Landmark Destiny Group, Inc is a privately held corporation acquired in 2006 and headquartered in Norfolk, VA. Bill Gaul, founder and president, brings his personal experience as an Army-West Point graduate who spent six and a half years in the military before transitioning directly to corporate citizenry. Since then he has spent the last ten years recruiting thousands of officers and enlisted personnel for civilian corporations.

"In my years as a corporate recruiter, my job was to educate corporate hiring managers about the skills and core values that transitioning military personnel possess. While many corporations considered this pool of talent as an ideal group of quality applicants, most organizations could not afford to pay per-placement fees."

This created an obstacle for the career seeker in landing the ideal position.

An Idea is Born

Hence, with the advent of the internet as a tool to share information in real-time format, the idea for Landmark Destiny Group, Inc Recruitment Network was born. We initially took steps to design, develop and administer a proprietary database of service academy graduates with unique functionality and the latest technology available solely through Landmark Destiny Group, Inc. Recognizing how we could customize our application for any organization, military schools like VMI and the Aggies, along with several large Veteran Service Organizations, began promoting the Destiny technology as a free service to their alumni and members. Our customization quickly spread from our initial 3 databases (Academy Graduates, Officers, and NCO/PO/Enlisted) to presently 10 separate and distinct databases allowing both jobseekers to distinguish their unique characteristics such as 'Active Security Clearances', while allowing employers to cut costs by paying for only the data compartments they desire, creating a total gateway to the mililtary community with a single stop.

The mission of Destiny forms an integrated recruitment network, specializing in professional transition assistance to individuals with military content in their background. Specifically, Destiny assists officers, NCO/enlisted personnel, military spouses, and former military personnel (both junior and senior), in acquiring the interview skills to feel confident, and the resources to network with the right people at hiring corporations, all without any cost to the applicant.

The Online System

To do that, Destiny developed Patent-Pending Technology that not only creates a winning resume for the applicant online, but also includes an accompanying portfolio profile that adds much more depth to the typical resume. In addition to the personal profile, the system allows applicants to add opt-in "virtual online interview system" (VOIS?), a personal photo, and their last four years of performance evaluations, thus giving the hiring manager a more "complete picture." It's the next best thing to being right there in the office for an initial interview! Destiny is also one of the few sites to use "Push Technology" to drive both job postings directly in front of qualified applicants based upon their interests and skills. This feature is a tremendous time saving tool for both hiring managers and applicants because what used to take weeks, now takes hours -- further reducing the expense of the recruitment process, and tapping the more elusive "passive applicant." The Destiny system also creates Job Agents where as soon as a position is advertised, it is sent to the applicant, based upon predetermined applicant-selected criteria. This prevents the applicants from missing out on great jobs, even if they are still busy at work or on temporary duty away from home base.

All this is the reason why the Landmark Destiny Group, Inc Recruitment Network was selected by CAREERXROADS as one of the 50 BEST among more than 28,000 employment websites. Based on Destiny's unique content and technology, the site ranks best for both corporate and transitioning military personnel. And according to Alexa.com, it is the highest ranked online military recruiting website.

Meet The Companies

To further establish Destiny as the premiere recruitment network, each month the Landmark Destiny Group, Inc conducts its Ready, Aim, Hire? events where applicants and companies meet face-to-face. These events allow career seekers to meet hiring managers in- person at over 20 locations in near proximity to military installations. In the privacy of a hotel suite, hiring managers conduct personal one-on-one interviews in order to accelerate the hiring process. Typically 10-15 companies participate at each of the 2-5 events per month across the country. This small, intimate approach allows for one-on-one attention for attending applicants. Destiny's premiere client list includes all types of organizations such as Procter & Gamble, CISCO Systems, DELL Computer, BellSouth, SBC Communications, ARAMARK, Merck Pharmaceuticals and many others. Companies not only seek talent for technical positions, but also greatly value the leadership and team characteristics reinforced in military service training.

Advantage to Hiring Companies

For companies interested in utilizing these services, there are many advantages. Landmark Destiny Group, Inc Recruiting Network offers job postings, database searches, the use of a unique and patent-pending applicant profiling system, state of the art "push technology", hyperlink and company profile advertising, and access to the Ready, Aim, Hire? events. Training for the online system and recruitment strategies is also available for corporate recruiters at these events. In addition, companies don't have to limit their searches based on location of candidates in their local area. An individual thousands of miles away can directly compete with an applicant that may be local to the hiring company because of the government-provided free relocation benefits. Military applicants are then sourced worldwide based on their preference for location.

Corporate clients may license with the Landmark Destiny Group, Inc Recruitment Network for a monthly or annual membershDestinyip that allows for worldwide, unlimited hiring capability without ever paying a single placement fee again. It is the most comprehensive, exclusively endorsed, and lowest cost option for corporations attempting to develop a military hiring program.

The future is bright for Landmark Destiny Group, Inc as it develops even more technological advances and unique capabilities. Recently, CIGNA Healthcare examined their hiring system and partnered with Landmark Destiny Group, Inc to create a similar service for those leaving the military services with a healthcare background. Destiny now operates a site just for physicians and allied health personnel that allows them to view opportunities both in the healthcare field, as well as allows them to consider other types of corporate positions if they are ready for a career change.

Most exciting is Destiny's work in developing a special site just for Disabled Veterans. For those that have paid the ultimate price in serving our country, we want to create special recognition and awareness programs to assist this very capable group of applicants. Most hiring managers are unaware of the benefits of tapping this group in not only meeting their EEO requirements, but the truly special skills that this talent pool possesses.

"Our goal is to stand on a soapbox and yell 'VETERAN' as loud as we can to ensure those that have served our country receive the best visibility we can extend to them, once they choose to end their military obligation or service." -Bill Gaul

As a further testament to the capabilities of Landmark Destiny Group, Inc and the power of our software program, recently CISCO Systems chose to partner with us to create an online outprocessing tool for displaced employees. Using our self-service program, we modified our software application to accommodate the needs of CISCO in a matter of weeks, and help thousands of their alumni find their Destiny.

With this experience under our belt, Landmark Destiny Group, Inc realized that it could modify its proprietary, Oracle Based program to suit a variety of websites, and thus began the process to build a network of almost one hundred career sites for a variety of partners. Each one uniquely designed to match the look/feel of the parent site, but operating jointly on single platform gives employers "one stop shopping" and immediate cross posting potential at no additional cost/effort. Landmark Destiny Group, Inc continues to increase its network giving more value to employers, jobseekers, and to independent website owners.

At the request of many contractors needing qualified and motivated applicants for opportunities in Iraq, Landmark Destiny Group, Inc has launched a new venture IRAQTopJobs.com to allow both prior military personnel and civilians interested in rebuilding the infrastructure of IRAQ to quickly identify and connect with potential employers. Once again, the flexibility of the Landmark Destiny Group, Inc software application has proven to be the cornerstone of its success.