Join CIR on Thursday, September 27, for a Brown Bag session: “Veteran Employment and Work Transitions” with Ms. Susan Fallon. Ms. Fallon will discuss the Veteran Talent Index: Insights and Analysis from Veteran Professionals, Recruiters, and Hiring Managers, published by Monster Insights in May 2012, as well as the challenges that veterans face when transitioning to the civilian workforce. This report is the second of an ongoing series that highlights both the requirements of today’s employers and the needs of transitioning servicemembers, as well as illuminates the gap that is responsible for the high unemployment rate rampant in the veteran population. Monster will track and analyze this gap in a bi-annual Veterans Talent Indices report, to be released around Memorial Day and Veterans Day. These reports will provide insight and recommendations to help both transitioning servicemembers and their employers.

This Brown Bag session will be live-streamed at http://ondemand.usc.edu/SSW/Viewer/?peid=1ca8640421674c63a8c8af7664d20121. Online attendees may participate in the Q&A session by posting their questions to the Facebook event page on the day of the session.

Susan Fallon is Vice President of Business Development for Monster Government Solutions. Susan is responsible for working with government agencies, industry and non-profit organizations to leverage and expand Military.com‘s online community, tools and resources to assist servicemembers, veterans and their families, particularly in the areas of military transition and veteran and spouse employment.

Prior to joining Military.com, Susan served as Senior Director of Corporate Development at the Navy League of the United States where she directed industry partnerships, fundraising and military outreach in support of the League’s work on behalf of the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine. Susan also serves on the National Advisory Board of the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR), the Board of Directors of the Military Spouse Corporate Career Network, as a Trustee of the Wounded Marine Careers Foundation and a Board Member of the Navy League National Capitol Council. She and her pug are also a volunteer Therapy Dog team with Fidos For Freedom. Susan is a graduate of The University of Virginia.