Defense Acquisition University: a treasure chest of potential new hires

Defense AT&L, Jan-Feb, 2008

As the Defense Acquisition University continues to broaden its recruitment and hiring considerations, DAU is researching two new avenues to announce its job opportunities.

* Hiring Heroes -- The Department of Defense values the contributions and sacrifices of its servicemembers and realizes the knowledge, skills, and dedication they can bring to civilian positions after military service. This is a broad outreach program to help injured servicemembers and their spouses find employment.

DAU can participate in the Hiring Heroes Career Fairs being held all over the United States by providing DAU job announcements to the Civilian Personnel Management Service Office to be shared at the Career Fairs. This program is a win-win situation for all. DAU stands to support the Department of Defense effort to be a model for helping injured servicemembers transition into civilian life.

* Soldiers4Hire www.soldiers4hire.com -- This Web site is for military servicemembers transitioning to the civilian sector. It handles Internet advertising of job vacancies and can help DAU unite with qualified candidates in a variety of career areas. The military pays their relocation and interviewing expenses.

Civilian jobs are sought by many military candidates who are currently being released from their tour of duty. This Web site is viewed by both those who are stationed stateside and abroad. The mission of Soldiers4Hire is to reach all qualified and experienced candidates who are seeking civilian careers so that organizations can employ highly skilled and disciplined professionals for their job openings.

Military candidates can also find other information from this Web site such as relocation, benefits, and other necessary resources. In addition, other links are posted with many DoD Web sites that provide government and military resources to all separating military personnel and their families. The ads are viewed by all military installation centers, employment readiness centers, military transition centers, command centers, and career guidance counselors, to name a few. Job postings are exposed to all branches of the military.