{"id":10293,"date":"2016-02-12T08:37:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T13:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/?p=10293"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:26:05","slug":"hired-veteran-gary-steensgard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/hired-veteran-gary-steensgard\/","title":{"rendered":"Hired Veteran Gary Steensgard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hired as a Human Resources Supervisor in Forest, NC<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> United States Army, E-8, Recruiter<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gary-Steensgard-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gary-Steensgard-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Steensgard\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I recently separated from the United States Army after 23 years of service. As I began\u00a0searching for jobs, I was totally overwhelmed by the resume requirements, various\u00a0formats and feedback from hundreds of different job search resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I registered for services with Hire Heroes USA and was connected with a Transition\u00a0Specialist, who helped me completely rework my resume. The Volunteer Program at Hire\u00a0Heroes USA also connected me with a mock interviewer, who worked with me on interview\u00a0skills and social skills to ensure I could deliver an effective, integrity-laced interview.\u00a0When times were tough, the words of encouragement and actual job leads provided\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">by my Transition Specialist helped my job search seem manageable. As a result, my\u00a0confidence increased, my personal branding improved and, ultimately, working with the\u00a0team at Hire Heroes USA led me to my current job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I received a job offer from Meritor as a Plant Human Resources Supervisor and Safety\u00a0Director. The resume my Transition Specialist helped me develop directly enhanced my\u00a0ability to obtain this job, and my interview took place one day after the mock interview\u00a0that the Hire Heroes USA set up for me. <strong>I can\u2019t remember the last time I felt this sort of\u00a0relief, happiness and excitement all in one fell swoop!<\/strong> I learned so much through this\u00a0process and the professionalism, patience and direction provided by the team at Hire\u00a0Heroes USA were completely instrumental in my success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hire Heroes USA is a MUST for any transitioning military member, veteran or military\u00a0spouse. Other transition programs, while great initiatives, are not enough. <strong>You need\u00a0someone to join the fight with you, providing customer service, mentorship, direction, and\u00a0genuine care that will assist in guiding you to a great career. My Transition Specialist at\u00a0Hire Heroes USA and his crew did that, without any question.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hired as a Human Resources Supervisor in Forest, NC United States Army, E-8, Recruiter I recently separated from the United States Army after 23 years of service. As I began\u00a0searching for jobs, I was totally overwhelmed by the resume requirements, various\u00a0formats and feedback from hundreds of different job search resources. I registered for services with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-success-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}