Career Fair for Military Veterans and Military Spouses Coming to Madison Square Garden on September 24
New York, NY (PRWEB) September 3, 2008 -- The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds in New York's Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, September 24, 2008. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. RecruitMilitary urges all job seekers who have military backgrounds to attend--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.
The event will be the 76th of 104 RecruitMilitary Career Fairs scheduled for 2008. RecruitMilitary will produce three events the next day, Thursday, September 25, 2008 at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, home of the New Jersey Devils; at Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers; and in Nauticus - Half Moone Cruise & Celebration Center in Norfolk, Virginia.
In New York, an all-star team of 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. Already in the line-up are Asplundh Tree Expert Company, CEC Entertainment, DeVry University, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), GE Energy, Military Sealift Command, the Military Spouse Corporate Career Network, New Horizons, the New York City Department of Corrections, New York Life, Oldcastle Architectural Products Group, The Home Depot, Times Square Alliance, the Veterans Benefits Administration, Wackenhut Corporation, Walgreens, Westinghouse Electric Company, and Woodmen of the World.
RecruitMilitary will produce the 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).
More than 500 organizations attended 45 RecruitMilitary Career Fairs in 2007. At those events, an average of 30-plus organizations interviewed an average of over 325 job seekers. RecruitMilitary Career Fairs conducted in 2006 and 2007 generated television coverage by CNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN; radio coverage by ESPN and numerous regional stations; and articles in metropolitan and local newspapers.
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 Dave Rehbein, an Army veteran, of Ames, Iowa. The Commander of the Department of New York is Edward Bertrand, also an Army veteran, of Lake Placid. 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 account executives and retained search consultants are either veterans or active or former reservists. The President of RecruitMilitary is Drew Myers, formerly a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. The company was founded in 1998. In August 2008, RecruitMilitary acquired Landmark Destiny Group (LDG), a military-to-civilian recruiting firm based in Norfolk.
In addition to participation in career fairs, RecruitMilitary offers subscriptions to two databases of self-registered job seekers who have military backgrounds. The database at www.recruitmilitary.com currently numbers more than 229,000, and the database at www.destinygroup.com numbers over 300,000.
RecruitMilitary also offers retained hiring services as well as advertising space in online and print media. The company obtained Search & Employ, a bimonthly print magazine, in the LDG acquisition. In October, the company will mail more than 32,000 copies of the magazine to over 230 military bases throughout the world for distribution to transitioning personnel. Employers, educational institutions, and franchisors advertise in Search & Employ.
Contact:
Drew Myers
President
RecruitMilitary LLC
800-226-0841
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