Military.com Joins Monster

In March of this year, Monster Worldwide acquired Military Advantage, the nation’s largest military membership organization, with nearly 4 million members. Membership includes over 25 percent of uniformed personnel. Military Advantage is dedicated to connecting the 30 million members of the military and veteran community to every benefit earned in service to America. Through their online presence Military.com (www.Military.com) they help members access their benefits, advance their careers, enjoy military discounts, and stay connected to friends and mentors from the service.

Both Monster and Military Advantage share a passion to help people realize their potential through education and career advancement and make the most of military service throughout life. In addition, both embrace technology as a means to efficiently connect people to opportunities, services and employers that meet their needs and interests.

Find Skills, Security Clearances & Diversity in the Veteran Talent Pool

The 14 million veterans in the labor force comprise a talent pool rich in technical skills, security clearances, leadership experience and diversity. In addition, with over 250,000 people exiting the military each year, the armed forces represent a pipeline of qualified talent.

But that talent has sometimes been elusive. It can be difficult to reach qualified people as they transition out of the service, or to find passive veteran job seekers. Military.com, a new addition to Monster’s portfolio, offers efficient, measurable ways to source qualified candidates with military experience.

Top 5 Reasons to Hire Veterans

Agency	Veterans as % of Workforce
Defense Dept.	38%
GSA	32%
VA	26%
Energy	24%
Justice	22%
Labor	21%
Interior	20%

Veterans comprise 26 percent of Federal employees (Executive Branch) and 11 percent of the private sector labor force. As of September 30, 2002, the Government employed 450,100 veterans. Compared to the civilian labor force, the Federal Government employs over two times the percentage of veterans, approximately three times the percentage of Vietnam-era veterans, and over five times the percentage of disabled veterans.

Skills & Education. The US military is one of the world’s largest training organizations. Servicemembers receive extensive classroom and practical training in a wide variety of sought-after professions including engineering, health care, accounting, information technology, foreign languages, skilled trades, telecommunications, transportation and logistics, to name but a few. The military also trains individuals in a range of highly specialized skills such as veterinary medicine, entomology, cartography, nuclear physics, graphic arts and water treatment. About 11 percent of servicemembers have aviation specialties and 5 percent have healthcare expertise.

Profile of Job Seekers at Military.com
Expertise	Security Clearance
18% Security, Protection & Insurance	42% Have Active Security Clearance
17% Business Administration	32% Have/Had “Top Secret” Clearance
15% Engineering & Maintenance	70% Have/Had Some Clearance
15% Information Technology
5% Healthcare	Diversity
	40% Are Diversity Candidates

Military officers, who account for about 16 percent of today’s armed forces, generally have bachelor’s degrees and 36 percent hold graduate degrees. Education benefits are a top reason for joining the military, and servicemembers increasingly pursue degrees while serving. The military actively encourages voluntary education in the ranks – over 670,000 enrolled in voluntary undergraduate and graduate programs in FY 2003.

Occupational Breakdown of Veterans
Managerial & Professional Specialty	30%
Technical, Sales & Administrative Support	21%
Precision Production, Craft & Repair	19%
Operators, Fabricators & Laborers	17%
Service Occupations	9%
Farming, Forestry & Fishing	3%

Leadership Experience. The military provides leadership experience at a young age. Early on, the precedent is set for responsibility and accountability. Servicemembers and veterans are accustomed to having a team count on them for successful achievement of their objective.

“Can-Do” Attitudes. Military service conditions young people to adapt, improvise and overcome obstacles. This is a motivated, goal-oriented group that responds to the challenge of accomplishing the task at hand.

Security Clearances. Transitioning servicemembers often have active security clearances, as do veterans working in government or the defense industry. In addition, security clearances can be renewed for up to 2 years after leaving the service. With the backlog and expense of getting a candidate cleared, hiring a veteran with security clearance can frequently save considerable time and money—as much as 2 years and $15,000 in the case of Top Secret clearances.

Diversity. Minorities make up about 40 percent of today’s military, including 20 percent African-American, 12 percent Hispanic and 8 percent Asian/Pacific Islander.

Military.com Offers Employers Efficient Access to Qualified Job Seekers

Military.com offers employers efficient, measurable programs to attract qualified job seekers with military experience. Transitioning servicemembers and veterans utilize Military.com to explore career options, translate their military skills, find military-friendly employers, prepare their resumes and search job openings.

Employers can promote current job openings and communicate their organization as military-friendly to fill open positions and establish a flow of qualified prospects from the military community.

Military.com offers featured “Military-Friendly Job” and “Military-Friendly Employer” placements in the Military.com Career Center, Job Newsletters and Security Clearance Newsletter with jobs for cleared people. Information on job openings can be targeted to qualified job seekers.

In addition to promoting current openings, Military.com can promote hiring events and position an organization as an employer of choice for veterans by explaining advancement opportunities, benefits and important projects.