Intel has hired nearly 400 veterans in Arizona since the first of the year, and the company’s recruiter said it makes good business sense.
“The veterans we’re hiring absolutely meet critical skills we require,” said Robert Polston, director of veterans recruiting at Intel, a full-time employee since 2004 and a captain in the Arizona Army National Guard.
“It’s the right thing to do … but it’s more than a P.R. thing or a goodwill thing,” he said.
Polston returned in June from a seven-month stint in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, where he worked as a logistics officer.
Veterans often take technical jobs in Intel’s fabrication plants because they possess technical backgrounds gained in the military.
They have other crucial job skills, Polston said, including discipline, a strong work ethic, adaptability and flexibility.
The hiring has been so rewarding that Intel is in the process of setting up a formal program…
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Job Front: Matching military vets to employers is group’s goal
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