Travelers is Recognized by G.I. Jobs as a Top Military-Friendly Employer
It has been a great year for Travelers recruitment efforts – having been recognized with five employer-related awards, including BusinessWeek’s Best Places to Launch a Career and now as one of G.I. Jobs’ Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers.
In this most recent recognition, G.I. Jobs highlights Travelers as number 19 on their list of the Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers in the U.S. Travelers is in good company. Also on the list: BNSF Railway (1), The Home Depot (12), Lockheed Martin (13), GE (18) and Morgan Stanley (24) to name a few. Other insurers on the list include USAA (5) and State Farm (34). In the December issue, which hit stands on Veterans Day, G.I. Jobs states, “approximately 2,500 companies were considered: 2 percent made the list.”
Those selected for the list exhibit a strong commitment to military hiring and have reserve/guard friendly policies. “Travelers has excellent benefits including military-friendly benefits continuation and leave of absence policies. We’ve also launched a number of other military hiring efforts and special programs this past year,” said John Clifford, executive vice president of Human Resources.
One such effort, Personal Insurance’s Military Transition Program, aims to attract transitioning junior military officers for opportunities within our Product Management and Project Management areas. Jim McMahon, director of recruitment, explains, “We’ve had a great deal of success with this program already – hiring several very promising employees into Personal Insurance this year alone.” Joe Lacher, executive vice president of Personal Insurance, has said, “We need to hire more transitioning military personnel; we are a great American company and it is the right thing to do.”
“Continued public recognition from G.I. Jobs and others just further shows that Travelers is a great place to work,” says Clifford. “While those of us who work for Travelers need little convincing of that, this attention certainly helps us with our recruitment efforts.”
At the current time, Travelers has about 1,000 employees who have identified themselves as having a military background. In 2007, at least 3.3 percent of the total new hires had military experience. In addition, the company proudly supports the 12 employees currently serving active duty.
The G.I. Jobs Top 50 Military-Friendly Employer issue hits subscribers on November 12, 2007. To request a copy or to learn more about G.I. Jobs, go to www.gijobs.net.
Good news for a pretty good employer…