Hire America’s Heroes seeks to connect corporate America with the rich skills and abilities of military veterans. Our purpose is to promote best practices and success strategies by which America’s military service members, upon their exit from active duty, are welcomed into America’s corporate workforce.

These best practices cover:

• transition from military to corporate culture
• recruiting topics
• hiring practices
• on-boarding practices
• retention strategies

History

Hire America’s Heroes was formed on May 8, 2007, by leaders from five Seattle-based corporations intent on improving access to corporate jobs for exiting military service members. The initial Board of Directors had representation from corporate, military, government, and private-law practice perspectives.

While begun in the Puget Sound region in Washington State, Hire America’s Heroes will support additional chapters, anchored by sponsor corporations, in major metropolitan areas around the United States.

Value to Military Service Members

Hire America’s Heroes does not work directly with individuals. Rather, we work with corporations and their recruiting teams as well as military transition coordinators at military bases to insure that they can network together. Specific benefits for individual service members include

• access to information regarding otherwise "hidden" job opportunities;
• a network to help them find great civilian careers;
• enhanced corporate understanding for the value which veterans bring to the corporate world.

Activities

Hire America’s Heroes is chartered to:

• arrange and conduct business conferences;
• plan business meetings;
• provide executive search and placement services;
• provide job- and personnel-placement services;
• organize and conduct job fairs;
• provide facilities for business meetings;
• arrange meetings and seminars.

Hire America’s Heroes will engage interested corporations in symposia, networking events, and other activities designed to educate, promote, and facilitate recognized best-practice processes and success strategies for sourcing, recruiting, hiring, on-boarding, supporting, and retaining America’s military service members and veterans.

Presenters will be selected from among corporations recognized as “best in class” for attracting, retaining, and providing excellent working environments for America’s exiting military service members and veterans. Recognized members of government and the military, service members who have made a successful transition, and other supporters may also present during these events in a show of support for the practice of hiring former service members.

Sponsor corporations may form committees within the structure of Hire America’s Heroes in order to provide consultation and support to other corporations interested in adopting their best-practice processes and success strategies. Committees may also form to collaborate on implementation strategies, to track the successful placement of exiting service members, and to share resources that facilitate the sourcing, recruiting, hiring, on-boarding, support and retention of military veteran employees.

As Hire America’s Heroes chapters are established around the nation, symposia and other educational events may be occurring simultaneously in various locations. Hire America’s Heroes will provide guidelines to ensure quality standards and consistent event delivery. Adherence to these standards assures quality and protects the good name and positive reputation of Hire America’s Heroes.

To organize a chapter in your area or to participate in an already existing chapter, please contact Marjorie James, President at .

Participation and Sponsorship

Membership in Hire America’s Heroes is open to corporations who want to contribute financially, in the form of sponsorships, to the ongoing operations of the organization. Corporations wishing to apply for sponsorship in Hire America’s Heroes may submit an application to the organization’s Board of Directors.

Hire America’s Heroes’ Sponsors are expected to adhere to the following basic commitments:

• Develop and maintain a corporate commitment to recruiting, hiring, supporting, and retaining military veteran employees.
• Active participation in at least one Hire America’s Heroes committee.
• Provide Hire America’s Heroes with Sponsor corporation’s veteran-hiring and -retention metrics on an annual basis. Data used to report year-over-year percentage improvements of member companies as a group.
• Willingness to provide both a time commitment and financial support for optional activities available at the corporation’s chosen Sponsorship Level. These activities will be selected by the corporation from the array available at a given Sponsorship Level and are delivered by Hire America’s Heroes

Corporate Sponsorship Levels

• One-Star Sponsor — $2,500 annual contribution
• Two-Star Sponsor — $5,000 annual contribution
• Three-Star Sponsor — $7,500 annual contribution
• Four-Star Sponsor — $10,000 annual contribution

To learn more about becoming a sponsor, please request a brochure .

Hire America's Heroes | Post Office Box 407 | Redmond, WA  98073-0407 | | t: 425.702.9000

Copyright ©2007 by Hire America's Heroes. All rights reserved. Hire America's Heroes is a registered 501(c)3 organization. All sponsorships are tax-deductible.