It is useful to track the effectiveness of your veteran employment initiatives. A structured evaluation allows you to measure progress toward your goals, identify areas for improvement and understand the overall impact of your activities. You can then refine your approach and ensure that your activities are making a positive difference for veteran employees.
Effective evaluation of your veteran employment activities will enable you to:
- collect data on your veteran employment initiatives
- determine whether you are meeting your objectives
- identify potential gaps in your Veteran Employment Strategy
- make improvements as needed
- document, report and share outcomes.
The evaluation process
Evaluating your veteran employment activities is crucial for understanding what works, what needs improvement, and how to make informed decisions for the future. A well-structured evaluation process allows your organisation to stay accountable to its veteran employment goals and ensures that your initiatives are making a positive impact.
The graphic below sets out a process to collect, analyse and share the outcomes of your veteran employment activities.
Guide: How to evaluate your veteran employment activities [PDF 274.04 KB]
Template - Veteran employment evaluation [WORD 38.73 KB]
Advancing best practice in veteran employment
Our understanding of how best to advance the employment of veterans in Australia is still developing. While international research provides some insights, there remains a gap when it comes to Australian data, research and best practice. Consider how your organisation could contribute to the growing knowledge base and help shape the future of veteran employment.
To help advance best practice in veteran employment in Australia, you can:
- conduct in-house research
- sponsor a PhD student to undertake research within your organisation
- partner with a university or research institute to undertake research
- share your research findings and/or veteran employment data publicly.
The resource below provide further information and guidance on evaluation and best practice:
- The Australian Centre for Evaluation sets out the national guidelines for evaluation practice under the Commonwealth Evaluation Toolkit.
Related Veteran Employment Commitment (VEC) activities:
- Consult guidelines and legislation when developing veteran policies and practices
- Collect data on veteran employment, including recruitment, retention, performance, and job satisfaction
- Use data to improve your organisation’s veteran employment initiatives
- Formally evaluate the implementation of veteran employment initiatives in your organisation
- Publicly promote veteran employment metrics collected in your organisation.