requires contractors and subcontractors to list their employment openings with an appropriate employment service delivery system, and that covered veterans receive priority in referral to such openings. As the only job board endorsed by the Vietnam Veterans of America, VetJobs is an “appropriate employment service delivery system”.
April is a month of religious holidays. And as most military who have experienced combat will tell you, there are no atheists in a fox hole. So participate in the activities of your religion.
April 1 – Palm Sunday
April 3 – First Day of Passover
April 6 – Good Friday
April 8 – Easter
April 10 – Last day of Passover
This past month I had several conversations with recruiters about the cost of leaving a position open during this tight labor market. It seems the recruiters have a hard time getting their hiring managers to understand how much a vacant position is costing their company. I read in a recent article that the way to fix this problem is to talk to the manager in terms they understand. For example, say to the hiring manager: “Your department has 20 people and generates $12 million in revenue. Do you realize each person is worth $600K in revenue per year or $50K a month? How long can you afford to keep the position open?” Another good approach would be: “You know, in a department of 10, with even 1 opening, everyone else has to work 10% harder to pick up the work. You already told me that you department is actually understaffed. How long do you think your remaining people will work at this pace before they start looking elsewhere for a job?” These statements, tailored to your company, should get the hiring manager to understand they can not leave vacancies open very long. And yes, they will have to pay to get the word out that they have an opening.
As always, if there is anything we at VetJobs can do for you, please do not hesitate to call or email.
And remember, Freedom Is Never Free – Support Our Armed Forces and Veterans!
Best regards,
Ted Daywalt
President
/—-April Early Eagle sponsor is WEDDLE’s—-\
WEDDLE’s training programs are audio-based. You get the PowerPoint slides for each program in advance, and on the day of the training, you simply call a toll-free number and have the presentation delivered right to you.
All of the programs are presented by WEDDLE’s Publisher, Peter Weddle, and draw on WEDDLE’s 10+ years of research into the Best Practices for sourcing and recruiting online. The Spring/Summer 2007 series is listed below:
-April 3, 2007: Best Practices in Sourcing Passive Prospects Online
-April 24, 2007: Building a Corporate Career Site that Will Attract Top Talent
-May 15, 2007: The Sum & Substance of a Great Employment Brand
-May 29, 2007: Blink Recruiting—Getting to “Yes” Fast With Passive Prospects
-June 11, 2007: Transforming Your Resume Database into a Candidate Gold Mine
-June 21, 2007: A-to-Z in Best Practices for Online Recruitment Advertising
Registrations are limited, so reserve your seats now. To get pricing information and sign up, please call WEDDLE’s at 317.916.9424.
\—–Please visit your April Early Eagle sponsor WEDDLE’s—–/
2. Vets Band Together to Line Up Business
Navy veteran turned publisher Chris Hale will launch the National Veteran-Owned Business Association on Wednesday. The new organization will work to change the buying habits of major U.S. corporations, asking them to set aside a certain number of third-party contracts for the nation’s 3.6 million veteran-owned businesses. To learn more, visit http://www.navoba.com/
/—-April Early Eagle sponsor is TECHEXPO Top Secret—-\
Find qualified candidates at TECHEXPO this month! TECHEXPO Top Secret job fairs bring you face to face with security-cleared professionals Wednesday, April 18 in Baltimore, MD and Thursday, April 19 in Reston, VA. For 2007 event schedule, contact Seth Berk at 212-655-4505 x 244 or SBerk@TechExpoUSA.com. http://www.TechExpoUSA.com
\—–Please visit your April Early Eagle sponsor TECHEXPO Top Secret—–/
3. Tough to Fill Jobs – Survey
A survey released Thursday by temporary staffing agency Manpower Inc. says that U.S. employers counted sales, teachers and mechanics as the top three hardest jobs to fill in 2007. Other employees that are most sought after included truck drivers, accountants and machine operators. A sales representative includes everyone from hourly retail workers to white-collar corporate sales experts and was also was the hardest job to fill in 2006. Forecasters have said demand for sales jobs will increase dramatically in the coming years.
4. National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of March 21, 2007
Total number currently on active duty in support of the partial mobilization for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 63,211; Navy Reserve, 6,188; Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, 5,117; Marine Corps Reserve, 5,556; and the Coast Guard Reserve, 301. This brings the total National Guard and Reserve personnel, who have been mobilized, to 80,373, including both units and individual augmentees. A cumulative roster of all National Guard and Reserve personnel, who are currently mobilized, can be found at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2007/d20070321ngr.pdf .
5. Significant Events this Month in Military History
1775 – British troops under LTC Francis Smith, with MAJ John Pitcairn, Royal Marines, as second in command, marched to Lexington MA and fired on American minutemen on the town green, beginning the American Revolution (Revolutionary War).
1836 – General Sam Houston and his Texan forces defeated Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto (War for Texas Independence).
1861 – South Carolina state troops under GEN P.G. T. Beauregard began the bombardment of Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, SC, beginning the Civil War
1865 – GEN Robert E. Lee surrendered his remaining Confederate forces to GEN Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the Civil War.
1915 – Poison gas was first used in battle by the Germans against the British at the Battle of Ypers, Belgium (World War I).
1941 – German Luftwaffe raid on the city of Coventry, England. Much of the city was destroyed, including parts of the medieval cathedral. Winston Churchill, the British prime minister, had advance notice of the raid as the Allies had the German “Ultra” code, but Churchill could not warn the city, lest the Germans became aware of how Churchill had received the information (WWII).
1942 – Fall of Bataan and start of the Bataan Death March (WWII).
1945 – Invasion of Okinawa began (WW II).
1945 – German Unconditional Surrender to Italian Allies (WW II).
1945 – American planes sank the IJNS Yamato, largest battleship ever built, off the Japanese coast. The Yamato had never fired a shot against an enemy vessel (WWII).
1953 – Battle of Pork Chop Hill (Hill 255) began (Korean War).
1968 – Operation Pegasus was launched by the 1st Air Cavalry Division to relieve the marines at Khe Sanh (Vietnam War).
1975 – The former imperial capital of Hue fell to North Vietnamese troops, along with the entire Thua Thien Province (Vietnam War).
1991 – Persian Gulf War official cease fire begins (Persian Gulf War).
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