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Orion has recently partnered with Precision Playgrounds, a leading installer of commercial playgrounds, and sports and recreation equipment. Since 2002, Precision Playgrounds has installed thousands of playgrounds nationwide.

If you are about to hire an external talent acquisition firm and need to create a meaningful RFP (Request for Proposal), Mike Starich’s recent article for Recruiting Daily is for you. In “How to Ace Your Next Recruiting RFP,” Starich, CEO of Orion Talent, covers four important rules for composing accurate RFPs.

This week, we’re proud to profile Elison Talabong, a former US Navy Aviation Ordnanceman Senior Chief Petty Officer who is now a Product Support Engineer with Axcelis Technologies. Elison worked with Orion in late 2018 to help find his post-military career.

In his guest post, Dave Lehmkuhl, Regional Manager at Orion Talent, explores why companies should reevaluate paying “market average” salaries in order to recruit top talent.

Orion has recently partnered with DECO, a privately held, global provider of law enforcement, military training, security solutions, and specialized technical services to government clients throughout the world. Over the past 31 years, DECO has grown from three employees and a handful of clients, to more than 2,200 professionals operating in unison across 75 countries.

You already know that military job seeker quality is second to none. As demonstrated by our 2018 Veteran Hiring Survey: Exploring the Bottom-line Value of Hiring Veteran Talent, you know they possess experience, have demonstrated performance in high-stress situations, and are graduates of the nation's military academies, top colleges, and leading technical schools. But how do you reach these candidates if you don’t have the resources (time, budget, or personnel) to build out a full veteran recruiting program?

Are you separating from the military within the next year and not sure where to begin your job search? To help get you started in the right direction, Orion has created a transition timeline guide to ensure you are doing everything possible to prepare yourself for success in the civilian workplace.

High turnover rate has been a growing issue among businesses, and recently became the topic of discussion on the webinar: Why are bad hiring decisions made, and what can be done?

With nearly 200,000 service members transitioning out of the military every year, companies and organizations realize the importance of helping veterans find civilian jobs.

Manufacturing.net recently featured an article co-authored by Mike Starich, CEO of Orion Talent, and Barbara Humpton, CEO of Siemens USA, titled “Accelerating and Improving Veteran Hiring.” Starich and Humpton are well suited to this topic as both practitioners and thought leaders in the field of veteran recruiting.

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