Which companies are looking to hire professionals with strong work ethic, dedication to teamwork and goal-setting, sterling l ... eadership qualities, a strong sense of community and a long list of accomplishments? All of them. And human resource professionals at Colonial Life have found a treasure-trove of potential employees with those skills among the servicemen and servicewomen of the U.S. military. Debbie Truluck, a senior staffing consultant based at Colonial Life, recently saw those skills on display by attending a Boss Lift. The event, which happens across the country, is an effort by the Department of Defense to showcase the leadership, management and technical training provided to employees who serve their country through the National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve. Truluck and about 30 representatives of other employers were invited to visit McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Sumter, S.C., and Joint Base Charleston (S.C.). The employers toured the National Guard facility (which included an Apache helicopter and a G-force suit), traveled to Charleston on a Chinook helicopter, toured the Charleston joint base (which included a C-17 Globemaster) and the Naval Weapons Station. “It was a life-changing experience,” Truluck said. “I’m still in awe. “It was an opportunity for them to share what they do. They weren’t asking us for anything.” Truluck was impressed by the teamwork and the camaraderie exhibited by all of the servicemen and servicewomen they met. When meeting the numerous personnel responsible for the C-17, for example, every one of them described their job in terms of the pilots’ safety. “It was a unique opportunity to see the connectivity – the impact each role has on the next person,” Truluck said. “It’s given me such a greater awareness of how much difference military personnel can make in a professional workplace.” read more