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RecruitMilitary Career Fair for Military Veterans and Military Spouses Coming to Jacksonville on December 6
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The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds on Thursday, December 6, at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will be open to veterans who already have civilian work experience, men and women who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life, members of the National Guard and reserves, and military spouses. More than 25 veteran-friendly organizations will conduct one-on-one interviews with the job seekers--organizations that will include corporate employers, law-enforcement agencies and other government employers, educational institutions, veterans service agencies, and veterans associations. The career fair hours will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Jacksonville, Florida November 16, 2007 -- The
military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary
will present a free hiring event for job seekers who
have military backgrounds on Thursday, December 6, at
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. This event, the
RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will be open to veterans
who already have civilian work experience, men and women
who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life,
members of the National Guard and reserves, and military
spouses. More than 25 veteran-friendly organizations
will conduct one-on-one interviews with the job
seekers--organizations that will include corporate
employers, law-enforcement agencies and other government
employers, educational institutions, veterans service
agencies, and veterans associations. The career fair
hours will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
RecruitMilitary will produce the Jacksonville Career
Fair in cooperation with The American Legion;
HireVetsFirst, a unit of the United States Department of
Labor; and the Military Spouse Corporate Career Network
(MSCCN). The event will be the 43rd of 45
RecruitMilitary Career Fairs scheduled for 2007. During
38 such events produced from January through October, an
average of 30-plus organizations interviewed an average
of over 350 job seekers.
Already in the line-up for Jacksonville are Boca
Raton Police Services Department, DeVry University, F.A.
Bartlett Tree Experts, Hanson Building Materials, L-3
Communications Integrated Systems, MediaCross,
Northcentral University, Norwegian Cruise Lines,
Priority Solutions Inc., Schneider National,
Southeastern Freight Lines, The Wackenhut Corporation,
TMP Worldwide - Brinks Home Security, and Walgreens.
The American Legion is an association of veterans who
served during times of war. The Legion has 2.7 million
members in nearly 15,000 posts throughout the world. The
National Commander of The American Legion is Martin F.
Conatser, an Army veteran, of Champaign, Illinois.
Congress chartered The American Legion in 1919.
HireVetsFirst was created by Congress in 2002 to develop
awareness among employers of the outstanding attributes
of men and women who are transitioning from active duty
to civilian life. The Military Spouse Corporate Career
Network was founded in 2004 to provide career
opportunities and job portability for military spouses.
The organization is made up of military spouses,
caregivers to war wounded, and retired military
personnel.
RecruitMilitary, based in Cincinnati, connects
employers with job seekers who have military
backgrounds. All of the company's owners, officers,
account executives, and recruiters are either veterans
or active or former reservists. In addition to
participation in career fairs, RecruitMilitary offers
subscriptions to its database of self-registered job
seekers who have military backgrounds, currently
numbering more than 180,000, at its Web site,
www.recruitmilitary.com ; advertising in online and
print media; and retained hiring services. The company
mails more than 54,000 copies of a quarterly, print
newsletter called Incoming! to over 230 military bases
throughout the world for distribution to transitioning
personnel; employers advertise their job openings in
Incoming! The President of RecruitMilitary is Drew
Myers, formerly a Captain in the United States Marine
Corps. The company was founded in 1998.
RecruitMilitary produced 13 career fairs in 2006.
More than 225 organizations and over 8,000 job seekers
attended those events. The career fairs generated
television coverage by CNBC, ABC, NBC, and CNN; radio
coverage by ESPN and numerous regional stations; and
articles in several newspapers. RecruitMilitary has
scheduled 104 career fairs for 2008.
In Cincinnati:
Drew Myers
President
RecruitMilitary LLC
800-226-0841
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