Orion Insights

Many Hiring Managers and TA professionals are busy fine-tuning their recruiting goals and budget for 2020, possibly even with an eye on a potential recession. With this in mind, Cory Kruse, President of Orion Novotus, recently shared five tips that companies should keep in mind with HR Morning.

It’s no surprise to veterans that they possess leadership skills, mostly learned from their time in the military. A recent study by the Center for Creative Leadership revealed that Army leaders showed a greater proficiency of core leadership qualities than their civilian industry leader counterparts.

In our latest employer resource, we explore Leadership Development Programs (LDP) in depth and the ingenious method they present for mentoring your company's next generation of leaders. At Orion, we have matched many forward-thinking companies, like Siemens, Ardagh Group, Nucor, Owens Corning, and Lutron with Junior Military Officers to fuel these programs and drive business growth.

According to a recent LinkedIn report, veterans are more likely to be underemployed than their civilian counterparts. While the unemployment rate for veterans is 3.2 percent (and lower than the national average for civilians), veterans still struggle to find a career that matches their qualifications gained in the military.

The first step to better recruiting is to understand what it is costing you. And recruiting a new team member costs far more than you might think. Both internal and external activities affect your cost-per-hire. This ratio, the total dollars spent for sourcing, recruiting and staffing for the total number of hires during a specific time period, is an essential metric.

LinkedIn recently released their Veteran Opportunity Report, which highlights the current state of veteran employment and how challenging it is for veterans to find a career that properly utilizes all of the skills and talents that they received in the military. The report, pulled from LinkedIn data and additional insights, is helpful for both veterans and employers.

Thankfulness is a theme that deserves more than just a month. And in corporate culture, encouraging gratitude goes a long toward ensuring positive employee engagement. As long as this gratitude is genuine, it can have broad effects throughout a company in addition to engagement, including productivity and customer service.

As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday and reflect on all that we have to be thankful for, we want to take a moment here at Orion Talent to extend a special thank you to the servicemen and women of the military.

In our newest case study, Orion Novotus is excited to share how QAD, a provider of complete, integrated business software for manufacturing companies, partnered with us to create structure, consistency, and stability in its talent acquisition process, with implementation across the business.

This week, we’re proud to profile Vallery Carolus, a former U.S. Navy Sonar Technician who is now a Production Controller with Siemens. Vallery began looking for a career about six months prior to her end of active service, and was having trouble finding companies that would consider her for a career that far in advance. She decided to contact Orion for assistance.

Archives

RSS Feed

Subscribe to Orion's Blog