Please join us for the fall NJ/Eastern PA/DE HERC meeting at the Community College of Philadelphia on November 18th from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm.. A campus map, directions, and parking information can be found at: http://www.ccp.edu/about-us/locations/main-campus. Please send the names, titles and contact information for those attending from your school by November 8th to gilda@princeton.edu.
How Best to Hire, Engage and Retain Local Veterans
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Alex Archawski
Greater Philadelphia Veterans Network (GPVN) is a non-profit organization whose primary mission is three-fold: To assist our veterans, national guard and reservists to find work through career service, programs / initiatives, mentorships, networking and job leads; To educate employers in the greater Philadelphia area on how to hire our local veterans (Learn, Engage and Hire); To offer veteran professional leadership and veteran entrepreneurship programs.
GPVN was founded by Navy Veteran Alex Archawski. Alex had to transition twice out of the service (from active duty and the reserves). Both times he needed to look for a new job. He has been sharing his job searching experiences and successes with those who have been transitioning out of the military back to the Greater Philadelphia area. He repeatedly served as a mentor for Veterans, assisting them in developing and executing a job searching plan, networking strategy and end result is to connect them with local professional veterans in various industries. In 2010, he created GPVN to formalize a robust program, which involves career services. Alex has also developed programs for companies to help them better understand how to hire our veterans. He is a frequent subject matter speaker at veteran hiring events, human resources conferences and on campus with student veteran groups.
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Panel Discussion on Best Practices for Hiring & Retaining Veterans