NEW YORK - The New York National Guard will host a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hiring our Heroes Job Fair on Thursday, March 27 at the Lexington Avenue Armory.
More than 130 businesses ranging from Amtrak to Wells Fargo have signed up to be part of the event which starts at 9 a.m. and runs until 1 p.m. and is designed to help veterans, military spouses and members of the reserve and National Guard find a job.
The Job Fair is sponsored by the University of Phoenix and is one of many veterans job fairs held over the last two years by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The goal of these events is to link veterans up with companies that want the skills and discipline that military veterans bring to the job.
A workshop on resume writing and other job hunting skills will be held at 8 a.m. before the workshop starts.
There are more than 192,000 veterans living in New York City. It's estimated that about 85,000 of these veterans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan post 9/11.
The unemployment rate for veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was 7.3 percent at the end of 2013. This is lower than it has been but still above the 6.6 unemployment rate for non-veterans.
Veterans who want to participate in the resume writing and job-hunting workshop must sign up and veterans interested in meeting with company representatives are encouraged to sign up.
To register for the event go to this website: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-27-2014-university-of-phoenix-employment-workshop-new-york-ny-registration-7560402367?aff=eorg
A Hiring Our Heroes Job Fair at the Lexington Avenue Armory last year drew 95 companies and 585 participants.
Date Taken: | 03.10.2014 |
Date Posted: | 03.10.2014 08:24 |
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