Recruiting Veterans and MSPs with Billy House, MSP Hire

Billy House started his career in the US Navy working in IT and radio communications. He spent 12 years honing his technical and leadership skills gaining experience in many different facets of the IT industry, including Windows and UNIX server and desktop support, customer service, network appliance management, IT security, compliance, auditing, and most importantly people leadership.

Getting out of the Navy in 2015 Billy went on to work for the Department of Defense providing network and systems engineering support for the US Marine Corps and US Army. After moving to the private industry sector, Billy worked in IT and management positions for several large corporations, including Gulfstream Aerospace and Wayfair.

In 2021 he leveraged his 2 decades of IT and management skills to a career transition into technical recruiting where he has worked in full-scope recruiting and talent sourcing for a large MSP, providing keen technical insight into candidates and helping to fill positions across the country.

00:00 Introduction
01:25 Why hiring veterans makes a difference
03:33 Doesn’t the hiring process just bring in good candidates?
06:32 How can employers plug into these communities
07:45 What is the hurdle to get vets into tech jobs?
09:36 Is it as simple as translation of acroynms?
11:39 What is the biggest set of skills vets can bring to IT that is not understood?
13:43 How can people learn more?

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