Veterans' Skills in Demand

By Mike Switzer

Published October 24, 2019 at 5:12 AM EDT

As competition for qualified employees continues to heat up, many companies and staffing firms are focusing their recruitment efforts on US military veterans. However, our next guest says that while many veterans are aware of this demand for their skills, they’re not sure how to make the necessary connections.

Mike Switzer interviews Jordana Megonigal, CEO of the RECON Network in Greenville, SC. Veteran Employment and Transition Summit: 11-21-19.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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