The Complete Employer Experience

The only platform built
exclusively for hiring veterans.

Job boards were built to generate volume. VeteranMATCH was built to generate precision. Understand the full depth of what's possible when you replace keyword matching with human intelligence.

Patent-Pending VetMATCH Score™
SBIR Approved · 2019
22M+ Veterans in Network
Endorsed by Gen. (Ret.) Mark A. Welsh III
0
K+
Veterans Transition Annually
New candidates entering the civilian workforce each year
$32B
Spent on Veteran Hiring Annually
Across federal programs, corporate initiatives, and recruitment
65%
Leave First Civilian Job in 2 Years
Due to poor culture and career fit — not lack of ability
$28K
Average Cost of a Bad Hire
Recruitment, onboarding, productivity loss, and replacement
The Real Cost of Getting It Wrong

Employers spend billions hiring veterans.
Most of it is wasted.

Federal mandates, corporate veteran initiatives, and well-intentioned hiring programs pour billions into veteran recruitment every year — yet two-thirds of veterans leave their first civilian job within 24 months. The money isn't the problem. The matching process is.

$32B
Spent on Veteran Hiring Per Year
Across federal contractor requirements, corporate D&I programs, transitional assistance, and veteran-specific recruitment platforms
01
Misaligned Role Placement
Veterans are placed in roles that underutilize their leadership experience. A Staff Sergeant who managed 40 people gets hired as an individual contributor with no growth path.
02
Culture Shock & Early Attrition
Military culture is structured, mission-driven, and hierarchical. Most civilian environments aren't — and without proper culture-fit matching, veterans exit within 6–18 months.
03
MOS Translation Failure
Hiring managers can't read military résumés. A 68W Combat Medic's qualifications are invisible to a hospital recruiter scanning for "clinical experience." Exceptional candidates are rejected outright.
04
Replacement Costs Multiply
Every veteran who exits within 2 years costs an average of $28,000 in recruitment, onboarding, and lost productivity — and the cycle repeats with the next generic job board hire.
The math is sobering: If 65% of your veteran hires leave within 2 years, and each replacement costs ~$28,000, a company that hires 20 veterans annually is losing ~$364,000 per year to preventable attrition. VeteranMATCH was built specifically to break this cycle.
Addressing Employer Hesitation

The five reasons employers hesitate
to hire veterans — and why they're wrong.

These concerns are real, common, and completely understandable. They're also based on outdated assumptions that VeteranMATCH is specifically designed to eliminate.

01
"I don't know how to read a military résumé."
MOS codes, rank structures, and military jargon make it impossible to assess a veteran's real qualifications.
Why This Isn't a Problem with VeteranMATCH

Our MOS Translation Engine automatically converts every veteran's military occupational specialty, rank, and service record into civilian-equivalent competencies. You never see raw military jargon — you see translated skills, leadership experience, and civilian-language role comparisons. A 68W Combat Medic becomes "Emergency Medical Technician with 4 years trauma care experience." A 25B IT Specialist becomes "Systems Administrator with a DoD security clearance."

The Opportunity You're Missing

Veterans are among the most extensively trained, credentialed, and evaluated professionals in the workforce — often holding certifications, clearances, and leadership records that no civilian résumé could replicate. The employer who learns to see past the jargon gains access to a talent pool their competitors are walking away from.

02
"Veterans might struggle to adapt to a civilian work environment."
The military is structured and hierarchical. Corporate culture is collaborative and flat. Veterans may clash with the way we operate.
Why This Isn't a Problem with VeteranMATCH

We measure adaptability explicitly. Every veteran's profile includes an Enneagram archetype, Big Five personality score (particularly Openness to Experience), and behavioral drive analysis. Veterans who thrive in flat, collaborative environments score differently from those who prefer structured hierarchies — and we match them accordingly. You only see veterans whose personality profile is compatible with your specific culture.

The Opportunity You're Missing

Veterans are trained to operate under ambiguity, adapt to rapidly changing conditions, and lead diverse teams through high-pressure situations. These are precisely the skills that separate good employees from exceptional ones — and they're extraordinarily rare in the civilian talent pool. The right veteran doesn't struggle to adapt. They elevate the entire team around them.

03
"I'm concerned about PTSD or mental health challenges."
Veterans who've seen combat may bring mental health challenges that could affect their performance or team dynamics.
Why This Isn't a Problem with VeteranMATCH

Less than 20% of veterans who deploy ever develop PTSD — and of those, the vast majority successfully manage it. VeteranMATCH's assessment includes EQ-i 2.0 Emotional Intelligence scoring and stress tolerance profiling, so you have objective, validated insight into a candidate's emotional resilience and self-regulation — not assumptions based on their service history. Candidates are matched to roles whose pressure profiles align with their EQ scores.

The Opportunity You're Missing

Veterans as a group score significantly higher on stress tolerance, impulse control, and crisis response than their civilian peers — because they've been trained and tested under conditions most people never encounter. You're not inheriting a liability. You're hiring someone who has already proven they can perform when it matters most.

04
"Veterans are overqualified and will leave once something better comes along."
We've hired veterans before who felt underutilized, got frustrated, and left within a year. It's not worth the investment.
Why This Isn't a Problem with VeteranMATCH

Attrition from veterans feeling underutilized is a matching failure — not a veteran failure. VeteranMATCH's Employer Threshold system allows you to define not just the job description, but the advancement pathway, leadership expectations, and growth trajectory the role offers. We then match veterans whose career ambition, High Potential (Hi-Po) indicators, and motivational profile align with exactly that trajectory — not just the entry-level responsibilities.

The Opportunity You're Missing

A veteran who is properly matched — placed in a role with a clear growth path that respects their leadership experience — is one of the most loyal employees you will ever hire. Military culture instills a deep sense of organizational commitment and mission loyalty. Match them right, and you have a decade of leadership pipeline development walking through your door on day one.

05
"We don't have a structured veteran onboarding program."
Without a formal veteran support program, we're not equipped to set them up for success. It feels irresponsible to hire them without the infrastructure.
Why This Isn't a Problem with VeteranMATCH

VeteranMATCH's matching precision significantly reduces the need for specialized onboarding. When a veteran's personality, culture fit, work values, and leadership style already align with your environment, the transition friction is minimal. Every matched candidate also receives a Career Intelligence Report — a detailed profile you can use to understand exactly how to set them up for success from day one, including their communication style, motivational drivers, and potential derailers to watch.

The Opportunity You're Missing

Veterans come pre-built with the most valuable onboarding asset possible: discipline, self-direction, and the ability to learn and execute quickly under pressure. They don't need to be hand-held — they need to be pointed at a mission. The Career Intelligence Report tells you exactly how to give them that clarity. Many employers find that their veteran hires onboard faster than civilian peers, not slower.

The VetMATCH Score™ Explained

What you get that no job board
can give you.

Every veteran on VeteranMATCH completes a comprehensive multi-stage assessment that produces a single, composite VetMATCH Score™ — a precision instrument built from 100+ weighted human attributes that no keyword-matching algorithm can replicate.

Dimension 01
Military Experience Translation
MOS code, rank, years of service, deployment history, and military awards are algorithmically translated into civilian competency equivalents. A veteran's military career becomes a civilian-readable leadership and skills profile.
Dimension 02
Big Five Personality (OCEAN)
Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Emotional Stability are scored. The single most validated predictor of civilian job performance — used by employers like Google, McKinsey, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Dimension 03
Behavioral Drives (DiSC / Predictive Index)
Dominant, Influential, Steady, and Conscientious behavioral drives are measured to predict how a veteran will communicate, collaborate, and lead — before you ever speak to them.
Dimension 04
Leadership Archetype & Enneagram
We identify each veteran's primary leadership archetype — Strategic Commander, Empathetic Builder, Analytical Operator, and 9 others — so you know not just if they can lead, but how they lead and in what environment they thrive.
Dimension 05
Emotional Intelligence (EQ-i 2.0)
Self-awareness, empathy, stress tolerance, impulse control, and interpersonal skill are independently scored. These predict long-term success in civilian management better than technical skills or GPA.
Dimension 06
Career Values & Culture Fit
Work values (mission, autonomy, recognition, stability, growth), preferred work environment, and ideal management style are mapped — then matched against your organization's culture archetype for precision alignment.
Dimension 07
High Potential (Hi-Po) Indicators
Traits statistically correlated with long-term advancement — learning agility, drive, emotional maturity, and executive presence — are identified and scored, giving you a view of the candidate's ceiling, not just their floor.
Sample VetMATCH Score™ Profile
91
VetMATCH
Score™
Military Experience94
Personality (OCEAN)88
Leadership Archetype93
Emotional Intelligence86
Culture Fit89
Hi-Po Indicators91
No job board generates this profile.
This is what precision hiring looks like.
Matching Capability VeteranMATCH Job Boards (Indeed, ZIP, etc.)
Veteran-exclusive platform 100% veteran focused Mixed with all applicants
MOS / military skill translation Algorithmic, automatic Veteran must self-translate
Big Five personality scoring Full OCEAN profile Not available
Leadership archetype identification 12 archetypes profiled Not available
Emotional intelligence scoring EQ-i 2.0 framework Not available
Culture fit matching Archetype-level precision Not available
Career attrition prediction Built into every match No retention intelligence
High Potential (Hi-Po) indicators Scored on every profile Not available
Employer threshold customization Per-position, AI-assisted Boolean filters only
Free for veterans Always free for veterans Varies by platform
The Employer Threshold System

You don't just post a job.
You build a precision match standard.

Every position you create on VeteranMATCH generates a custom VetMATCH Threshold — a weighted scoring benchmark built from far more than a job description. It is a complete human profile of the person most likely to succeed, advance, and stay in that role.

📋 Job Description Foundation
The baseline — but just the beginning. Required skills, experience level, clearance requirements, and role-specific technical competencies are captured first.
🎯
Role-Specific Skills — Technical requirements, certifications, security clearance levels, and industry knowledge
📊
Experience Parameters — Years of service, leadership scope, team size managed, and budget responsibility
🏢
Work Environment — Remote, hybrid, on-site, travel requirements, shift structure
🧠 Success Qualities Profiling
What makes someone exceptional in this role — not just qualified. You define the human qualities that have consistently predicted success and advancement in this specific position.
Leadership Style Fit — Do top performers in this role lead by authority, consensus, mentorship, or example?
🤝
Collaboration Profile — Independent operator, team contributor, cross-functional leader, or client-facing relationship builder?
🔥
Motivational Drivers — What keeps your best performers engaged: mission, compensation, autonomy, mastery, or impact?
Mission-Driven High Autonomy Team-First Detail-Oriented Growth-Focused Accountability Culture
📈 Career Attrition & Advancement Intelligence
You tell us what the advancement path from this role looks like — and what qualities your top performers who advanced shared. We use this to weight the match against long-term retention indicators.
📉
Attrition Risk Factors — What has caused previous hires in this role to leave? Boredom, culture mismatch, compensation, lack of growth, or poor management fit?
🚀
Advancement Profile — Qualities shared by previous employees who excelled and were promoted from this seat
🔄
Retention Predictors — Veterans whose VetMATCH profile aligns with your retention indicators are scored and ranked higher
🏢 Your Company Culture Profile
Beyond individual positions, your Organization Profile acts as a universal cultural filter applied to every match across all your open roles — ensuring every veteran you see is already pre-aligned with your company's environment and values.
🎖️
Mission & Values Alignment — Your company's core purpose, stated values, and operating principles are weighted into every match
👥
Team Dynamics Profile — The behavioral composition of your existing team and the gaps that would be most additive
🏗️
Organizational Structure — Flat vs. hierarchical, agile vs. process-driven, startup pace vs. enterprise stability
📣
Communication Norms — Direct vs. diplomatic, formal vs. casual, written vs. verbal, synchronous vs. async
🌱
Growth Philosophy — How your company defines success, recognizes performance, and develops employees
🛡️
Veteran Commitment Level — Your existing veteran hiring history, ERG programs, and support infrastructure
The Result
Every veteran match you receive has cleared two filters: their individual VetMATCH Score™ against the role threshold, and their culture profile against your organization fingerprint. You don't just get qualified — you get compatible.
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AI-Powered Employer Intelligence

Your AI hiring partner.
Always learning. Always improving.

VeteranMATCH's AI layer doesn't just match candidates to job descriptions. It continuously analyzes your hiring patterns, your successful placements, and trending traits across your industry to help you build smarter thresholds over time.

Trending Trait Intelligence
Our AI identifies which personality traits, behavioral drives, and leadership archetypes are trending among top performers in your specific position — across your industry, company size, and region — and surfaces these patterns to refine your threshold over time.
Retention Pattern Analysis
As you hire and retain veterans through the platform, the AI learns which profile attributes predict long-term success in your specific organization — continuously tightening the match accuracy for future positions and reducing first-year attrition.
Threshold Optimization Suggestions
The AI proactively suggests adjustments to your position thresholds based on candidate pool data — if your current threshold is filtering out a high concentration of strong candidates on a single dimension, the system flags it and explains why.
Candidate Ranking Intelligence
Matches aren't just pass/fail — every candidate is ranked by compatibility percentage against your specific threshold, with a breakdown showing which dimensions drove the score. You see exactly why each veteran ranked where they did.
Derailer Risk Flagging
For each matched candidate, the AI surfaces their top 1–3 potential derailers — behavioral tendencies that could create friction in your specific environment — so you can probe these directly in interviews rather than discovering them 6 months after hire.
Predictive Placement Scoring
Beyond matching, the AI generates a Placement Confidence Score for each candidate — a predictive estimate of their likelihood of succeeding, advancing, and staying in the role for 3+ years based on your historical retention patterns.
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AI that gets smarter with every hire you make.
Unlike static job boards that reset after every search, VeteranMATCH builds an institutional memory of your organization's hiring patterns. Every successful placement, every veteran who advances, every position that closes with a high-retention candidate — it all feeds back into the AI, making your next search more precise than your last. The longer you're on the platform, the better it gets at predicting exactly who will thrive in your organization.
💡 Did You Know?

The government rewards you
for doing the right thing.

Hiring veterans is the right decision on its own merits — the talent, the leadership, the commitment. But there's also a meaningful financial dimension that many employers aren't fully aware of. Consider this a courtesy briefing, not a sales pitch.

🎖️
Supporting veterans is its own reward. The financial incentives are a bonus.
Federal and VA programs exist specifically to reduce the barrier for employers who want to hire veterans. These incentives are real, substantial, and chronically underutilized — in large part because most employers simply don't know they exist. VeteranMATCH helps you identify which candidates qualify and connects you with the right resources to claim what you're entitled to.
Federal Tax Credit
Work Opportunity
Tax Credit (WOTC)
A federal tax credit that directly reduces your tax liability for each qualifying veteran hired. Available to both for-profit businesses and certain tax-exempt organizations.
Unemployed 4+ weeks
$2,400
Unemployed 6+ months
$5,600
Service-connected disability
$4,800–$9,600
VA Salary Reimbursement
Special Employer
Incentive (SEI)
For eligible veterans with barriers to employment, the VA may reimburse a significant portion of salary and training costs — directly reducing your cost to hire.
Up to 50%
of the veteran's salary reimbursed for up to 6 months
Also covers
Training costs and necessary equipment expenses
Eligibility
Available to both for-profit businesses and certain tax-exempt organizations
VA Training Subsidy + Soft Savings
VR&E & Hidden
Cost Advantages
Beyond direct incentives, the structural savings from hiring veterans — particularly when matched precisely — compound significantly over time.
VR&E On-the-Job Training
Employers pay lower wages during a VA-subsidized training period that increases as the veteran advances in proficiency
Lower Training Costs
Veterans' prior professional training significantly shortens onboarding — saving weeks of productivity cost
Reduced Turnover Cost
Properly matched veterans retain at higher rates — saving the average $28,000 replacement cost, repeatedly
📌
These incentives exist because Congress and the VA recognize that veterans represent exceptional value — and want to remove financial friction for employers willing to make the commitment. VeteranMATCH doesn't lead with these numbers because the right hire shouldn't need a tax incentive to justify it. But if you're going to do the right thing anyway, you should absolutely know what you're entitled to.
MW
"VeteranMATCH fundamentally changes the conversation around veteran hiring. This isn't a job board — it's a precision instrument that treats veterans with the dignity their service demands and gives employers the intelligence they need to make the right decision the first time."
General (Ret.) Mark A. Welsh III
20th Chief of Staff, United States Air Force · VeteranMATCH Advisory Board
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In 30 minutes, we'll walk you through the VetMATCH Threshold builder, show you real veteran profiles matched to your actual roles, and demonstrate exactly how our AI would work for your organization — live, personalized, and without commitment.

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Custom pricing based on your hiring volume — no one-size-fits-all packages
No commitment, no credit card, no pressure — just precision
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Scottsdale, AZ · SBIR Approved 2019
VeteranMATCH was built by veterans, for veterans — and for the employers who want to hire them right. Founders Tony Hudson (CEO) and Michael Cunha (CFO) lived the transition. They built the platform they wished existed.
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