DAV RecruitMilitary Vet Job Fair coming to Queen City May 28

DAV and the military-to-civilian recruitment firm RecruitMilitary will produce an All Veterans Career Fair at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati on Thursday, May 28, 2015

LOVELAND, Ohio — DAV and the military-to-civilian recruitment firm RecruitMilitary will produce an All Veterans Career Fair at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati on Thursday, May 28, 2015. DAV and RecruitMilitary are inviting veterans who already have civilian work experience, personnel who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life, members of the National Guard and reserves, military spouses, and other military family members. AdvancePierre Foods will sponsor the event, which will run from 11 AM until 3 PM

RecruitMilitary expects 65 employers, franchisors, educational institutions, and government agencies to reserve exhibitor booths at the Expo. Those already signed up are DAV; AdvancePierre Foods; General Electric Company; Norfolk Southern Corporation; PNC Bank; Kroger; Kao Brands Company; The Home Depot; LCS; Huff Realty; Cincinnati VA Medical Center; Givaudan; Rumpke; Horseshoe Casino; Emerson Electric; Waffle House; HELP Plumbing, Heating & Cooling; Contingent Network Services; L-3 Fuzing & Ordnance Systems; Cintas; United States Postal Service; Belterra Casino; Mercy Health Physicians; The Home Depot – Home Services; Speedway LLC.; Perfetti Van Melle; Crum Trucking; Gus Perdikakis Associates Inc.; The Westin Cincinnati; Colonial Life; The Home Depot – Supply; Intelligrated; Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co.; American-Mercy Home Care; Jurgenson Companies; Pro Touch Restoration; Environmental Enterprises, Inc.; Legion Logistics; Roto-Rooter; Farmers Insurance; DeVry University; New Horizons Computer Learning Center; Heavy Construction Academy; Vantiv LLC.; Prudential Financial; SAIA Motor Freight Line, Inc.; Aviation Institute of Maintenance; Mass Mutual Financial Group; Indiana Weslyan University; Celadon Trucking Services; Pomeroy; First Command Financial Planning; Georgia College of Construction; U-Pull-And-Pay, LLC; and The Art Institutes.

In addition, DeVry University will present a 10:30 AM seminar titled “Move in the Right Direction: Putting Your Career Goals into Action.” During this session, veterans will acquire the skills needed to create a career vision and execute specific goals in their personal and professional lives.

DAV personnel will be on hand to answer veterans’ questions about benefits and to provide them with other valuable information.

DAV was founded by World War I veterans in Cincinnati in 1920 and chartered by the United States Congress in 1932. The organization empowers veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity. It is dedicated to a single purpose: fulfilling our promises to the men and women who served. DAV does this by ensuring that veterans and their families can access the full range of benefits available to them; fighting for the interests of America’s injured heroes on Capitol Hill; and educating the public about the great sacrifices and needs of veterans transitioning back to civilian life. DAV (www.dav.org) is a non-profit organization with 1.2 million members.

RecruitMilitary has produced veteran job fairs since 2006. By the end of 2015, the company will have produced more than 670 events in over 60 cities.

RecruitMilitary also offers subscriptions (search licenses) to its database of more than 760,000 registered candidates at http://www.recruitmilitary.com, job postings, targeted email campaigns, retained hiring services, and advertising space in online and print media. The company publishes Search & Employ^®, a bimonthly print and digital magazine; and distributes more than 50,000 print copies of each issue to military installations throughout the world, National Guard and reserve units, job seekers who attend RecruitMilitary job fairs, and military-to-civilian recruiters nationwide. The company was founded in 1998, and is located in Loveland, Ohio (Greater Cincinnati). The CEO and president of RecruitMilitary is Peter Gudmundsson, a former officer in the United States Marine Corps.

In 2011, RecruitMilitary received the First Annual Lee Anderson Small Business Veteran and Military Spouse Employment Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program (http://www.uschamber.com). The program recognized RecruitMilitary as a specific business that has “gone above and beyond to honor the sacrifices our military families make in their service to our nation.” In 2013, the company was a finalist for the Capital One Award for Small Business Veteran and Military Spouse Employment.

RecruitMilitary has scheduled the following additional veteran job fairs through December 2015: Atlanta(June 25, October 8); Austin (October 15);  Baltimore (June 4, October 1; Birmingham (August 27); Boston (September 2); Charlotte (October 29); Chicago (October 8); Cincinnati (October 1); Cleveland (September 3); Columbus (July 30, November 5); Columbia, South Carolina (September 24); Dallas (May 14, August 27, November 19); Denver (August 27); Detroit (June 18); Hartford, Connecticut (July 9); Houston (June 24, September 10, December 3); Indianapolis (July 9, December 10); Jacksonville (December 3); Kansas City (September 24); Las Vegas (May 14, December 10); Los Angeles (June 18, November 5); Louisville (August 20); Miami (September 10); Milwaukee (May 21, October 29); Minneapolis (October 15); Nashville (September 17); New Orleans (August 13); New York (May 21, September 17); Norfolk (May 14, November 12); Oakland (May 7); Oklahoma City(June 11, October 22); Orlando (May 7, December 10); Philadelphia (July 23, November 19); Phoenix(September 24); Pittsburgh (October 22); Portland (July 16); Raleigh (August 6); Richmond (August 20); Riverside, California (September 17); Sacramento (July 23); St. Louis (July 16, November 12); San Antonio (September 3); San Diego (August 6, December 3); San Jose (October 29); Seattle(June 4, November 12); Tampa (August 13); Ventura County/Oxnard (April 30); and Washington(June 18, November 5).