DAV RecruitMilitary Vet Job Fair Coming to Norfolk Area on May 14

LOVELAND, Ohio - April 13, 2015 - PRLog -- DAV and the military-to-civilian recruitment firm RecruitMilitary will produce an All Veterans Career Fair at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach on Thursday, May 14, 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. The event will run from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

RecruitMilitary expects 45 employers, franchisors, educational institutions, and government agencies to reserve exhibitor booths at the Expo. Those already signed up are DAV; The Home Depot; Apple, Inc.; Johnson Controls, Inc.; USAA; Franchise Solutions Group; The Strayer University; Cox Corporate Services; Expert Global Solutions; Veteran Adjusting School; Navy Exchange Service Command; Military Sealift Command; McAllister Towing; United States Patent & Trademark Office; Southern Refrigerated Transport, Inc.; Starbucks Coffee Company; Chesterfield County Police Department; Roto-Rooter; Southern Auto Group; Stratford University; IAC Group; First Command Financial Planning; New Horizons Computer Learning Centers; Edward Jones; Diamond Resorts International; DeVry University; Team Industrial Services, Inc.; Troops to Teachers; Heavy Construction Academy; Aviation Institute of Maintenance; Tidewater Tech; Georgia College of Construction; Argosy University; The Art Institutes; and Bryant & Stratton College.

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 "Five Steps to Informed Financial Transition.” All veterans are welcome to attend this session intended to provide information for veterans and spouses to use as they consider their future retirement.

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.

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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 (April 23, October 29); Chicago (April 23, October 8); Cincinnati (May 28, October 1); Cleveland (September 3); Columbus (July 30, November 5); Columbia, South Carolina (September 24); Dallas (May 14, August 27, November 19); Denver (April 16, 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 (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).