Q: What is 5 Star Recruitment’s goal?

A: At 5 Star Recruitment, we are excited to help companies unite with excellent Military candidates that have proven to be the “best of the best”. 5 Star Recruitment offers you the most comprehensive and cost-effective way to reach and influence this valuable market. Whether you want to hire new professionals or market your educational programs, 5 Star Recruitment delivers your message with “military-friendly” flair. Through years of our company’s personnel’s dedication and customer satisfaction, 5 Star Recruitment has come up with a formula that works! 5 Star Recruitment helps connect candidates with different career options through first class job listings and extensive company profiles. 5 Star Recruitment offers a personalized service, complete ad design and worldwide exposure. This means more value and visibility, which means that your ad will be favorably received with the high quality response you deserve. 5 Star Recruitment goes a step further than other website advertising companies. At 5 Star Recruitment we have a complete marketing department, the Veteran’s Job Link, that actually gets on the phone and makes calls and contacts Transition Officers, Career Guidance Counselors, Veteran’s Associations, Military Medical Institutions and much more, on our client’s behalf. Although anyone, stateside or abroad, can view the website and the companies that are recruiting, we don’t solely rely on that aspect for your results. That is why 5 Star Recruitment is so pro-active in doing the leg work for you. We are the next best thing to “Professional Recruiters / Headhunters” without the exorbitant cost.

Q: Who should advertise with 5 Star Recruitment?

A: Everyone that is eager to reach exceptional, disciplined candidates should advertise with 5 Star Recruitment, which is the Veteran’s Job Link. All Company, Facility and Hospital Recruiters should be aware that every year there are approximately 300,000 to 350,000* candidates separating out of the Military and seeking their new careers. Every day you are reaching a new audience of talented applicants and their experience surpasses the general population of applicants out there. Their abilities are derived from the experience they’ve received and nurtured as team players, while serving our country. Since leadership skills are one of the great assets of the Military personnel that have completed their tour of duty, you can also reach a number of people wanting to start their own franchise business.

All Service and Retail Products Companies should be ready and willing to “brand” their name to this new group of buyers. These new consumers will be purchasing everything from food, clothing, homes and cars, to services such as relocation movers, insurances, banking, travel, dining and entertainment. Since the G.I. Bill allows for education benefits, Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning should also be focusing their direction this way as well.

Q: Why do companies benefit from being noted as “military-friendly”?

A: Ex-Military personnel want to work for Military-friendly companies that have a mutual sense of respect. Knowing that the company they work for understands and appreciates the commitment and sacrifice they have provided to our country for our freedom means a lot to them. They will tell their comrades about these companies that are interested to capture this audience of Military Personnel. In this economy it is crucial to employ the “best of the best”.

Q: Why hire Military Candidates?

A: Every year there are approximately 350,000* candidates separating out of the Military and seeking their new careers, along with their spouses and families. And now, with a definite date for drawback of troops in the Iraq/Afghanistan War, we can surely expect a much greater pool of candidates who will be needing employment in the coming years. Your company needs the talents, diversity and job skills these people possess. They are responsible, hard workers that will take their position with your company seriously. Even though most are still young enough to be molded to your company’s needs, they are mature, accomplished adults. They know how to obtain goals with follow through efforts. They have high levels of military training in multifaceted areas through vigorous instruction. They have completed their training with high marks of achievement. They are extremely physically fit, enduring constant rigorous maneuvers. Most of the Veterans will be returning to the workforce with Security Clearances, some with Top Secret Security Clearances. The Government pays for most interviewing and relocation costs for those that qualify. This is a great benefit to employers that will not have to incur this expense.

Q: How does 5 Star Recruitment compare to other sources out there?

Q: What Services are available to Military Personnel when transitioning out?

A: There are several programs that are required for those transitioning out. TAP (Transition Assistant Program) and ACAP (Army Career Alumni Program) serve as a guide with classroom lectures and activities that assist and instruct on resume writing, interview attire and course of action to be taken in seeking their new careers. The resources obtained through the TAP/ACAP are quite helpful in steering them in the right direction. Because of the TAP & ACAP personnel’s direct involvement, we pride ourselves on helping them present the opportunities of the Military-friendly companies we work with to the potential applicants. 5 Star Recruitment is always making contact and updating their records with the Transition Officers and Guidance Counselors and we know how important this relationship is to our continued service. TAP/ACAP managers receive weekly updates and changes from 5 Star Recruitment so they are always ready to present the latest information.

VETS (Veterans Employment & Training Service) is a training and funding federally run program with offices nationwide. VETS Local Veteran Employment Representatives (LVERs) and Disabled Veteran Outreach Program Representatives (DVOPs) offices work with the employment and educational requirements of those currently transitioning out as well as those that have already exited. Electronic job postings from 5 Star Recruitment are distributed weekly to all the VETS employment offices nationwide.

*Sources and statistics above include information found at the Department of Defense website, www.dodtransportal.org, as well as the Department of Labor’s website, www.dol.gov.