Going From Military Friendly to Military Ready – Hiring and Developing Veteran Talent
As part of their effort to hire, develop, and retain military veteran talent, Comcast NBCUniversal created a Military and Veteran Affairs team in September 2015, hiring U.S. Army Brigadier General (Retired) Carol Eggert to lead the eight-person group. In her three-plus years in the role, Eggert has built an infrastructure that has allowed this international media and entertainment company to become one of America’s leading employers of veterans, military spouses, and National Guard and Reserve members, with more than 10,000 hired between 2015 and 2017 and a commitment to hire another 11,000 more by the end of 2021.
Leaning Objectives:
- Insight to the best practices Comcast NBCUniversal has implemented for discovering the best sources of veteran talent.
- The processes they’ve created to onboard veteran talent.
- The vast support network that exists inside the company to develop veteran talent as leaders.
Carol Eggert
Brigadier General (Ret.) Carol Eggert is SVP, Military and Veteran Affairs at Comcast NBCUniversal. She provides strategic leadership to all aspects of Comcast NBCUniversal’s programs and outreach to the military and veteran community. Carol completed her distinguished military career in 2014 as the Assistant Adjutant General for the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Deputy Commandant for the Army War College. She served in a variety of command and staff positions and completed numerous overseas deployments, including a 15-month combat tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as Chief of the Women’s Initiatives Division and Senior Liaison to the U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, and received numerous military awards and commendations, including the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart.