Hiring Our Heroes job fair coming to Kansas City

Hiring Our Heroes job fair coming to Kansas City

The home stadium of last season’s World Series champions will host a hiring expo for current and former military servicemembers and their spouses this week.

The American Legion, in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others will host a Hiring Our Heroes job expo at Kauffman Stadium on Aug. 18.

The expo includes an employment workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., where job seekers will be able to meet with a team of hiring experts.

The Hiring Our Heroes employment workshop consists of a classroom session followed by one-on-one mentoring sessions with all pre-registered and walk-in participants to be conducted throughout the day. Mentoring sessions focus on résumé building, résumé writing, and interviewing techniques for all job-seeking veterans and service member participants.

After the workshop, a hiring fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature prospective employers seeking to hire veterans and their spouses.

Current military personnel, veterans and their families are welcome to attend. Attendees should come with their résumés in hand, and be prepared to network or even interview on the spot.

No registration is necessary; however, registering for the event allows job seekers to upload their résumés to be viewed by employers ahead of time. All registered veterans and military spouses are also eligible to receive up to two free tickets to attend that evening’s game between the Royals and the Minnesota Twins.

Click here to register.

Event information:

Aug. 18

Kauffman Stadium

1 Royal Way

Kansas City, MO 64129

9:30-11 a.m. employment workshop

11 a.m.-2 p.m. hiring fair