The Benefits of Employing Veterans Webinar
Monday, August 17, 2020 2:00-4:00 PM | Wednesday, August 19, 2020 2:00-3:00 PM
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In celebration of our Veterans, we are pleased to offer this event complimentary to all participants.

 


Recertification Credit Information
Education Event: 3 HRCI HR General and 3 SHRM PDCs

The Education Event is approved for 3 HRCI (HR General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org. DallasHR is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information, visit the SHRM certification website at www.shrmcertification.org.

*Attendance is required to receive recertification credit certificates for attending this educational event.

The Benefits of Employing Veterans Webinar

Spend some time Monday and Wednesday with DallasHR and earn up to 3 hours of recertification credit.


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Wednesday, August 19th 2:00-3:00 PM
The Benefits of Employing Veterans

This session will be dedicated to understanding the benefits of employing military veterans in your organization. The employable pool of veterans is rich in that each veteran has received world class training for their specific career field and is well versed in adapting quickly. Human resources professionals must understand their specific role in assisting veterans make a smooth transition to civilian and corporate life by tailoring recruiting, training, and retention processes specifically for said veterans.

During this session, the attendees will learn the following:

• How to present the business case to corporate management for hiring military and veteran candidates that describes the important role executives, HR professionals, and hiring managers play in the successful transition of veterans from military service to employment.
• Strategies and practices such as using a competency-based recruiting and selection process to efficiently and effectively recruit and retain high quality talent from the veteran candidate demographic.
• How to utilize the veteran workforce, jobs, and job analysis to align the best veteran candidate with the job requirement
• How to facilitate the veteran’s assimilation to corporate culture by being able to identify and dynamically adapt onboarding, training, and retention processes to accommodate the differences in transition timing and also meeting the needs of veterans from different service eras.

About the Speaker

Dr. Preston Rich
Speaker & Educator
USAF Veteran

Dr. Preston Rich is a proud Christian, father, veteran, speaker, educator, entrepreneur, and author in Frisco, Texas.  He served over 10 years in the United States Air Force which included two tours in support of Operation Desert Storm.  He was a 2013 and 2015 Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) finalist. His diverse background has provided him with over 30 years of leadership experience in five separate industries.  When he left the military, he worked as a manager at Sprint, Lucent, Nokia, General Datatech, and Pepsi Co.  His corporate experience enables him to bring a unique experiential perspective to his classroom. Dr. Rich teaches business and cybersecurity courses as an adjunct professor at Parker University.  His engaging Socratic style has earned him the distinction as a “Professor of Choice” among the business student population on all campuses where he has taught.  In 2018, he developed the “Rich Thinking Series” designed to teach people how to use critical thinking to take control of their lives and is currently developing a conceptual model for cyber-leadership. Dr. Rich is dedicated to positively impacting people by teaching them how to become transformational in all aspects of their personal and professional lives.  He was the first scholar in the world to develop an instrument that quantitatively measured the relationship between ethical leader behavior and organizational performance. During his downtime, Dr. Rich can be found in Frisco with his human and canine sons.  He is a life member and officer of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) as well as a life member of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV).

 

Payment & Registration Notes


Attendees can register for:
Full Education Event 

Payment is due with registration. No POs or requests for invoicing can be honored. Checks should be made payable and mailed (to be received no later than the Wednesday before the meeting) to the DallasHR Office.

Important Notices:


Chapter members and guests are not allowed to bring and/or distribute marketing collateral or material other than business cards to any chapter event except paid, sponsoring businesses. Violation of this policy will result in dismissal from the meeting and confiscation of materials. Opportunities to promote products and services are available. For information, please contact [email protected].