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The military-to-civilian recruiting firm RecruitMilitary will present a free hiring event for job seekers who have military backgrounds in the Oklahoma City area on Thursday, March 13, 2008. This event, the RecruitMilitary Career Fair, will take place from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center, 425 East California, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104. 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.
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.
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 350 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 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 retained search consultants 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 185,000, 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.
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,
IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE JOB FAIRS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGION.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SOLDIERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE MEND, AFTER BEING WOUNDED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
I BUY JOHN DEER AND CATERPILLAR SWEATSHIRTS, T-SHIRTS AND ALL KINDS OF MISC
"PICK UP THEIR DAY ITEMS, TO GIVE TO THESE FINE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR ALL FOR OUR FREEDOM.
IF ANY OF YOUR SPONSORS MAY HAVE A FEW SMALL ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE AS GIVEAWAY
ITEMS, THAT THEY MIGHT SEND OUR WAY, WE WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
OUR SON DONATED 7,OOO
TEDDY BEARS AND OTHER PLUSH ANIMALS TO THE ARMY, FOR DISTIBUTION TO THE SOLDIERS, AS THEY RETURNED HOME, FOR THEIR CHILDREN AS WELL AS SPOUSES AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.
THE MEN LOVE CAPS AND T-SHIRTS AND ANY THING THEY CAN HAVE TO HOLD ONTO AND HAVE AS THEIR OWN.
IT WILL BE 65 YEAR ON MONDAY THAT MY GREAT UNCLE, SGT LLOYD E SHENAUT, WAS KIA, IN TUNISIA, NORTH AFRICA.
I FOUND HIM AFTER NEARLY 25 YEARS OF SEARCHING AND FOUND THAT, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD JUMPED BACK INTO HIS TANK, TO ALLOW WOUNDED SOLDIER'S TO GET AWAY FROM ENEMY FIRE, HE WAS KILLED AFER THE TANK HE HAD RETURNED TO AND FIRED ITS GUNS, BECAME A TARGET-HE WAS BLOWN UP IN THE TANK AND NO BODY , OF COURSE EVER RECOVERED.
THEY DID HOWEVER, INCLUDE
HIM ON THE TABLETS OF THE MISSING, IN CARTHAGE, TUNISIA, N. AFRICA, IN AN AMERICAN CEMETARY THER.
THE CEMETARY IS AS NICELY KEPT AS ARLINGTON'S. YOU CAN EVEN SEND A FLORAL TRIBUTE, WHICH WILL BE PLACED ON THE GRAVE, OR IN OUR CASE, AT THE BASE OF THE WALL, WHERE IS NAME IS INSCRIBED.
MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT AMERICAN HISTORY FOR 45 YEARS AND YOU CAN BET YOUR BOOTS, THAT BY THE AGE OF TWO, I KNEW HOW OUR BELOVED
SOLDIERS SHOULD BE TREATED. WITH THE UTMOST HONOR, RESPECT AND APPRECIATION!
I PROMISED MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO READ MY COLLEGE TEXT BOOKS TO ME-BECAUSE I WAS LEGALLY BLIND, THAT I WOULD, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, LOCATE ANY INFORMATION IN REGARD TO HER BABY BOTHER-WHOM SHE HAD RAISED, SINCE THE AGE OF NINE-MONTHS, AFTER THE DEATH OF THEIR MOTHER.
TO DATE WE HAVE GIVEN OUT 437 HOODED SWEATSHIRTS
AND APPROXIMATELY 10,00 STUFFED BEARS AND OTHER MISC ANIMALS.
WE HAVE LOST COUNT ON DECKS OF CARDS, MIRRORS,
KEY CHAINS, PERSONAL ITEMS, BOOKS, STAMPS, CALING CARDS, SPECIALLY WRAPPED CANDIES THAT DO NOT DRAW ANTS, NOR MELT,
AS WELL AS ALL TYPES OF TRADESHOW GIVEAWAYS, SUCH AS BASEBALLS, HACKEYSACKS, WHISTLES, GAMES, AND EVEN A
FEW IPODS.
WE HAVE ONE SOLDIER NOW, WHO WAS HIT DIRECTLY IN THE HEAD, IN A BAGDAD MARKET PLACE, WHO IS WANTING ANY IPOD-AS LONG AS IT PLAYS MUSIC, HIS FAVORITE COUNTRY ARTIST IS
CLINT BROWN. HE IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING IN
HIS PARENTS HOME AND IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT WE CAN GET NUMEROUS CHURCH MEMBERS TOGETHER TO HELP BUILD JOE AND HIS FAMILY A NEW HOME, CLOSER TO THE VA HOSPITAL.
ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE ANY INFO, PLEASE E-MAIL KATHY AT INGRAM32@COMCAST.NET.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS OR A TEDDY BEAR OR TWO-WE CAN GET THEM TO SOMEONE WHO WILL LOVE THEM.
TO ALL OF OUR SOLDIERS, WE ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE TO YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE TO HONORABLY SERVE OUR GREAT NATION. WE CAN NEVER REPAY OUR DEBT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, WHO DID EVERY SINGLE THING THAT KEPT OUR COUNTRY SAFE. WITH OUT ALL OF YOU, THE ENTIRE OPERATION WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED. WE SALUTE
YOU AND PRAY FOR YOU ALL EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THANK YOU THAT YOU GAVE YOUR ALL, SO THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE LIBERTIES THAT YOU AFFORDED US.
OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN NOW SERVING, HER IN THE US AND THOSE OF WHOM ARE DEPLOYED IN OTHER NATIONS, SUCH AS IRAQ. MAY THE LORD PROTECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM FROM THE TOPS OF THEIR HEADS, TO THE SOLES OF THEIR FEET. MAY THEY ALL BE HOME SOON!
IT IS WITH A VERY HUMBLE HEART THAT I PERSONALLY THANK YOU-EVERY SOLDIER AND SAILOR, AIRMAN,AL OF THE BRANCHES OF SERVICE.
MY DAD SERVED IN TEH NAVY AS A COOK. HE DIED AT 42, OF BRAIN CANCER.
IT IS OUR DUTY AS AUXILLARY MEMBERS, TO ALWAYS REMEMBER, THE GREAT SACRAFICES THAT YOU ALL MADE.
THESE COLORS DON'T RUN AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA!
THANK YOU VETERANS!!!
VERY RESPECTFULLY YOURS,
K.L. HOWARD INGRAM32@COMCAST.NET
HOWARD
Posted by KATHY L HOWARD | 02/17/08 1:03 AM |
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Posted by career job | 02/17/08 11:22 PM |
A note to my fellow veterans; Recently,DUKE ENERGY has posted 40+ entry level Nuclear Maintenance Positions (mechanics, instrument & electrical techs,and tech. specialists). Have they been invited to the job fair? Doesn't sound like it. For more information on these jobs go to dukeenergy.com and hurry!
Posted by James Conger | 02/18/08 9:01 PM |