RecruitMilitary Names Veteran Leadership Award Winner

The social media contest awards veterans who embody leadership
 
 
Contest sponsored by Adobe
Contest sponsored by Adobe
LOVELAND, Ohio - Sept. 17, 2014 - PRLog -- RecruitMilitary, the nation’s leading military-to-civilian recruitment firm, has named Josh Pederson, a former Marine sergeant, the winner of the company’s first Veteran Leadership Award. Entrants were asked to upload a photo along with a 150-word “caption” explaining how they embody leadership on RecruitMilitary’s Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/recruitmilitary) page. The contest, sponsored by Adobe, ran for five weeks and ended on September 1, 2014 and received more than 100 submissions and 20,000 votes. The company’s Facebook audience has grown from 26,000 to 76,000 in the past two years.

Pederson served in the Marine Corps from 2000 – 2004 as an engineer equipment operator, and was among the first wave of troops deployed to Iraq.  He is a current Mission Continues Fellow and Veteran Liaison for the Travis Manion Foundation’s west coast office, and assists fellow transitioning veterans in the foundation’s mentorship and advocacy program for veterans. He is also the Professional Development Committee Chairman of the Veteran Alumni Organization at San Diego State University (SDSU). Pederson is involved in the campus student veteran organization and serves as assistant house manager of the Veteran House at SDSU. He received his bachelor’s degree in financial services and economics from SDSU in 2013, and is currently enrolled in the university’s master’s degree program in financial and tax planning.

The contest winners will be featured in RecruitMilitary’s bimonthly magazine for job seekers (Search & Employ®), on Search-And-Employ® Online and across RecruitMilitary social networks. Pederson will receive an Apple MacBook Air loaded with a suite of Adobe products. The contest’s first runner up is Ann Maria Robins, a former Air Force sergeant; and the second runner up is Aaron Joshua Merreighn, who served in the U.S.Marine Corps. They will receive professional resume writing services and career counseling.

As a company that actively engages with its veteran audience, RecruitMilitary has earned accolades for its social media outreach progams, and was recently named among “30 Businesses that Are Rocking Social Media, (http://smallbiztrends.com/2014/07/best-social-media-marke...)” by Small Business Trends, a leading online publication for small business owners, and entrepreneurs. RecruitMilitary was also named among the 2014 CincinnatiBusiness Courier’s “Fast 55,” which ranks the fastest-growing private companies in Greater Cincinnati. Its 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.

RecruitMilitary’s Manager of Social Media, Liz Wheeler, said, “We were very excited to host this contest. The engagement and dialogue we have with veterans and companies on our social platforms allows us to hear what’s important to them and share our resources and services to fit their needs. It’s live, real-time communication, and it’s fun too, because of the shared military background.”

About RecruitMilitary:  RecruitMilitary (http://mashable.com/) helps organizations excel by leveraging the talent of our nation’s finest people, our veterans. Founded in 1998, the company hosts hundreds of veteran job fairs around the nation that provide thousands of veterans the ability to interact with leading companies and other organizations (http://recruitmilitary.com/employers/expos).  In addition, the company offers the largest and most complete database of high-quality veteran talent with over 715,000 members (http://recruitmilitary.com/employers/resume-database). The company also distributes Search & Employ® magazine on American military bases worldwide (http://recruitmilitary.com/employers/search-and-employ).

Company leaders are available to speak and write on any topic related to veteran hiring, job search, and tapping the veteran talent pipeline for organizational excellence.

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