It was mentioned that we have the veterans employment unit within Veterans Affairs Canada, and they have an existing network of employers that are actively engaged with them, involved in discussions and participate in our social media, including the “Hire a Veteran” LinkedIn group. They also maintain a dialogue and talk about how they can promote that community practice.
It's an ever-growing network that is actively maintained by our veterans employment unit. In a day long gone, I would have referred to it as the “rolodex”, but it exists still. It's the same as that network of veterans that reach out to the veterans employment unit looking to network and to establish that network. Really, as part of the employment strategy, it's something that we need to grow because it's a very small nucleus within the employment unit.
How do we create a veterans network and a veterans employer network that becomes its own entity and lives and generates on its own?