RecruitMilitary Veteran Job Fair Coming to Philadelphia on August 11

LOVELAND, Ohio - July 19, 2016 - PRLog -- The military-to-civilian recruitment firm RecruitMilitary will produce a Veteran Career Fair at the Citizens Bank Park on Thursday, August 11, 2016.  The event will be sponsored by Drexel University and will run from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. In addition, USAA's local Wealth Management team will present a 10 a.m. seminar: "Five Steps to Informed Financial Transition." All veterans are welcome to attend this session that is intended to provide information for veterans and spouses to use as they consider their future retirement.

RecruitMilitary job fairs maintain a track record of helping veterans find meaningful employment," said President and CEO Peter Gudmundsson. "Just last year, 56.3% of veteran job seekers expected to secure an interview as a result of their participation in a RecruitMilitary job fair and employers were expected to extend as many as 38,700 interviews and more than 12,000 job offers."

In March of 2016, the RecruitMilitary Philadelphia event connected more than 273 veteran job seekers with 53 exhibitors, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PepsiCo and Walgreens.

RecruitMilitary has produced veteran job fairs since 2006, and has held 26 events in Philadelphia, drawing 8,419 attendees and 1,104 exhibitors. The company has produced more than 814 events in 65 cities across the country. RecruitMilitary will return to Philadelphia for an additional veteran career fair in November.

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Among those companies attending the upcoming Philadelphia event are: Drexel University, USAA, Aetna, Inc., Bed, Bath & Beyond, Comcast/NBC Universal, Herr Foods Inc., JP Morgan Chase, Lockheed Martin Corporation, New Enterprise Stone & Lime, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., The Home Depot, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Walgreens, Waste Management, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Wells Fargo, Air Liquide USA, LLC, ARRIS, Asplundh Tree Expert, Aviation Institute of Maintenance, Capital One, Clemens Food Group, Inc., Combined Insurance, Cott Beverages Inc., DeVry University, Eastern University, Emergency Care Research Institute, Equipment Depot, Farmers Insurance, First Command Financial Planning, Freedom Mortgage Corporation, G4S Secure Solutions (USA), Inc., Gerresheimer Glass Inc., Grand Canyon University, Heavy Construction Academy, Heavy Equipment College of Georgia, IGS Energy, Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc., Main Line Health, Inc., New Horizons Computer Learning Centers, NRG Energy, Philadelphia Job Corps Life Science Institute, Power Home Remodeling Group, RICOH USA, Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship/Seafarers International Union, Sears Holding, SJ Transportation Company, Inc., State Farm Insurance, The Manfredi Companies, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, USMC and Veteran Franchise Center.

RecruitMilitary also offers subscriptions (search licenses) to its database of 851,000+ 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 50,000+ print copies of each issue. The company was founded in 1998, and is located in Loveland, Ohio (Greater Cincinnati).

RecruitMilitary's website received User's Choice Awards from Weddle's (http://www.weddles.com) in 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.