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Arts in the Armed Forces, Advisory Council Member Announcement

Arts in the Armed Forces, Advisory Council Member Announcement

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...

Evan Guzman, Advisor, Corporate and Military Outreach

Evan Guzman, Advisor, Corporate and Military Outreach

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...

Top Vet-Friendly Employers: Evan Guzman and Verizon Take the Lead

Top Vet-Friendly Employers: Evan Guzman and Verizon Take the Lead

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...

Head of Military Programs, Verizon

Head of Military Programs, Verizon

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...

New Technology Connects Veterans With Mentors

New Technology Connects Veterans With Mentors

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...

Google Powers Newest Military Skills Translation Tool

Google Powers Newest Military Skills Translation Tool

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...

How Can Employers Better Serve Veterans’ Needs?

How Can Employers Better Serve Veterans’ Needs?

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...

9 Favorite Interview Questions for Flexible Job Candidates

9 Favorite Interview Questions for Flexible Job Candidates

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...

How to Find the Right HR Mentor

How to Find the Right HR Mentor

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...

The Milbrand Project with Evan Guzman

The Milbrand Project with Evan Guzman

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 10 best companies for veterans

The 10 best companies for veterans

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...

“Transition Tips” with Evan Guzman from The MiLBRAND Project

“Transition Tips” with Evan Guzman from The MiLBRAND Project

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...

80% Of Jobs Are Not On Job Boards: Here’s How to Find Them

80% Of Jobs Are Not On Job Boards: Here’s How to Find Them

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;...

A call to duty: Companies lead the charge in hiring veterans

A call to duty: Companies lead the charge in hiring veterans

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...

Caldwells Man Wins Award For Helping Veterans

Caldwells Man Wins Award For Helping Veterans

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-Case Study

Verizon-Case Study

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...

Verizon for Vets with Evan Guzman

Verizon for Vets with Evan Guzman

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...

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