Talent Centric
HOW ALEXANDER MANN SOLUTIONS AMERICAS IS WORKING
WITH UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS (USO)
Supporting global
citizen efforts and
celebrating the
contribution of
former colleague,
Dave Dubay
Vietnam veteran
Dave Dubay
(pictured) inspired
the Cleveland team
and solidified its
support of USO
D
oing ‘good’ is central to Alexander Mann
Solutions, so it was never a question of if,
but when, we would start supporting global
citizenship efforts. Here in the Americas, we first
needed to grow our own personnel so we would be
able to support a charity of choice.
Senior leaders wanted to focus on using our rich
understanding of recruitment – getting the right people
into the right roles – to provide genuine value. We knew
we could use the same skills in a charitable sense and
would be able to provide transitioning troop members
moving into a civilian workforce with guidance, support
and expertise. We started discussions with the USO, a
non-profit built around supporting service members.
BRAVERY AS A CORE VALUE
Globally, there was initial hesitance regarding our
choice to support a military-centric charity. But in the
US, we stand behind the men and women serving
to protect our freedoms; there is no politics involved
in what they do, only bravery. When we reminded
colleagues around the world that being “brave” is a
core value at Alexander Mann Solutions, the company,
as a whole, agreed.
Because the USO supports not only transitioning
troops, but active military, the families of those who
serve, those injured on duty, and families who have
lost a loved one in service, partnering with it gave our
team members many ways to get involved.
“When we
reminded our
colleagues that
being ‘brave’ is a
core value, the
company, as a
whole, agreed”
Emily Cassidy
Analyst and Sponsor,
Americas Global
Citizenship,
Alexander Mann
Solutions
interviews with transitioning troops to help them
prepare for future civilian interviews. And we’ve
partnered with the Northeast Ohio USO centre to
provide toys for their ‘Breakfast with Santa’ event.
For many team members, this year will be their first
chance to support our charity of choice. We set some
goals to offer the team support opportunities.
• Ongoing support of Hire Heroes USA: recruiting
participants to help troops improve interview skills
and learn how to present their transferable skills.
• Global Citizenship Week 2017: creating fun
opportunities in which all staff can participate.
• Care packages: sending quarterly care packages
to friends and family of our colleagues who are
serving overseas, stuffed with treats and letters.
A TRIBUTE TO A COLLEAGUE
On 10 April 2015, the Cleveland GCSC, and Alexander
Mann Solutions, lost our friend and colleague Dave
Dubay, a married father of two, USO supporter and
a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was an inspiration
and solidified our commitment to supporting the USO.
The following September, we had an opportunity to
honour Dave during our first annual Global Citizenship
Week, a week of charitable events in each region to
show our teams what we could achieve when we did it
together. We collected the money raised during Global
Citizenship Week in the Americas, and all the money
raised for charity fundraisers, and donated $1,187 to
the USO in Dave’s name.
INITIAL SUPPORT
emily.cassidy@
Our partnership with the USO is still in its infancy, but
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we have started to place the building blocks for our
WORKING TOGETHER
future with them. In 2015, we started out with a career
Just as we challenge our teams to empower
transition workshop between the transitioning troops of Northeast Ohio themselves in their careers for the good of our clients, we ask them to
and one of our client support teams.
do the same for our charities of choice and communities, providing them
We have also built a partnership with fellow USO sponsors Hire Heroes with time and opportunities to give back. To find out how to get involved,
USA, where our remote team members can conduct monthly mock staff in the Americas can contact: [email protected]
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