BTM03 – Jim Beamesderfer – Prudential Financial Military Spouse Employment and Financial Management Courses

 

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Show Summary

 

On this episode of Behind the Mission, Army Veteran Jim Beamesderfer, Vice President of Veterans Initiatives at PsychArmor sponsor Prudential Financial, joins the show to talk about the importance of military spouse employment and financial readiness for military families.

 

About Today’s Guest

 

Jim Beamesderfer oversees Prudential Financial’s Diversity and Inclusion activities, including work with other internal partners on communications and philanthropic initiatives. He also runs their VETalent program, which partners with the nonprofit Workers Opportunity Services to recruit, train, and hire Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans and military spouses. In that role, Jim has led development of our military spouse employment program and expanded VETalent to other companies around the country. In June 2019, Jim was appointed co-chair of the US Chamber of Commerce Hiring Our Heroes Military Spouse Employment Council.

Before joining Prudential in 1997, Jim served as a captain in the U.S. Army for six years after earning a B.A. in mechanical engineering at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix. He remains an active member of the Rutgers Business School Military and Veterans Advisory Board.

Links Mentioned In This Episode

 

 

PsychArmor Financial Wellness Courses

 

PsychArmor Military Spouse Employment Courses 

 

Foundation for Women Warriors

 

This Episode Sponsored By:

 

Prudential Financial.  Prudential, a financial wellness leader and premier active global investment manager, has done extensive work to help military talent connect to quality jobs and help military families achieve financial security. To learn more, visit www.prudential.com/veterans
 

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Our theme music Don’t Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.