5. Booz Allen Hamilton
Percentage of veterans in the company: 32%
Percentage of new hires in 2016 who are veterans: 17%
Percentage of recruiting budget for veterans: 70%
Booz Allen Hamilton, a renowned management consultancy, on-boarded 897 military personnel last year. Their open culture promotes the hiring of veterans not just as a smart PR tool, but as a smart business move. Take for example one of their leading employees, Eli Hinson, a former Marine, a wife and a mother with two disabilities – dyslexia and deafness in her left ear. Rather than being left to fend for herself, Booz Allen Hamilton has supported her in her 16-year career in which she has managed backend cyber-security for more than 40 internal websites.
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