Lessons From Hiring 10,000 Veterans at Hilton

In a LinkedIn post, Chris Nassetta, President and CEO at Hilton Worldwide announced that Hilton has achieved the goal of Operation: Opportunity - to hire 10,00 veterans - two years early.

He goes on to share five important lessons that Hilton has learned along the way that all business can learn from

Identify Common Ground - there is a huge amount of overlap between the skills needed to be successful in military and civilian roles but companies need to take the time to explain and discuss them.

Provide Tailored Resources & Support - harder for small companies but even small gestures go a long way.

Short and Long Term Opportunities - the long term opportunity may or may not be with the first employer after service.  Either way there should be a plan. 

Family Matters - as it should for any employer but more so for spouses who are the "hidden heroes" of military service.  Hilton counts hiring military spouses in their target of hiring 10,000.

Veterans Are Invaluable Assets - and last but not least, Hilton is not just 'doing the right thing', the company benefits hugely from the character and values that military veterans bring with them - even more so because of the way in which Hilton helps in the transition.

The full blog and accompanying video is here:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-weve-learned-from-hiring-10000-veterans-hilton-chris-nassett