RecruitMilitary to Present Civilian Jobs/Opportunities Expo for Veterans in Dallas Area on Sept. 16
Dallas, TX (PR Log) August 13, 2010 – RecruitMilitary, a military-to-civilian recruiting firm, will present a free civilian employment, entrepreneurship, and education Opportunity Expo for job seekers who have military backgrounds at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, home of the Texas Rangers, on Thursday, September 16. RecruitMilitary is inviting veterans who already have civilian work experience, men and women who are transitioning from active duty to civilian life, members of the National Guard and reserves, military spouses, and other military family members.
The company expects more than 45 employers, franchisors, and educational institutions to reserve exhibitor booths at the Expo. Already signed up are American Eurocopter, LLC, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), Argosy University, AutoNation, Aviation Institute of Maintenance, Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Capital One, Certified Payment Processing, Chase, Columbia Southern University, Corinthian Colleges, Inc., Dallas Baptist University, DeVry University, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Fluid Academy – Truck Driving School, George Washington University, Goodman Manufacturing Company, the Kroger Company, Lincoln College of Technology, Luminant, Military Sealift Command, My Computer Career, New Horizons Computer Learning Center, Northrop Grumman, Paul Quinn College, Poly-America, RadioShack, Schlumberger, Snap-On Tools, Southern Methodist University, Strayer University, T-Mobile, Tarleton State University, The Art Institutes, the United States Department of Transportation, University of Phoenix – Las Colinas Learning Center, VA North Texas Health Care System, Vandergriff Honda, and Waffle House.
RecruitMilitary (www2.recruitmilitary.com) 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 2.7 million members in nearly 15,000 posts throughout the world. Congress chartered the association in 1919.
RecruitMilitary has scheduled 20 additional Veteran Opportunity Expos for 2010 and 60 Expos for 2011. Those events will take place in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbus, Dallas (on December 2, 2010; and March 3, July 14, and November 10, 2011), Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Oakland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond, St. Louis, San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose, Tacoma, Tampa, and Washington.
About RecruitMilitary: This Cincinnati-based company connects employers, franchisors, and educational institutions with job seekers who have military backgrounds. All of the company’s owners, officers, and account executives are either veterans or active or former reservists. The founder and president of RecruitMilitary is Drew Myers, formerly a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. Myers founded the company in 1998. RecruitMilitary has produced Opportunity Expos since 2006. The company also offers subscriptions to its database of more than 460,000 registered candidates who have military backgrounds at https://www2.recruitmilitary.com, retained hiring services, and advertising space in online and print media. RecruitMilitary distributes more than 36,000 copies of each issue of Search & Employ, a bimonthly print magazine, to over 220 military bases throughout the world, National Guard and reserve units, and job seekers who attend RecruitMilitary Opportunity Expos.