Free Hiring Event for Military Jobseekers

The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds in the Sacramento area on Thursday, June 25. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at DeVry University – Sacramento Center in Elk Grove.

The event will be sponsored by DeVry, and will coincide with a town hall meeting hosted by DeVry to discuss how the new, Post-9/11 GI Bill will provide new educational opportunities. DeVry and RecruitMilitary urge 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 35th of more than 65 RecruitMilitary Career Fairs scheduled for 2009. 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, franchisors, educational institutions, veterans service agencies, and veterans associations. Already in the line-up are AFLAC, the California Department of Veterans Affairs, California Highway Patrol, DeVry University, Jan-Pro Cleaning Systems, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Military Sealift Command, National University, New York Life, Northrop Grumman, Prudential Insurance Company, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, the San Francisco Police Department, The Home Depot, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service.

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 1,275 organizations attended 147 RecruitMilitary Career Fairs in 2007 and 2008. Those events generated television coverage by ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX affiliates as well as local independent channels; articles in major metropolitan and local newspapers as well as The Wall Street Journal; and extensive radio coverage, including remote live broadcasts from events.

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 California is Alan C. Lenox. 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.

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