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The Hire Our Heroes process is designed for employers who are committed to making veterans a part of their overall talent acquisi- tion strategy but are having difficulty in doing so. The focus is on your company – one job, one vet at a time. Hire Our Heroes will share expertise of its ‘Veterans Strong’ initiative to help companies build their own veteran-hiring programs. Hire Our Heroes has set out to aid American employers in helping to sharpen their focus on hiring, training, and retaining veterans. The greatest form of respect we can give Hire our Heroes to your veterans is to help the transitioning into the civilian workforce by providing them meaningful employment. Military service teaches the importance of taking care of your troops. That responsibility exists for those outside of the military as well, because those troops sacrifice a great deal to protect and defend us all. Hire Our Heroes is determined to educate employers of all sizes to leverage these proven Americans while meeting their organization’s Ammonia Refrigeration Foundation (ARF), FASTPORT, the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), the Interna- tional Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR), and Lanier Technical College to sponsor the Refrigerant Technician Refrigeration Mechanics Apprenticeship Program. This partnership will expand employment opportunities through apprenticeship in the industrial refrigeration sector for military veterans and civilians alike, by helping them earn a RETA CARO or CIRO Certification. For further information on starting an apprentice programat your company contact RETA HQ. hiring and retention needs. RETA has partnered with the

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