Workforce: Today's workforce is the key to success for every business in the world. To acheive success, this workforce not only has to just show up every day and do their job, but this workforce must have a work ethic that reaches above and beyond. The U.S. Military has a great track record of producing individuals with numerous leadership traits, such as good judgement, dependability, initative, enthusiasm, unselfishness, decisiveness, and loyalty. These are the qualities that help make a business succeed.

Those individuals who recruit for the businesses that are successful must believe in what they do, and enjoy it as well. To acheive these results, the matching process between the employer and the candidate is critical. They must have a passion to help those they are representing, both employer and candidate. The listed organizations on this page do just that. They represent those leaders who will lead the charge into tomorrow. Take advantage of these organizations right now, so the Veterans of yesterdays war, can lead tomorrows business.

Welfare of the troops: If we're to succeed in placing those qualified job candidates into todays workforce, there are sometimes obsticles we must hurdle. This can't be acheived overnight, but with hard work and dedication, and the use of resources available, it can be acheived. The welfare of the Veterans returning from theater is a top priority, because without this, our workforce quality suffers.

Along with the resources for finding and retaining quality workforce in the list below, there are also those organizations who help with the challenge of transistion. Please take advantage of these organizations to help your friends, co-workers, or employees. It not only helps the company they are a part of, but it also helps us as a nation in whole.

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Marine 4 Life | Texas Veterans Leadership Program | Army Wounded Warrior | Employer Support of Reserve & Guard

As an employer, you want to hire the best employees with experience, skill and integrity. People who have discipline, commitment and a great work ethic. Marines are ready to bring qualities like these to your organization now. From the

moment they enter the Marine Corps, Marines are taught a set of values. As an infantryman in combat, a radar operator running a multimillion-dollar system or a logistics specialist moving troops and equipment around the world, Marines are taught the values of the Corps: honor, courage and commitment.Along with these core values, the Marine Corps emphasizes leadership, teamwork and the drive to excel. These are the kinds of qualities Marine veterans embody. As a Marine For Life employer, you will have ready access to a quality pool of candidates. Marine veterans who have met the challenges of the Corps and can now bring their proven experience to your business organization.

Go register as a Marine For Life employer by clicking the “Go To Website” button below. From the Marine For Life website select "Employers", then click "Create Account", and a Marine For Life representative will be in touch with you to speak about the value Marine veterans can bring to your business.

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The Texas Veterans Leadership Program (TVLP) is a Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) resource and referral network that serves to connect returning veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan with the resources and tools they need to lead productive lives and enjoy the full benefits of the

society they have willingly served. Veterans Resource and Referral Specialists (VRRSs) will work to find ancillary services in local communities, some of which will be community service organizations, veterans service organizations, and faith-based programs.The VRRSs also will link federal to local governmental agencies and programs as well as community leaders and employers.

Our TWC Program Director is a returning veteran of Iraq. He oversees TVLP and its 28 VRRSs. This network of returning veterans will play an integral role in addressing the needs of other returning veterans, including referrals to address employment, training, medical, educational, and other needs of veterans. One VRRS is assigned to each of the 28 local workforce development areas. Located in a Texas Workforce Center, each local project director works closely with Texas workforce center staff and TVC staff who are co-located in Texas Workforce Centers.

VRRSs will:

* Seek out veterans in need of services;
* Serve as resource and referral agents, directing returning veterans to resources tailored to their needs;
* Make referrals and coordinate with different programs ranging from employment and training to medical care, mental health and counseling, veterans benefits, and other programs to address the varying needs of veterans; and
* Coordinate a chain of volunteer veterans familiar with the obstacles faced by returning veterans to assist in mentoring and serving returning Iraq/Afghanistan veterans.

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support to this unique population of Soldiers, who were injured or became ill during their service in the Global War on Terrorism. AW2 is a key component of the Army's commitment, the Army Family Covenant, to wounded warriors and their Families. All wounded, injured and ill Soldiers—who are expected to require six months of rehabilitative care and the need for complex medical management—are assigned to a Warrior Transition Unit to focus on healing before returning to duty or transitioning to Veteran status. Those who meet AW2 eligibility are simultaneously assigned to the AW2 and receive a local AW2 Advocate to personally assist them long term.

Wounded Soldiers are eligible for a wide array of benefits in order to help them recover physically, prepare financially and build their skills for a rewarding career. AW2 Advocates will ensure that AW2 Soldiers and their Families are connected with these benefits and services, which span:

For more information on the AW2 organization, please visit their website.

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) is a Department of Defense (DoD) organization. It is a staff group within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (OASD/RA), which is in itself a part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).

The nation's Reserve components (referring to the total of all National Guard members and Reserve forces from all branches of the military) comprise approximately 48 percent of our total available military manpower. The current National Defense Strategy indicates that the National Guard and Reserve will be full partners in the fully integrated Total Force. Our Reserve forces will spend more time away from the workplace defending the nation, supporting a demanding operations tempo and training to maintain their mission readiness.

In this environment, civilian employers play a critical role in the defense of the nation by complying with existing employment laws protecting the rights of workers who serve in the Reserve component.

ESGR was established in 1972 to promote cooperation and understanding between Reserve component members and their civilian employers and to assist in the resolution of conflicts arising from an employee's military commitment. It is the lead DoD organization for this mission under DoD Directive 1250.1.

Today, ESGR operates through a network of thousands of volunteers throughout the nation and Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

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