Why Home Base Wichita

why hire military?

Home Base Wichita encourages local companies to implement a military employment strategy as part of our mission to bring economic prosperity to the South-Central Kansas region. 

Companies with and effective military employment strategy:

  • Have greater success in hiring highly skilled individuals
  • Are more efficient
  • Have lower turnover

Home Base Wichita believes hiring military-connected individuals is mutually beneficial to our workforce and community.

Military-connected individuals possess the following qualities, making them an asset in any role:

  • Discipline
  • Integrity
  • Leadership
  • Team building
  • Reliability
  • Quick assessment awareness
  • Positivity 
  • Diversity experience
  • Adaptability

Home Base Wichita seeks to retain, regain and attract military-connected talent to the South-Central Kansas region

  • Retain: Encouraging service members and their families residing in South-Central Kansas to stay and call it home with support from the community and viable employment opportunities;
  • Regain: Inviting Kansans exiting service to return home to a new and exciting post-military career in their home state;
  • Attract: Guiding military families who are undecided on where to land after exiting service to desirable careers in South Central Kansas with employers who value their skills

Wondering how your business can recruit and retain military talent?

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