As of May 2017, Hiring Our Heroes has hosted more than 1,000 job fairs, postings and mentoring opportunities, resulting in the hiring of 28,000 veterans and military spouses. Companies large and small – including over 500 Toyota dealers – have committed to hiring over 700,000 veterans and military spouses through their partnership with Hiring Our Heroes.
One example of Toyota’s corporate commitment to hiring veterans and military spouses is at the company’s San Antonio, Texas manufacturing plant. This facility manufactures over 261,000 Tundra and Tacoma trucks annually. With such high output, the complex machines used to produce so many trucks require constant maintenance, and skilled hands are instrumental in helping to maintain operations. In fact, 25% of this manufacturing plant’s skilled maintenance team is comprised of veterans.
For Toyota, hiring veterans and military spouses isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing.