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HireVue partners with SaluteMyJob to reduce barriers to employment for ex-military personnel

The partnership supports veterans and other members of the armed forces community transition to civilian work by enabling them to practice and sharpen their interview skills

HireVue, the global leader in video interviewing, assessments, chat and recruiting automation technology, has announced a new partnership with SaluteMyJob, to provide career support and guidance for ex-members of the UK Armed Forces, who often struggle to transition to civilian work and can find interview scenarios challenging. This is a particularly prominent issue for veterans, who entered the Armed Forces at a young age, often with little or no experience of civilian employment.

Former service men and women are usually highly skilled candidates, yet often struggle to move into the private sector due to a lack of direct industry experience or formal higher education. Compounded by a lack of interview experience, skills can often go unnoticed such as negotiation abilities, calmness under pressure, self discipline and a mission focused mentality.

As a HireVue ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) partner, SaluteMyJob can now provide its network of candidates with access to HireVue’s interview and assessment platform, enabling them to practice with video interview technology and become competent in shining a light on these skills when answering interview questions. Its team also has access to HireVue Builder, enabling them to rapidly create high-quality structured interviews based on predetermined key skills for the job.

Andrew Jackson, CEO of SaluteMyJob, said, “This partnership with HireVue is invaluable in our mission to ensure ex-Servicemen and women are in a position to access the opportunities available to them when they leave the Armed Forces and take the right steps on their journeys into employment. For many armed forces personnel, the transition towards civilian work presents a series of unjust, structural barriers fueling a belief that there is a lack of opportunity. This can lead to many candidates feeling trapped into taking lower paid, insecure positions.”

A recent survey by SaluteMyJob of 640 members of the Armed Forces community found that over a third of respondents felt disadvantaged when applying for jobs due to their military association, while only 18% of people said that they found it easy to find the right company to meet their needs. Transition support and mentoring was named as the most important need for veterans so the provision of a safe space where military men and women can practice and build interview confidence is key to the transition process.

“We’re proud to be partnering with SaluteMyJob to improve preparation for employment opportunities for veterans in the UK,” said Kevin Parker, Chairman and CEO of HireVue. “Technology should not be a barrier to re-entering the workforce and candidates will be able to build confidence in answering video interview questions and trialling the virtual interview technology now used in the recruitment processes of many large companies. By using HireVue’s end-to-end hiring experience platform, SaluteMyJob can provide accurate and tailored feedback to candidates, with tangible tips and advice on how they can improve their performance ahead of a real interview.”

HireVue has provided the company with a virtual interview practice room, which can be used at a candidate’s leisure or ahead of an interview for a specific role. In addition, SaluteMyJob is also able to use one of HireVue’s game-based assessments, which helps it to establish a candidate’s competencies and inspire potential career paths that align closely with their soft skills and previous experience.

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