WASHINGTON - Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Wounded Warrior
program exceeded its fiscal year 2015 hiring goal by 78 percent with the
onboarding of 711 veterans across the enterprise, NAVSEA announced Feb. 4.
The program seeks to matches service-disabled veterans
with employment opportunities in NAVSEA's industrial, scientific, contracting
and administrative fields. Internships offer the training and education for
wounded warriors to excel in entry-level placements and advance in their chosen
field. NAVSEA has approximately 60,000 positions at 38 different field
activities across the country and overseas.
"Since 2009 NAVSEA's Wounded Warrior retention rate
is more than 92 percent. That's also incredible considering that they are such
high-character individuals. They're committed. They're loyal. And not just that
- they're highly competent. We're not hiring Wounded Warriors because we feel
sorry for them - NAVSEA isn't a charity. We're hiring them because of their
demonstrated skills and commitment to serve," said NAVSEA Commander Vice
Adm. Willy Hilarides.
The Wounded Warrior program works with hiring managers
and Wounded Warrior candidates during the hiring process and continues to
support Wounded Warrior employees through the Mentor, Assist, Train to Excel
and Support (MATES) program. The skills and experiences of Wounded Warriors and
veterans represents a rich resource of talent that can support NAVSEA's mission
of developing, delivering and maintaining ships and systems on time, on cost
for the U.S. Navy.
"Veterans are a highly respected part of our workforce,
and paramount to the mission we serve every day," Capt. Ann Duff, the
Wounded Warrior program manager explained. "Wounded Warriors are a
valuable resource and NAVSEA is serious about hiring and training remarkable
young men and women, into our civilian ranks who have already proved themselves
in uniform, and giving them an opportunity to keep serving."
Since Wounded Warrior outreach began, NAVSEA commands
have steadily increased both hiring goals and successes, hiring a total of
3,057 Wounded Warriors between the program's start in 2009 through December
2015, exceeding annual goals in all but one year. The program's hiring goal is
established annually and equates to approximately 10 percent of all hires
across the command.
To learn more about the NAVSEA Wounded Warrior program,
visit the Web site at
http://www.navsea.navy.mil/CareerOpportunities/WWEmployment.aspx.
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