Veterans Discover Profession Development Alternatives at Penske

When army personnel conclude their service, they arrive away with expertise and qualities that employers within the civilian world search out to construct their very own profitable group.

At Penske, Navy Recruiting Supervisor, Sean Wilkins consistently evaluates and updates Penske’s army recruiting applications.

“We’re frequently increasing our army hiring efforts and creating our present and potential partnerships. After all, hiring and recruiting is an enormous a part of what we do – what’s extra essential is what occurs after Penske hires army veterans. We have to join with and assist them; present mentorship as for some it may very well be their first job out of the army. We need to make each particular person we rent, as profitable as attainable – and that’s not a one dimension suits all,” stated Wilkins.

Wilkins continued to elucidate hiring is two-fold. They not solely get, however they provide – impacting these working round them.

“The army made me very adaptable,” stated Kate Hughes – Nationwide Guard. “I used to be educated as an all-wheel mechanic. Penske has given me the chance to rise-up and present what I’m able to. Penske has additionally supported my private growth and profession development. It’s a spot that made me really feel like I belong and the place I could make a distinction.”

Kate Hughes, Tech III – Chattanooga

Hughes has been with Penske since 2021 and is a Tech III in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Department Service Supervisor, Collin McNeilly has carried out his fair proportion of army hiring within the Washington, D.C. space and began his Penske profession as a Tech III in 2005.

“After I first got here on-board with Penske in 2005 the army technicians working there took me below their wings and educated me up. It was all the time a two-way road to collaborative success. When a brand new rent has army expertise, you simply know. They arrive in realizing the duty to ‘make issues work’ and had an innate means to troubleshoot. Two standout army technicians helped make me who I’m at the moment – offering construction and influencing truthful dialogue and dependable work ethic. I’m ceaselessly grateful for the connections I made that helped me develop personally and professionally.”

Penske’s dedication to future army hiring outreach stays sturdy, and it’s frequently evolving right into a extra sturdy program by creating stable partnerships with technical faculties, trade teams, army outreach non-profits, and army bases.

Wilkins concluded: “We make certain we rent army personnel into applicable positions, after which we follow-up in offering particular person, continued, assist to make them profitable. They have already got what it takes. Teamwork. Management. Self-discipline. Situational consciousness. All these traits are ones they’ve constructed throughout their army profession and so they’re the identical qualities that we search for at Penske.”

Each Penske Truck Leasing and Penske Logistics provide a variety of profession alternatives, together with truck fleet upkeep technicians, truck drivers, fleet upkeep supervisors, operations administration roles, in addition to logistics and provide chain operations roles and lots of others. The Penske group is acknowledged as a 2022 Navy-Pleasant Employer. This honor acknowledges firms which have remained steadfast in creating employment alternatives for veterans. Go to https://penske.jobs/veterans/ for extra data on profession alternatives.

By “Transfer Forward” Workers