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The Broadway Education Alliance, Inc. has announced an alliance with Our Military Kids (OMK) to make Broadway shows and experiences more accessible to U.S. military families living throughout the Greater New York area. To kick off the relationship Our Military Kids...

Evan Guzman is nationally known for his work in supporting the military connected community and love of the arts and entertainment. He's the founder of Verizon's Military Hiring & Engagement program. In this role he established, developed, and implemented an...

Started by veteran Daniel Rau after experiencing his own difficult transition, VETERATI is a free platform linking veterans with mentors across all industries and professions. Hear from mentees and mentors on how VETERATI has made a powerful impact on their lives....

You probably hear a lot about hiring veterans and the value they bring into the civilian workforce. There are hundreds of articles and studies written about it. In fact, there are even data that suggest how veterans are outperforming their civilian counterparts at...

Evan is a nationally recognized leader with over two decades of experience in veteran hiring, strategic talent acquisition, corporate development, employment marketing & branding. As a Chief Veteran Advocate, Evan is highly sought-after by major companies, news...

My job is to help organizations become more veteran friendly. This could involve helping them start from scratch, or augmenting a program that's existed for months or years. Many factors come into play from onboarding, to marketing, to training, to proper sourcing and...

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Head of Military Programs & Veteran Affairs at Verizon and a founding member of Project Transition USA's Advisory Board. Evan has been recruiting veterans for over 20 years and is the star of LinkedIN's new commercial video produced in honor of Veteran's Day 2014....

Since 2011, Verizon has made a firm commitment to support, engage, recruit and retain veterans, transitioning service members and military spouses. Verizon has fully transformed its thinking from recruiting service members and spouses because it is the right thing to...

Did you hear about the tech start-up that is accelerating how career seekers and veteran entrepreneurs engage with the civilian sector? It is creating unprecedented opportunities for thousands of U.S. service members, veterans, and military spouses looking to start a...

One of the biggest problems military veterans face when returning to civilian life is how to translate the skills they picked up in the service to nonmilitary jobs. Numerous translation tools have been made available over the years, but now Google—the most ubiquitous...

Veterans Day is right around the corner (Sunday, November 11, to be exact), and what better way to celebrate it than to hire veterans to help fill your vacant roles! Here, we’ll look at the ways companies can improve their recruitment strategies for hiring this highly...

Did you hear about the tech start-up that is accelerating how career seekers and veteran entrepreneurs engage with the civilian sector? It is creating unprecedented opportunities for thousands of U.S. servicemembers, veterans, and military spouses looking to start a...

Hiring a job candidate for a flexible job is a bit different from hiring your average office worker. There are a plethora of potential issues that can occur if you fail to interview potential employees with flex-oriented questions. Evan Guzman, head of military...

When Megan Lynn, SHRM-CP, was six months into her HR career, she had a rough time managing a difficult relationship with a supervisor. “Employees go to HR to resolve issues, but who do HR professionals go to when they have a problem?” asks Lynn, an HR generalist at...

You probably hear a lot about hiring veterans and the value they bring into the civilian workforce. There are hundreds of articles and studies written about it. In fact, there are even data that suggest how veterans are outperforming their civilian counterparts at...

206: The Milbrand Project with Evan Guzman Evan Guzman, former Global Head of Military Programs and Engagement for Verizon and founder of The MiLBRAND Project, an agency dedicated to helping businesses and employers attract and retain veterans and military spouses....

The unemployment rate for veterans is the lowest it has ever been since September 2001, and it continuing to fall. This achievement is due in part to the employers who have made a commitment to hire those who have served in our armed forces. In advance of Veterans...

Evan knows better than most the programs and resources available to transitioning service members… as well as the keys to success. 55% of those who leave the military are looking to do something different than their MOS. But, are still not sure on what they want to do...

The following letter is authored by Evan Guzman. Evan is a nationally recognized leader with over two decades of experience in strategic corporate development, employment marketing & branding. As former Global Head of Military Programs and Engagement for Verizon;...

Verizon is known for being the best at many things – the best wireless network quality and reliability, and the best Internet service provider are perhaps what we are most well known for. But there’s a new category that Verizon is now the best at, and that’s hiring...

Josefine Francis wears “retired veteran” on her sleeve and also on her LinkedIn profile — but landing a job was far from a piece of cake for the Army sergeant who retired on Dec. 31 after 20 years of service. The 38-year-old, who was deployed in Baghdad during the...

A local Caldwells man was honored with a national award for his dedication to helping veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment.   The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced this week that Caldwell's Evan Guzman, head of...

Verizon was seeking a recruiting solution that would allow them to engage the entire military community, in real time, and in a cost effective, efficient, and sensible manner. Veteran Recruiting provided Verizon with access to thousands of transitioning service...

His responsibilities included creation, development and oversight of Verizon’s Military Strategic Talent Acquisition, Veteran Affairs and program development.  In leading the Veterans employment initiative, Guzman is responsible for managing public- and...