San Antonio Encourages Military Hiring at September 11 Career Fair for Veterans with 45+ Exhibitors

LOVELAND, Ohio - Aug. 8, 2014 - PRLog -- Cincinnati, OH – The military-to-civilian recruitment firm RecruitMilitary will produce a Veteran Opportunity Expo, a hiring event for veterans and other men and women with military backgrounds, at Norris Conference Centers, 4522 Fredericksburg Road in San Antonio on Thursday, September 11, 2014. Disabled American  Veterans (DAV) and Seventy-Seven Energy will sponsor the event, which will run from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. RecruitMilitary is 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.

RecruitMilitary expects more than 50 employers, franchisors, educational institutions, and government agencies to reserve exhibitor booths at the Expo. Already signed up are Seventy Seven Energy; USAA; Schlumberger; DeVry University; The Home Depot; Northrop Grumman Corp.; Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Texas; Amazon; Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol; GE Oil & Gas; Ellwood Texas Forge Navasota; USDA/FSA; Quest Diagnostics; Farmers Insurance; Jordan Ford, Ltd.; Edward Jones; FTS International; Sunbelt Rentals; Flowers Baking Company of San Antonio; Dallas Baptist University; Valor Equity Partners; McCoy's Building Supply; Trident University International; Snelling; International Academy of Design & Tech; New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, Inc.; Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union; Academy for Massage Therapy; Veteran Franchise Centers; Gunn Automotive Group; Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County; J Dog Junk Removal; DAV; Silver Eagle Distributors; First Command Financial Planning; Core Link Surgical; Enterprise Products; West Business Services LP; Air Force Reserve; HSS, Inc.; Wells Fargo; Roadmaster Drivers School; Oklahoma College of Construction; Heavy Construction Academy; The Art Institutes; and Stripes LLC.

In addition, USAA’s local Wealth Management team is presenting a seminar prior to the career fair at 10:00 a.m. The seminar is titled “Practical Advice for All Stages of Retirement Planning.” All veterans are welcome to attend this session intended to provide information for veterans and spouses as they consider their future retirement.

RecruitMilitary will produce the Expo in cooperation with The American Legion (http://www.legion.org), an association of veterans who served during times of war. The Legion has 2.4 million members in nearly 14,000 posts throughout the world.

RecruitMilitary has scheduled the following additional veteran hiring events through 2014: Atlanta (October 30, 2014), Baltimore (October 2, 2014), Boston (September 4, 2014), Charlotte (November 13, 2014), Chicago (October 9, 2014), Cincinnati (October 2, 2014), Dallas (November 13, 2014), Denver (September 11, 2014), Houston (December 4, 2014), Jacksonville (November 6, 2014), Kansas City (September 25, 2014), Las Vegas (December 11, 2014), Los Angeles (October 23, 2014),  Nashville (August 14, 2014), New Orleans (September 18, 2014), New York (September 18, 2014), Norfolk (November 20, 2014), Oakland (October 9, 2014), Philadelphia (November 6, 2014), Phoenix (October 16, 2014), Pittsburgh (October 16, 2014), Richmond (August 21, 2014), San Diego (August 14, 2014; December 4, 2014), Seattle (November 20, 2014), and Tampa (August 28, 2014).

RecruitMilitary has produced Opportunity Expos since 2006.

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The company also offers subscriptions (search licenses) to its database of more than 700,000 registered candidates at http://www.recruitmilitary.com, retained hiring services, and advertising space in online and print media. RecruitMilitary distributes more than 65,000 copies of each issue of Search & Employ®, a bimonthly print magazine, to military bases throughout the world, National Guard and reserve units, job seekers who attend RecruitMilitary Veteran Opportunity Expos, 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.

RecruitMilitary’s website has received two consecutive User’s Choice Awards from Weddle’s (http://www.weddles.com) for 2013 and 2014. Weddle’s is a publisher of guides and directories that focus on the employment-related area of the Internet. The awards are a result of a year-long annual survey conducted by Weddle’s to recognize “the elite of the online employment industry.” The judges are recruiters and job seekers who have used the sites.

In 2012, RecruitMilitary received the first annual One More Way Award from The Sierra Group Foundation. The foundation established the award to recognize people or companies whose support results in awareness of, and job opportunities for, people with disabilities. The Sierra Group Foundation (http://www.thesierragroup.com/foundation.htm) is a non-profit organization whose mission is “to drive up employment for people with disabilities, including veterans.”

In 2011, RecruitMilitary received the First Annual Lee Anderson Small Business Veteran and Military Spouse Employment Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (http://www.uschamber.com). The Chamber 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.”