RE360 Founder and CEO Named 2021 Pittsburgh Vetrepreneur of the Year PITTSBURGH—Navy veteran Joe Calloway, founder and CEO of RE360 real estate investment company, has been named the 2021 Pittsburgh Vetrepreneur® of the Year, a prestigious honor presented annually to one of the region’s outstanding veteran business owners. Those chosen as Pittsburgh Vetrepreneur® of the …
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Veteran Hiring Event March 2021
VIQTORY announces next veteran hiring event on March 24, 2021 PITTSBURGH, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — VIQTORY has announced that SportClips Chairman and Founder Gordon Logan will be the keynote speaker at its next Virtual Career Expo (VCE) on March 24. Logan is an Air Force Veteran and recipient of the 2015 Vetrepreneur of the …
We Serve – March 2021
Letter from our CEO In feedback from January’s inaugural We Serve newsletter, I was encouraged to hear so many share a desire to rise above partisan divides and come together in more meaningful ways to serve the military community. Thank you. But let’s talk about how others sometimes view our community of those creating civilian …
We Serve – January 2021
Letter from our CEO After 9/11, you struggled to find a front porch in America without an American flag proudly waving. 9/11 united us, as common foes almost always do. Since everything today is political, permit me to steal a famous political quote from Lloyd Bentsen to compare 9/11 to the corona. I served before …
Military Spouse Friendly® Employers 2021
PITTSBURGH, October 6, 2020 – Since 2003, Military Friendly® has set the standard for companies nationwide, this year’s Military Spouse Friendly® Employers list can be found at www.MilitaryFriendly.com/2021Spouse and will be officially published in the January 2021 issue of Military Spouse® Magazine. Combined Insurance earned the #1 Military Spouse Friendly® Employer ranking. “It is an …
Building a Sustainable Talent Pipeline
Turns out plenty of companies are interested in building sustainable talent pipelines. Who knew? Having a sustainable talent pipeline allows companies to have a reliable source of quality candidates available when they need them, reducing the cost of vacant positions and streamlining the hiring process. Learn how you can run successful military veteran recruitment campaigns, …
Voices of Veterans Interview
Chris Hale, CEO of Neptune Companies is a Navy Veteran, Veteran advocate, and enterprueneur. He joined #NextGenWarrior from the HQ of Viqtory, Inc and GI Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA to discuss leadership, his passion for building businesses, and how Veterans can position themselves for success after service. View this post on Instagram This week’s #NextGenWarrior …
Reflecting on My Time At VIQTORY
By Mike Stevens, National Executive Director for the Navy League of the United States DEAR EMPLOYERS, To all those who recognize and seek the tremendous talent of our veterans and have made a deliberate effort to bring them into your organization as employees, franchisees and students, on behalf of all veterans, I thank you. Today …
Reaching More Non-Traditional Students
COVID-19 has presented many challenges for schools all over the country when it comes to recruiting students. Ball State’s Director of Marketing and Communications weighs in on how they are handling the challenges of the pandemic, and what they are doing to recruit their desired students. Roughly two-thirds of job fair attendees indicated that they …
Winning the Battle for Veteran Talent
Being Military Friendly®: How Verizon Wins the Battle for Military Veteran Talent Verizon’s commitment to hiring veterans has earned them the title of #1 Military Friendly® Company 3 times in a row for their overall commitment in Hiring Veterans and Military Spouses, Supplier Diversity and Verizon’s Brand recognition in the Military community. Tommy Jones, Retired …