FUTURES Inc.'s Pipeline Technology Helps to Achieve an 83.5% Success Rate at Arizona Roadmap Veteran Hiring Event

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- FUTURES Inc. collaborated with Arizona State University and Cisco using an innovative cloud based technology to redefine how Veterans match and connect with high-demand civilian jobs in Arizona. FUTURES Inc. technology is raising the standard for transitioning military and Veteran employment in the country.

The program assisted a group of Veteran job seekers, with diverse military training and experience, as they were virtually matched by cross-walking their military training and experience with the job requirements of civilian employers across the Greater Phoenix area. The pre-matched candidates were then pushed to regional employers to schedule their live interviews during the six-hour Veteran Hiring Event held at the Phoenix Convention Center on November 10^th.

Ninety-seven live interviews were conducted in six hours with eighty-one interviews yielding an immediate job offer or the candidate met the requirements to have the employer move them forward in their hiring process. Note – with the offer pending until they validate references and complete their standard HR hiring checklist.

The 83.5% documented success rate from this event represents the most successful Veteran employment demonstration on record for Arizona. Both qualitative and quantitative metrics are closely monitored to measure performance, outcomes, and impact.

"Dr. Crow, President of Arizona State University, is committed to making ASU a national leader in Veteran education and employment innovation. The success of the Arizona Roadmap Veteran Hiring Event is a major step in the right direction and we are committed to working with other stakeholders to create a showcase for Veteran employment that can be replicated nationally," stated Lieutenant General Ben Freakley (U.S. Army Ret), Special Advisor to ASU President Crow.

"FUTURES' Pipeline technology helps us better match our Veterans with regional jobs and employers," stated Retired Air Force Colonel Wanda Wright, Director Arizona Department of Veterans' Services. "This collaboration helps us more efficiently support Veterans within our existing workforce development system and enables a more structured and fair environment for them to secure rewarding careers. Together we can set the national standard of excellence, improving career outcomes for all Veterans."

There are over 75,000 open jobs in Arizona on the average day and around 600,000 service members and Veterans call Arizona home. These men and women represent one of the highest concentrations of high-skill high-demand talent in Arizona, yet employers struggle to match their civilian job requirements to the 11,000 plus Military Occupation Codes (MOCs) and rank structure of the U.S. Armed Forces. This demonstration was designed to automate that process of military to civilian candidate matching and eliminate the barriers to hiring for both Veteran job seekers and employers.

"As a large employer of Veterans, we feel that it is our collective responsibility to bring the best tools and technology to our service members, Veterans and their families," stated Michael Veysey, Director of Veterans Programs, Cisco. "Cisco and FUTURES have worked closely for the past eight years to develop better technologies to support the transition and Veteran employment needs across all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and to support the talent demands of all industries."

To help support more service members and reduce the burden on existing transition support personnel, the FUTURES Pipeline Skills Latticing Technology Platform provides each service member with: a personalized employment profile; resume and cover letter builder; crosswalk of over 11,000 MOCs to over 5,400 civilian skills, certifications, is benchmarked to all civilian careers (O*NET and DOL compatible); and it automatically matches service members with employers and jobs across all states and industries, refreshed daily.

"We first developed the technology in response to service members and Veterans telling us that their greatest barrier to career success is creating a proper resume that authentically conveys their knowledge, skills and abilities enabling them to secure a rewarding civilian career, not just a job," stated Geoff Cramer, Founder and CEO, FUTURES Inc. "We have a unique opportunity in Arizona, and the nation, to create something special for the Veteran community while providing a talent pipeline that directly feeds high-demand jobs in industries such as Aerospace, Energy, Healthcare, among many others."

About FUTURES Inc.: Headquartered in Durham, NC and founded in 2005, FUTURES Inc. is a talent optimization software company and creator of Pipeline (previously H2H.jobs for the military), the most successful Military transition and Veteran employment solution in U.S. history – with over 252,000 documented hires in an 18-month period. FUTURES' award-winning technology focuses in the areas of talent optimization, workforce development, education, and military to civilian employment support. For more information please go to www.futuresinc.com.

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