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Meet Wayne Strauss, Multi-Unit General Manager, Health Care, Memorial Health Systems, Colorado Springs, CO

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Veterans, reservists and members of the National Guard will find career opportunities right for them at Sodexo.

Sodexo proudly serves and employs the heroes who protect our freedom. Veterans, reservists and members of the National Guard will find job opportunities right for them in Food & Beverage Management, Facilities Management and Engineering, as well as Sales, Accounting, IS&T, Human Resource Management and more! With 8,000 locations, Sodexo can even provide transfer opportunities for spouses when a service member is deployed or relocated across the US. For more information about our work with the military click here.

Here's why a military background translates into successful jobs for veterans with Sodexo:

You recognize the importance of teamwork and employ it every day
You are accustomed to advancement through your own achievements
You thrive on new assignments and the challenges of new locations

Sodexo has long supported its more than 3000 veterans, guard members and reservists. We are a proud recipient of the ESGR Pro-Patria Award and a G.I. Jobs Top 100 Military Employer for providing jobs for veterans through our recruiting efforts and company policies that support veteran employees. Sodexo is also a recipient of the Secretary of Defense Freedom Award, the highest recognition given to employers by the Secretary of Defense for exceptional support of our nation's defense.

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Wayne Strauss
Military: E-4 Seargent, U.S. Air Force
Sodexo: Multi-Unit General Manager, Health Care, Memorial Health Systems, Colorado Springs, CO

I began my 6-year military career in an unusual manner which creatively led to my current position as Multi-Unit General Manager and Registered Dietitian. After meeting with the Air Force recruiter and selecting a "guaranteed" job in accounting, I arrived at Lackland A.F.B. to survive basic training. Two weeks into the course, all of the airmen with "guaranteed jobs" were assembled in a room with the D.I. The D.I. yelled, "All of you are here because you were promised a guaranteed job. As of right now, those guaranteed jobs are no longer guaranteed, and remember that you cannot sue the government. You have 30 minutes to select your new job from this one sided document."

While working under this time crunch, I scanned the list and narrowed my choices to Diet Therapy Technician and on the opposite end of the spectrum, Pararescue. As I decided between the two, I looked outside to see 4 huge men running full speed while carrying a long telephone pole on their shoulders. So, I asked the D.I., "Why are they running with that telephone pole?" He replied, "Oh that is the Pararescue training that they conduct on this base." I chose to be a diet therapy technician. Actually, my fear was not that I couldn't carry my share of the weight, but rather that I would be hanging suspended from the pole since I'm not as tall as the rest of the team.

My six-year military service took me to various interesting places. Over the next few years, I enjoyed good assignments and learned from outstanding people how to provide excellent patient care. Skills, knowledge, diligence, perseverance and compassion are just a few of the qualities strengthened by my military experience that developed me into the leader I am today. I am proud to have served so many.