Company Recognized for its Best in Class Recruiting Practices and
Support for Military Hiring Initiatives
MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2013--
Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) announced that it has been
named to the 2014 Military Friendly Employer® list by Victory
Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs and Military Spouse. Capital One was
also designated a Top Military Spouse Friendly employer by Military
Spouse magazine. Companies honored with the elite Military Friendly
Employer® title were chosen as a result of a survey of more
than 5,000 companies across the country. Criteria for the survey
included a benchmark score across key programs and policies such as the
strength of company military recruiting efforts, the percentage of new
hires with prior military service, retention programs, and company
policies on National Guard and Reserve service.
Capital One has long supported military veterans and fully appreciates
the value that military experience brings to the workplace. To help
military candidates find the right job and to help veterans and other
companies understand they can use and leverage their skills, Capital One
has launched a Military Skills Translator. The tool uses a
custom-designed algorithm to translate military service, pay grade,
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC),
and/or military job titles and makes recommendations of potential jobs
at Capital One that match those skills. The Military Skills Translator
can be found at www.capitalonecareers.com/military.
“Capital One is privileged and honored to have veterans from every
branch of service as colleagues, team members and leaders throughout our
company,” said John G. Finneran, Jr., General Counsel, Capital One, and
former Naval Officer. “America’s veterans and military spouses have
years of experience and training doing precisely the kind of work that
our companies are doing every day – working with state of the art
technologies, solving logistical challenges, juggling multiple
priorities, and meeting challenging and changing expectations. These men
and women – our military heroes and their partners and spouses – have
what it takes and we need to continue to do our part to make sure that
we give them the opportunity to translate their military experience into
the civilian workforce.”
Capital One is committed to providing the veterans and military spouses
we hire with the resources, training and support they need to
successfully transition to the civilian workforce. The company’s
Military Associate Network provides outreach and professional
development opportunities for employees with military backgrounds and
assists them with the transition from the military to a corporate
culture. Capital One also recognizes that commitments to training and
active duty take priority—it provides a range of benefits to support
associates who continue to serve in the military, including time off for
military training and active duty.
Now in its 11th year, Military Friendly Employers® media is
the premier resource for transitioning service members and spouses
seeking civilian employment. Each year companies taking the survey are
held to a higher standard than the previous year via improved
methodology, criteria and weightings developed with the assistance of an
Advisory Board consisting of leaders in the military recruitment
community. The survey data is also independently tested by Ernst & Young
LLP based upon the weightings and methodology established by Victory
Media.
Capital One will be showcased, along with other 2014 Military Friendly
Employers® in the December edition of G.I. Jobs
magazine and online at MilitaryFriendly.com.
Using the priority data engine on MilitaryFriendly.com,
job seekers are able to view prospective employer profiles, as well as
design their own custom lists according to their preferences. Custom,
user-directed lists can then be saved and shared socially, allowing each
job seeker to find their unique #1 Military Friendly Employer®.
“The 2014 Military Friendly Employers® represent the
preeminent tier of companies with strong military recruitment programs
and meaningful job opportunities for transitioning service members and
spouses seeking civilian employment,” said Sean Collins, Vice President
for Victory Media and a nine-year Navy veteran. “Our Military Friendly
Employers® constitute the group of companies actually moving
the needle and hiring from the military community. The 2014 Military
Friendly Employers reported hiring over 117,000 service members and
spouses over the last 12 months, representing an average of 14 percent
of total new hires.”
About Victory Media
About: Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs, is a
service-disabled, veteran-owned small business, serving the military
community since 2001. Our Military Friendly® lists and methodology can
be found at MilitaryFriendly.com.
Our data-driven lists are published in G.I. Jobs, Military Spouse,
Vetrepreneur magazines, republished in periodicals like USA Today, Wall
Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes and Bloomberg Business Week, and are
frequently cited on national TV programs such as CNN, CNBC, NBC, Fox
News and others.
You can follow Military Friendly on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MilitaryFriendly
or on Twitter @Mil_Friendly
About Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com)
is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital
One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., had $206.9 billion in
deposits and $289.9 billion in total assets as of September 30, 2013.
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum
of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and
commercial clients through a variety of channels. Capital One, N.A. has
more than 900 branch locations primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas,
Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune
500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 100 index.
Source: Capital One Financial Corporation
G.I. Jobs
Barbara Pflughaupt--BP Media Relations, LLC, 212-707-8181
Barbara@bpmediarelations.com
or
Capital
One Financial Corporation
Mark Andrews, 804-284-8844
mark.andrews@capitalone.com
