Your allies inside the company.
Every big company has a veteran ERG. Some are real — funded programs, exec sponsors, actual hiring pipelines. Others are a Slack channel and a Veterans Day pizza party. We rate the difference.
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We score every veteran ERG on what actually matters — not what their careers page says.
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Rated by veterans who work there — not by the company's PR team.
How to actually use a veteran ERG.
Most vets join and forget about it. Here's how to make it work for you.
Sign up on day one. The ERG is where you'll find your first mentors, lunch buddies, and the person who explains how expenses actually work at this company.
Every good ERG has a veteran who's been at the company 5+ years and knows where the bodies are buried. That's your first coffee meeting.
ERG leadership is visible to execs. Organize one event, lead one initiative — it's a shortcut to being known outside your immediate team.
ERGs often have internal referral networks. When a role opens on another team, the ERG Slack lights up before the job board does.
The best ERGs use veteran feedback to actually change company policy. If onboarding is trash for vets, say it. That's how things get fixed.
If the ERG has no budget, no exec sponsor, and the only event is a Veterans Day lunch — that's not an ERG, that's a checkbox. Push for more or find a company that cares.