Nexstar Network’s 2015 Owners’ Spotlight event was held Thursday, March 5 to Saturday, March 7 in Kissimmee, Fla. at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center. The event began with a Nexstar Legacy Foundation workshop moderated by Brad Krause, president of The Service Professor, discussing the successful finding and hiring of veterans. The workshop began with the question: Why hire a veteran? The group listed qualities a veteran would have that were also sought out in a good employee — such as loyal, team player, leadership skills, disciplined, structured, follows instructions, handles stress, punctual, accountable, etc.
The workshop then addressed some common concerns owners might have in finding, training and paying the veterans. Attendee’s learned about the Troops to Trades program and how to register their business as a GI Bill approved on-the-job training facility. This would allow working veterans to use the bill’s benefits to supplement their income. Afterward a veterans’ panel discussion took place in which four veterans and two employers who have been helped by the Troops to Trades program told their stories.
