Tapping Into the Talents of Veterans

Recently, Prudential Financial published an article that highlights its VETalent program and its partnership with Workforce Opportunity Services. Through VETalent Prudential and WOS has helped post-9/11 military service members and their spouses attain life-changing employment and training opportunities.

Check out an excerpt from the article below:

Veterans Initiatives established VETalent, a partnership between Prudential and Workforce Opportunity Services, a nonprofit organization that helps companies build strong talent pipelines through unique work-study programs. VETalent, a nine-month work-study program, prepares veterans and spouses of active duty service members for careers in information technology, sales and business operations. Participants receive extensive job training and classroom work followed by on-the-job training to qualify for full-time career opportunities with Prudential or other companies.

When the VETalent members graduate from the program, they work as full-time consultants for Prudential, after which time they become eligible for full-time employment offers from the company. As of 2015, Prudential hired 85 veterans and/or spouses from VETalent and another 178 have been hired by other companies. In addition, another 48 veterans and/or military spouses are in active programs at Prudential and other 86 are in programs with other companies, helping to earn the company the recognition of “Top 100 Military Friendly Employers” and “Best for Vets” for six consecutive years.

Read the full article here.