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Taleo takes off!

On June 6th, MIL COO Marisa Daley approved MIL’s first offer
letter of the first MIL candidate that has gone through the full
lifecycle within Taleo from the point of submitting an application
through accepting an offer. This is a tremendous accomplishment Why is Taleo such a powerful tool?
for our team!!
Ms. Daley noted that “it was just over a year and a half ago that The new MIL Career Center is fully
David Fernandez walked into my office and asked if he could responsive, and provides our users with
work on “fixing” our recruiting process starting with the way we a fresh and modern experience. To keep
utilize Taleo. We subsequently hired Nasir Abbas, originally to things quick and simple for job seekers, the
support business development efforts, who quickly jumped in and Taleo interface allows visitors to set up job
started learning Taleo and the various ways MIL could enhance alerts as well as a parsing option that syncs
our recruiting process through the software’s automated workflow with a user’s Google Drive or LinkedIn
and features. My hat is off to these two gentlemen for superior
work throughout this process.” account to automatically populate
application fields.
She continued, “However, I know it took collaboration from the
entire Recruiting and HR teams to learn the newly configured Perhaps most importantly, a new two-
system, ensure our Hiring Managers are using the system tier application process has been applied
correctly, and provide essential feedback to the implementation so that only candidates under serious
team along the way. consideration will be required to fill out
I could not be prouder of the team for this accomplishment, more comprehensive data.
which has significantly increased our applicant pool across all of
our Business Sectors driving high quality candidates to our Hiring Read more about the initial
Managers to interview and hire.”
Congrats all and THANK YOU!! launch on our blog >>

In memoriam: Scott David Ely

Please join us in remembering and celebrating the remarkable life Scott’s life outside of his service to MIL and the Nation,
of MIL staff member Scott David Ely who passed away on June prominently featured his family—wife Salome P. Ely (Sally),
5th, 2019 at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. daughter Nancy A. Martinez (Raz), son Todd R. Ely (Tanya),
Scott worked as a Senior Logistician for MIL’s REPS sector for brother James C. Ely (Diane), brother Thomas C. Ely (Ann), sister
almost 10 years after serving in the military and as a vital member Nancy A. Cohen (Garret) and Grandchildren Gabriel O. Martinez
of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division for a combined (21) (Maureen), Shayelyn M. Ely (17), Tre A. Ely (14), and
40 years. Michael T. Martinez (5), as well
as numerous nieces, nephews,
“Scott made a tremendous impact at MIL and his contributions extended family—and his many
were very much appreciated by our NAVAIR customer. Not only friends.
did we value his expertise, but he was also a thoughtful, dedicated,
and respected team member and friend to many. He will be We offer our sincerest
greatly missed.” said Tom Clark, REPS Senior Vice President. condolences to Scott’s family,
friends, colleagues, and
Scott served 24 years active duty in Naval Aviation with 18 years coworkers, who will all long
of flight experience, including 11 years as a C-130 Flight Engineer remember and miss him.
Instructor – Evaluator and 7 years as a Utility Air Crewman
on the C1-A and US-2C Aircraft. During his years of military
service, Scott was recognized for excellence numerous times,
earning the Meritorious Service Medal in addition to a number of
Commendation, Achievement, and National Defense Medals.

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