Veterans Day is here this week, highlighting the role that veterans play in our nation, as well as, the value that they offer to an organization. This month, stories abound with successful hiring, as well as the positive impact a veteran has on an organization. After often weathering tough conditions during time in service, veterans have a learned agility to offer organizations that is often hard to find in other candidates. With an ability to navigate ambiguity and challenging situations, while offering a strong work ethic, employers value what veterans have to offer. However, the transition to civilian life can be an adjustment that is filled with uncertainty – especially during a pandemic. With many veteran hiring opportunities this month, employers will want to be on the lookout for veterans who are in the market for a career change.
Layoffs Impacting the Defense Industry
| Boeing | The slashing news continues at Boeing, with reported plans to be 30,000 employees lighter by the end of 2021. With financial trouble that began before the pandemic, Boeing already started the year with an upward battle. |
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Hiring impacting the Defense Industry
| Stavatti Aerospace | California-based company, Stavatti Aerospace is headed to Niagara, NY with plans to add 600 jobs to the area over the next five years. The organization will use the former U.S. Army Reserve Center for a development and production center in order to conduct prototype development and production for its aerospace engineers, and manufacturing professionals who are employed to work on next-generation military and commercial aviation aircrafts. Hiring will be necessary for all levels – from administrators to engineers. With the last plane to be build in Western New York in the 60s, the region is excited to be back in the game. |
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| General Dynamics Electric Boat | With General Dynamics Electric Boat contract win with the U.S. Navy to complete the USS Columbia and acquire materials for the USS Wisconsin, the organization is in the market for 3,000 employees. Rear Adm. Scott Pappano, program executive officer for Columbia states that the ballistic missile submarine “will be the largest, most advanced, most capable submarine ever produced by this nation.” |
Opportunity to Watch
While Palantir’s introduction to the publicly traded world may have been a bit like treading water, the company’s stock has continued to gain interest and start to climb. Perhaps it’s because the organization may get called upon by the U.K. support its COVID-19 testing and tracing program. Or it could be that despite criticism of the organization over the years, data analytics is the place to be right now.
So many jobs are needed in order to support this growing field. From machine learning to cybersecurity to analysis to cloud services, the market is wide and growing in this field. And data analytics play a critical role in tracking our nation’s health, as well as, our security. Trends start to become clearer when we have the capability to visualize the problem. So perhaps Palantir’s rising stock is an indicator of the organization’s popularity, or maybe it indicates the growing needs in data analytics that don’t show any signs of slowing down.
