Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan | The NCNG Education and Employment Center celebrates their 999th and 1,000th hire of a...... read more read more
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RALEIGH, N.C. - The North Carolina National Guard will provide everything a Soldier or Airman needs in war, weapon, check, training, check, leadership, check but what about a job and a different kind of check when they get back. The NCNG Education and Employment Center took that mission to help any service member find a job and celebrated their 999th and 1,000th hire at a ceremony held at NCNG Headquarters, April 30, 2015.
“They [the center] always looked out for me,” said Spc. Franklin Jones, a NCNG Soldier with E Company, 230th Brigade Support Battalion and a recent hire for Kelly Services.
Jones and his new boss, Koren Losack of Kelly Services, joined retired active duty Air Force Master Sgt. Jody Miller and his new boss Lauren Mauldin, a manager with Nationwide Insurance, at the ceremony. Miller and Jones are the 999th and 1,000 hire facilitated by NCNG’s Education and Employment Center. Guard leaders thanked the employers for helping the center achieve 1,000 hires since opening in July 2013.
“It is the employers who are willing to hire North Carolina National Guard members and veterans that make this work,” said Army Chief Warrant Officer Five Richard D. Comer, NCNG’s state command chief warrant officer.
Jones and Miller are the newest success stories for the center that provides career opportunities NCNG members by building relationships with North Carolina employers.
“It is amazing, the center is the first place I reach out to for talent,” said Losack.
They help Soldiers and Airmen translate their hard earned Guard training, experience and education into opportunities with employers needing dependable, enthusiastic and dedicated employees.
“We hire for attitude and train for skill,” said Mauldin. “Miller was trainable, ready to learn with a great attitude.”
The mission also helps readiness. The NCNG has deployed over 21,400 service members since 9-11 with numerous state activations, and support from the business community makes the service of the nearly 11,700 NCNG Citizen Soldiers and Airmen possible.
“It is a team effort, service members have the skills we need and when employers hire them they stay in the Guard,” said Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Swart, North Carolina National Guard senior enlisted leader.
The center also provides services to NCNG members including translating military jargon into a polished professional resume, career assessment and employment plans, employment workshops, job fairs, information on Guard education benefits and job interview preparation.
| Date Taken: | 04.30.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 05.01.2015 21:46 |
| Story ID: | 162026 |
| Location: | RALEIGH, NC, US |
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