True Patriot Love, Challenge Factory, and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce have partnered to launch the Veteran Friendly Ontario (VFO) Challenge – an experiential training program designed to accelerate and enrich small-medium sized business (SME – up to 500 employees) recruitment, onboarding, and hiring of Veterans.
This free program will develop Veterans’ civilian career-ready skills and provide content and tools to help Veterans gain situational awareness of SME needs and challenges. In parallel, it will facilitate further opportunities for small- to medium-sized business owners and hiring managers to experience first-hand the value of Veteran talent, skills, and problem-solving, while increasing business owner competence in talent attraction, retention, and career management. This is all done with the goal of increasing income resiliency for both groups and, possibly, creating employment opportunities.
By taking part in this program, business owners will:
- Gain new hiring and retention strategies and tools
- Learn about Veterans as an untapped hidden talent pool
- Gain a new perspective on their role as a leader
Cohort 1 - Sept. 28, Oct. 5, and Oct. 19
Cohort 2 - Oct 26, Nov 2, and Nov 9
Day 1: Focus on you - Leadership and Engagement
- Identify the many hats you wear as a leader and the many hands you need
- Explore the dynamic, shifting relationship between you, your business, and your life
- Understand what drives your behaviour and motivates you, now and into the future
Day 2: Focus on your business - Culture and Hiring
- Understand what workplace culture really means for your business today
- Supercharge your hiring and recruitment with an employee value proposition
- Learn tips, strategies, and updated tools for hiring in a competitive labour market
Day 3: Focus on working directly with Veterans
- Better understand the skills that Veterans bring to the civilian workforce.
- Address a business challenge with a veteran, tapping into their experience to bring a fresh perspective.
- Get a first hand understanding of how a eteran can add value to your business
All training sessionos run from 8 - 9:30 a.m. EST. Visit the website below to register your business.
