Companies now “get it” and realize the value that Veterans bring to the their companies.  This has increased their recruitment offers for Veterans.  Recruiting Veterans also hits many of the boxes for Diversity and Inclusion.   As a result the jobless rate for Veterans has decreased significantly, less than half from 6.6 percent in 2013 to 3.1 percent in 2019 (pre-Covid).

We think that this list might be an asset to Veteran Small Business Owners that more often than not, hire Veterans when they are looking to add employees.

Forbes in partnership with the market research firm, Statista surveyed more than 5,000 United States Veterans who served including National Guard and Reserves.  All of those survey work either full or part time for over 1,000 employers.   The survey was conducted from March, 2020 to June June, 2020.  It asked respondents to evaluate their employers’ working conditions and approach to diversity and inclusion as well as whether their environment is veteran-friendly.  Below is a list of the Best Employers.   On a personal note, a company in my own county, Harbor Freight Tools in Camarillo, California (located in Ventura county) came in first.

Some additional factors to consider in this survey are that men outnumbered women in Forbes’ survey, a reflection of the predominance of men in the armed forces, and a substantial percentage of respondents, 40%, held upper management positions. Some 8% of veterans said they worked in the aerospace and defense industry, compared to 2.7% of respondents for Forbes’ 2019 list of America’s Best Employers.

On a personal note, I want to add a few companies that I personally know values, hires, and invests in Veteran Employees.  Johnson and Johnson not only hire Veterans but has an entire department to provide resources as does Dell Technologies.   VAMBOA salutes all these Veteran Friendly companies.

Below is the Forbes full list of the 150 Best Employers for Veterans:

AMERICA’S BEST EMPLOYERS FOR VETERANS 2020 LIST

Rank Name  
1 Harbor Freight Tools  
2 Northeastern University  
3 Procter & Gamble  
4 Fidelity Investments  
5 Booz Allen Hamilton  
6 United Services Automobile Association (USAA)  
7 O’Reilly Auto Parts  
8 VMware  
9 Edward Jones    
10 Xcel Energy    
11 Southwest Airlines    
12 1st Source Bank    
13 Publix Super Markets    
14 CACI International    
15 Vanguard    
16 Texas Roadhouse    
17 Janney    
18 Abbott Laboratories    
19 H-E-B    
20 Froedtert Health    
21 Department of the Treasury    
22 Intel    
23 Methodist Health System (Nebraska)    
24 TTEC    
25 Citigroup    
Rank Name    
   
26 Social Security Administration    
27 American International Group    
28 Burns & McDonnell Engineering    
29 Cass Information Systems    
30 BAE Systems    
31 Lockheed Martin    
32 Michelin Group      
33 Apple      
34 Re/Max      
35 Department of the Interior      
36 Choice Hotels International      
37 Coldwell Banker      
38 Lee Memorial Health System      
39 NTT Data      
40 TD Bank      
41 Henry Ford Health System      
42 American Tower      
43 Brunswick      
44 Bank of America      
45 Ball      
46 NASA      
47 State of Arkansas      
48 Avera      
49 SpaceX      
50 CDW      
Rank Name      
     
51 State Farm      
52 Boeing      
53 OhioHealth      
54 Southern Company      
55 Delta Air Lines      
56 Humana      
57 Sutter Health      
58 Hartford HealthCare      
59 DaVita      
60 Jeld-Wen Holding      
61 Affiliated Managers Group      
62 Insight Enterprises      
63 Fidelity National Financial      
64 Hilton      
65 Intercontinental Hotels Group      
66 Canon      
67 Saia      
68 Accenture      
69 AutoZone      
70 24 Hour Home Care      
71 Western Governors University      
72 Salvation Army      
73 Prudential Financial      
74 Ameriprise Financial      
75 Ochsner Health System      
Rank Name      
     
76 Samsung Electronics      
77 Smithfield Foods      
78 University of Alabama      
79 Walt Disney      
80 Tesla      
81 Home Depot      
82 Ford Motor      
83 Deloitte      
84 PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric)      
85 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services      
86 Microsoft      
87 PSEG (Public Service Enterprise Group)      
88 Truist Financial      
89 Autodesk      
90 First Financial Bank      
91 Amazon      
92 DHS – Department of Homeland Security      
93 UCHealth      
94 Ally Financial      
95 SAIC      
96 Huntington Ingalls Industries      
97 JetBlue Airways      
98 Cisco Systems      
99 U.S. Courts      
100 Camping World Holdings      
Rank Name      
     
101 Zurich Insurance Group      
102 Nike      
103 Mercy Healthcare & Social    
104 BASF Construction, Oil & Gas

Operations, Mining and Chemicals

   
105 Goodyear Automotive (Automotive

and Suppliers)

   
106 Sherwin-Williams Construction, Oil & Gas

Operations, Mining and Chemicals

   
107 Northrop Grumman Aerospace & Defense    
108 American Systems IT, Internet, Software &

Services

   
109 Nissan Motor Automotive (Automotive

and Suppliers)

   
110 Des Moines Public Schools Education    
111 National Grid USA Utilities    
112 U.S. Department of Justice Government Services    
113 Google IT, Internet, Software &

Services

   
114 ExxonMobil Construction, Oil & Gas

Operations, Mining and

Chemicals

   
115 United Airlines Transportation and

Logistics

   
116 DCH Health System Healthcare & Social    
117 HSBC Holdings Banking and Financial

Services

   
118 IBM IT, Internet, Software & Services    
119 Osceola County Government Services    
120 Loews Hotels Travel & Leisure    
121 Becton Dickinson Health Care Equipment &

Services

   
122 General Dynamics Aerospace & Defense    
123 Aerojet Rocketdyne Aerospace & Defense    
124 DTE Energy Utilities    
125 Jacobs Technology Solutions

Provider

   
Rank Name Industries    
   
126 Waste Management Utilities    
127 Marriott International Travel & Leisure    
128 Wyndham Destinations Travel & Leisure    
129 L3Harris Technologies Aerospace & Defense    
130 Lennar Construction, Oil & Gas

Operations, Mining and

Chemicals

   
131 PNC Financial Services Banking and Financial

Services

   
132 Advocate Health Care Healthcare & Social    
133 Saputo Cheese Food, Soft Beverages,

Alcohol & Tobacco

   
134 3M Packaged Goods    
135 Ascension Healthcare & Social    
136 Mohawk Industries Engineering,

Manufacturing

   
137 JPMorgan Chase Banking and Financial

Services

   
138 Apollo Retail Business Services &

Supplies

   
139 Designer Brands Clothing, Shoes, Sports

Equipment

   
140 School District of Osceola County Education    
141 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Education    
142 Roche Holding Drugs & Biotechnology    
143 NextEra Energy Utilities    
144 National Vision Hldgs Health Care Equipment &

Services

   
145 Accounting Principals Professional Services    
146 General Motors Automotive (Automotive

and Suppliers)

   
147 Caterpillar Engineering, Manufacturing    
148 Navy Federal Credit Union Banking and Financial

Services

   
149 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Government Services    
150 Bosch Engineering,

Manufacturing