The 10 Best Pieces Of Advice For SVA Chapter Members

Last week’s Student Veterans of America National Conference brought together more than 1,700 student veterans and administrators from across the country.

Hirepurpose was on hand to talk about jobs and internships, and while we were there, we asked attendees to tweet the best piece of advice they could give to other SVA chapters.

Here were the top 10 tips in 140 characters or less:

Build your chapter for the Vets behind you. You can only keep what you have by giving it away. @HirepurposeJobs https://t.co/930ALnhnwp

— Cat (@CatAstrophcDiva) January 8, 2016

@HirepurposeJobs The best advice: Network, network, network! Get your communities involved and give people something to be excited about!

— Jordan O'Neal (@JMOneal23) January 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/leekyle08/status/685623442964615168https://twitter.com/tahlia_burton/status/685869091090001921

My advice to SVA chapters is to Be Patient. A successful chapter doesn't happen overnight. #NatCon2016 @studentvets https://t.co/ubn9UQPheP

— Jennifer Hayes (@Gin3fur) January 7, 2016

https://twitter.com/ChrisF_TDVS/status/685511050867900416

@HirepurposeJobs ALWAYS exercise UNITY. In UNITY there's strength. W/strength anything's possible! UNITY/STRENGTH is a universal language

— Tammy Betterson (@ms_betterson) January 9, 2016

Chapter leaders: Strive to make an impact and then make yourself obsolete. Pass that torch and make a ripple. https://t.co/nYrz3IRoAz

— Liz O'Herrin Lee (@oherrin22) January 7, 2016