Koren, 37, had retired as a captain after spending nine years in the Marines and wondered where his next path lay.

"That's when Larry Slagel called me," said Koren, who now lives outside Cincinnati and works for Boston Scientific, a medical device maker. "It was a fairly quick process. It was very easy. I couldn't argue with the results."

Through his network of veterans, Slagel, senior vice president of Cincinnati-based RecruitMilitary, learned of Koren and thought he'd be suited for the sales position. Slagel hopes to provide similar types of possibilities today for any veterans who want to drop by Heinz Field between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

"We help hundreds of vets every year," said Slagel, a Fox Chapel native who graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1986. He spent seven years in the Marines before leaving as a captain in 1993.

Military experience often enables people to "fill in the blanks," or perform duties that colleges might not train for, Slagel said.

"Leadership, responsibility, accountability, the ability to work in arduous conditions, to lead in different conditions," Slagel said. "You might have a guy who's 25 years old leading 15 people in Fallujah who just a few years ago was at North Hills High School."

More than 20 organizations will be on hand to interview job-seekers. Corporations, law-enforcement agencies and government entities will be among those represented, including such employers as DeVry University, New England Financial and Oldcastle Architectural Products Group.

"We've been hearing good feedback from other companies," said Paula Havrilesko, a New England Financial recruiter based in Pittsburgh, discussing why her company wanted to collaborate with RecruitMilitary.

"They have extensive training, promote teamwork, are very detailed, disciplined and have an accelerated learning curve," she said of veterans. "They also possess leadership skills."

RecruitMilitary services are free to veterans, Slagel said. The company's account executives and search consultants are veterans or active or former reservists.