Engage and support veterans

Veterans can bring a range of valuable skills and characteristics to your team. These include leadership and decision-making, problem solving and critical thinking, risk management, and communication. Veterans usually have a strong work ethic, thrive in outcome-oriented workplaces, and know how to operate in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments.

If you’re considering a veteran for a role, familiarise yourself with the Skills to sector role guide. This matches the ranks from the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australia Air Force with our roles and leadership capabilities.

Make sure you research and understand a veteran’s rank to help you identify areas of alignment and areas you want to explore further in an interview.

If your candidate is successful and is still serving in the Australian Defence Force, you may need to allow for a longer notice period. A veteran’s discharge process can take longer than the standard 2 to 4 weeks.