Why Campuses Should Consider Hiring Military Veterans

Major General (Ret.) Robert Nabors describes some of the qualifications of U.S. military vets, as well as reasons why your institution should consider hiring these individuals.

Hospitals, schools and universities, as well as many other American employers often don’t understand how hiring military veterans could greatly benefit their organizations.

In this exclusive interview with Campus Safety magazine, Major General (Ret.) Robert Nabors describes some of the qualifications of U.S. military vets, as well as reasons why your institution should consider hiring these individuals.

Nabors was one of the keynote presenters at last week’s Campus Safety National Forum in Washington, D.C. To register for the Campus Safety Chicago Conference being held July 13-14 and the Campus Safety Los Angeles Conference being held July 23-24, visit www.CampusSafetyConference.com.

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Robin has been covering the security and campus law enforcement industries since 1998 and is a specialist in school, university and hospital security, public safety and emergency management, as well as emerging technologies and systems integration. She joined CS in 2005 and has authored award-winning editorial on campus law enforcement and security funding, officer recruitment and retention, access control, IP video, network integration, event management, crime trends, the Clery Act, Title IX compliance, sexual assault, dating abuse, emergency communications, incident management software and more. Robin has been featured on national and local media outlets and was formerly associate editor for the trade publication Security Sales & Integration. She obtained her undergraduate degree in history from California State University, Long Beach.

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